1. Any person who, through willful or wanton misconduct, through gross negligence or through violation of any applicable statute or regulation, including specifically any state or federal standard pertaining to the preparation or maintenance of sites for storage tanks, proximately causes a discharge is liable to the Division for any cost in cleaning up the discharge or paying for it to be cleaned up.
2. If a discharge occurs, the site of the storage tank and any other premises affected by the discharge must be brought into compliance with any applicable standard as described in subsection 1.
(Added to NRS by 2015, 3606; A 2021, 1867)
Structure Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 445C - Environmental Requirements; Cleanup of Discharged Petroleum
NRS 445C.020 - "Environmental audit" defined.
NRS 445C.030 - "Environmental requirement" defined.
NRS 445C.040 - "Regulated facility" defined.
NRS 445C.050 - "Regulated person" defined.
NRS 445C.060 - "Regulatory agency" defined.
NRS 445C.100 - Administrative or civil proceedings for violation: Burdens of proof.
NRS 445C.110 - Environmental audit: Privileged; exceptions.
NRS 445C.160 - "Board" defined.
NRS 445C.170 - "Department" defined.
NRS 445C.180 - "Diesel fuel of grade number 1" defined.
NRS 445C.190 - "Diesel fuel of grade number 2" defined.
NRS 445C.200 - "Discharge" defined.
NRS 445C.210 - "Division" defined.
NRS 445C.220 - "Fund" defined.
NRS 445C.230 - "Heating oil" defined.
NRS 445C.240 - "Motor vehicle fuel" defined.
NRS 445C.250 - "Operator" defined.
NRS 445C.260 - "Person" defined.
NRS 445C.270 - "Petroleum" defined.
NRS 445C.280 - "Storage tank" defined.
NRS 445C.290 - Legislative findings.
NRS 445C.350 - Transfer of portion of ending balance in Fund to certain accounts.
NRS 445C.400 - Pro rata reduction if balance of Fund insufficient for full payment.
NRS 445C.410 - Storage tanks exempted from certain provisions; optional coverage of exempted tank.