Nev. Admin. Code § 502.482

Current through November 8, 2024

Section 502.482 - Payment of annual assessment by holder of permit

1. The holder of a permit for an artificial or artificially created body of water issued pursuant to NRS 502.390 shall pay an annual assessment required by that section based on the specifications for the design of any facility associated with the artificial or artificially created body of water according to the highest applicable payment tier within any of the following schedules:

(a) Fee Schedule A - The number of tons of ore the facility is designed to process per year:

Tier 1: Facility designed to process chemically less than 36,500 tons per year .........................................................................................	$1,500
Tier 2: Facility designed to process chemically 36,500 tons or more per year but less than 100,000 tons per year ...............................................................	$3,000
Tier 3: Facility designed to process chemically 100,000 tons or more per year but less than 500,000 tons per year ...............................................................	$6,000
Tier 4: Facility designed to process chemically 500,000 tons or more per year ............................................................................................	$10,000
Permanent Closure: Facility in a state of permanent closure .................................	$1,000

(b) Fee Schedule B - The maximum cumulative acres the facility is designed to have in artificial or artificially created bodies of water:

Tier 1: Facility designed with a maximum capacity of less than 5 cumulative acres of artificial or artificially created bodies of water ...................	$1,500
Tier 2: Facility designed with a maximum capacity of 5 cumulative acres or more but less than 10.1 cumulative acres of artificial or artificially created bodies of water ..........................................................................................	$3,000
Tier 3: Facility designed with a maximum capacity of 10.1 cumulative acres or more but less than 100.1 cumulative acres of artificial or artificially created bodies of water ........................................................................	$6,000
Tier 4: Facility designed with a maximum capacity of 100.1 cumulative acres or more of artificial or artificially created bodies of water ........................	$10,000
Permanent Closure: Facility in a state of permanent closure ......................................	$1,000

(c) Fee Schedule C - The maximum number of individual artificial or artificially created bodies of water associated with the facility:

Tier 1: Facility designed with less than 25 artificial or artificially created bodies of water .........................................................................................................	$1,500
Tier 2: Facility designed with 25 or more but less than 75 artificial or artificially created bodies of water ..........................................................................	$3,000
Tier 3: Facility designed with 75 or more but less than 151 artificial or artificially created bodies of water ..........................................................................	$6,000
Tier 4: Facility designed with 151 or more artificial or artificially created bodies of water .........................................................................................................	$10,000
Permanent Closure: Facility in a state of permanent closure ...................................	$1,000

2. The holder of a permit shall pay the assessment on or before June 30 of each year.

3. If the ownership of any artificial or artificially created body of water for which a permit has been issued is transferred, the Department shall specify in the permit the amount of the assessment required to be paid by the new owner during his or her first year of ownership.

4. As used in this section, "permanent closure" means that time in the operating life of a facility when activities for the final stabilization of the facility or removal of chemicals or substances within or associated with an artificial or artificially created body of water are initiated and the body of water no longer poses a risk of death to wildlife.

Nev. Admin. Code § 502.482

Added to NAC by Bd. of Wildlife Comm'rs, eff. 9-13-91; A by R014-16A, eff. 9/9/2016

NRS 501.105 and 501.181, as amended by sections 1 and 1.2, respectively, of Assembly Bill No. 78, chapter 202, Statutes of Nevada 2015, at page 956, and NRS 502.390