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Home » US Law » 2022 Nevada Revised Statutes » TITLE 40—PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY » Chapter 444 - Sanitation » COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL OF SOLID WASTE » NRS 444.580 – Authority of district board of health or municipality to adopt regulations and issue permits.

Except as otherwise provided in NRS 444.559:

1. Any district board of health created pursuant to NRS 439.362 or 439.370 and any governing body of a municipality may adopt standards and regulations for the location, design, construction, operation and maintenance of solid waste disposal sites and solid waste management systems or any part thereof more restrictive than those adopted by the State Environmental Commission, and any district board of health may issue permits thereunder.

2. Any district board of health created pursuant to NRS 439.362 or 439.370 may adopt such other regulations as are necessary to carry out the provisions of NRS 444.440 to 444.620, inclusive. Such regulations must not conflict with regulations adopted by the State Environmental Commission.

(Added to NRS by 1971, 1180; A 1975, 1402; 1993, 16; 2005, 2469; 2009, 1081; 2015, 1520)