As used in NRS 445C.150 to 445C.410, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 445C.160 to 445C.280, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections. (Added to NRS by 2015, 3601)
“Board” means the Board to Review Claims. (Added to NRS by 2015, 3601)
“Department” means the Department of Motor Vehicles. (Added to NRS by 2015, 3601)
“Diesel fuel of grade number 1” means a distillate from fuel oil which is of high volatility and used in high-speed diesel engines generally operated under variations in speed and load. The term includes diesel fuel of the type “C-B,” generally used in buses and similar operations. (Added to NRS by 2015, 3601)
“Diesel fuel of grade number 2” means a distillate from gas oil which is of low volatility and used in high-speed diesel engines generally operated under uniform speed and load. The term includes diesel fuel of the type “R-R,” generally used in railroad locomotives, and type “T-T,” generally used in trucks with diesel engines. (Added […]
“Discharge” means any release, leaking or spilling from a storage tank into water or soil, unless the discharge is authorized by state or federal law. (Added to NRS by 2015, 3602)
“Division” means the Division of Environmental Protection of the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. (Added to NRS by 2015, 3602)
“Fund” means the Fund for Cleaning Up Discharges of Petroleum. (Added to NRS by 2015, 3602)
“Heating oil” means diesel fuel of grade number 1 or 2 or any other form of petroleum used in an oil-fired furnace or boiler for space heating. (Added to NRS by 2015, 3602)
“Motor vehicle fuel” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 365.060. (Added to NRS by 2015, 3602)
“Operator” means a person who: 1. Owns, controls or is responsible for the operation and management of a storage tank or a discharge from a storage tank; 2. Previously owned, controlled or was responsible for the operation and management of a storage tank immediately before the use of the storage tank was discontinued; 3. Owns […]
“Person” includes the United States, this State, and any agency or political subdivision of this State. (Added to NRS by 2015, 3602)
“Petroleum” means crude oil or any fraction thereof which is liquid at a temperature of 60 degrees Fahrenheit and a pressure of 14.7 pounds per square inch absolute. (Added to NRS by 2015, 3602)
“Storage tank” means any tank, and the distribution piping associated with the tank, used to store petroleum, except petroleum for use in a chemical process. (Added to NRS by 2015, 3602; A 2021, 1863)
The Legislature finds that: 1. Protection of this State’s environment, particularly its supplies of water, requires the prompt cleaning up of any discharge of petroleum from a storage tank. 2. Federal law and regulations require each operator of a storage tank to show financial responsibility for this purpose, but the capital of smaller operators is […]
1. The Board to Review Claims is hereby created in the Division. The Board consists of: (a) The Administrator of the Division; (b) The Director of the Department; (c) The State Fire Marshal; (d) A representative of refiners of petroleum; (e) A representative of independent dealers in petroleum; (f) A representative of independent retailers of […]
1. The Fund for Cleaning Up Discharges of Petroleum is hereby created as a special revenue fund in the State Treasury. The Division shall administer the Fund for the purposes prescribed in NRS 445C.150 to 445C.410, inclusive, and the Board shall adopt appropriate regulations for the: (a) Investigation and payment of claims against the Fund. […]
Notwithstanding any provision of NRS 445C.150 to 445C.410, inclusive, to the contrary, and except as otherwise provided in this section: 1. The Division may expend not more than $2,000,000 from the Fund per fiscal year as reimbursement for necessary costs incurred by the Division in the response to and cleanup of discharges in the State, […]
1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, the Department shall collect for deposit in the Fund a fee of 0.75 cent for each gallon of motor vehicle fuel, diesel fuel of grade number 1, diesel fuel of grade number 2 and heating oil imported into this State in one of those forms or refined […]
1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, the Division shall collect for deposit in the Fund an annual fee not to exceed $100, set by the Board, for the registration of each storage tank. 2. No fee is to be collected, and no registration is required, with respect to a storage tank used to […]
