As used in NRS 445A.200 to 445A.295, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 445A.203 to 445A.250, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections. (Added to NRS by 1997, 1821)
“Account for the Revolving Fund” means the Account created pursuant to NRS 445A.255 to finance the construction of projects. (Added to NRS by 1997, 1821)
“Account for Set-Aside Programs” means the Account created pursuant to NRS 445A.255 to fund activities, other than projects, authorized by the Safe Drinking Water Act, pursuant to NRS 445A.275 and 445A.280. (Added to NRS by 1997, 1821)
“Administrator” means the Administrator of the Division. (Added to NRS by 1997, 1821)
“Commission” means the State Environmental Commission. (Added to NRS by 1997, 1821; A 2003, 3060)
“Construction” includes: 1. Preliminary planning to determine the feasibility of a project; 2. Engineering, architectural, legal, environmental, fiscal or economic investigations or studies, surveys, designs, plans, working drawings, specifications or procedures that comply with the Safe Drinking Water Act, and regulations adopted pursuant thereto; and 3. Other necessary actions related to a project including the […]
“Division” means the Division of Environmental Protection of the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. (Added to NRS by 1997, 1822; A 2003, 3060)
“Federal grant” means money authorized by the Safe Drinking Water Act to: 1. Create a revolving fund to assist public water systems to finance the costs of facilities needed to achieve or maintain compliance with the Safe Drinking Water Act and regulations adopted pursuant thereto and to protect public health; and 2. Fund set-aside programs […]
“Project” means the initial construction, or renovation, modification or expansion, of portions of a public water system for: 1. The impoundment, collection, pumping, treatment, storage or distribution of water; 2. Increasing, sustaining or reducing water pressure; or 3. The supervision, monitoring, administration, management, operation or maintenance of the water system, including acquisition of water rights, […]
“Public water system” means a system, regardless of ownership, that provides the public with water for human consumption through pipes or other constructed conveyances, if the system has 15 or more service connections, as defined in NRS 445A.843, or regularly serves 25 or more persons. The term includes: 1. A facility for the collection, pumping, […]
“Safe Drinking Water Act” means 42 U.S.C. §§ 300f et seq., as amended. (Added to NRS by 1997, 1822)
“Small water system” means a public water system serving less than 10,000 persons. (Added to NRS by 1997, 1822)
“State securities” means securities of the kinds described in NRS 349.198 authorized to be issued in the name and on behalf of the State upon the authorization of the Administrator. (Added to NRS by 1997, 1822)
1. The Account to Finance the Construction of Projects, to be known as the Account for the Revolving Fund, is hereby created in the Fund for Water Projects Loans. 2. The account to fund activities, other than projects, authorized by the Safe Drinking Water Act, to be known as the Account for Set-Aside Programs, is […]
1. The interest and income earned on money in the Account for the Revolving Fund and the Account for Set-Aside Programs must be credited to the Account for the Revolving Fund and the Account for Set-Aside Programs, respectively. 2. All payments of principal and interest on all loans made to a public water system and […]
1. The Division shall: (a) Use the money in the Account for the Revolving Fund and the Account for Set-Aside Programs for the purposes set forth in the Safe Drinking Water Act. (b) Determine whether public water systems which receive money or other assistance from the Account for the Revolving Fund or the Account for […]
The Commission may adopt such regulations as are necessary to carry out the provisions of NRS 445A.200 to 445A.295, inclusive. (Added to NRS by 1997, 1826; A 2003, 3061)
1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 445A.260 and 445A.280, money in the Account for the Revolving Fund, including repayments of principal and interest on loans, and interest and income earned on money in the Account for the Revolving Fund, may be used only to: (a) Make loans at or below the market rate to […]
1. The Administrator shall not: (a) Spend more than 4 percent of the federal grant for a set-aside program for administration pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 300j-12(g)(2) of the Safe Drinking Water Act; (b) Spend more than 10 percent of the federal grant for a set-aside program for activities authorized pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § […]
The Administrator may employ any legal, fiscal, engineering and other expert services necessary to carry out his or her duties pursuant to NRS 445A.200 to 445A.295, inclusive. (Added to NRS by 1997, 1825)
