NRS459.3819. Inspections by state and local agencies of facilities where explosives are manufactured, used, processed, handled, moved on-site or stored.

      1.  The Division shall enter into cooperative agreements with state and local agencies to provide inspections of facilities where explosives are manufactured, or where an explosive is used, processed, handled, moved on-site or stored in relation to its manufacture. The Division shall schedule the inspections in such a manner as to provide an opportunity for participation by:

      (a) A representative of the fire-fighting agency that exercises jurisdiction over the facility;

      (b) A representative of the law enforcement agency that exercises jurisdiction over the facility; and

      (c) Representatives of the Division and any other state agency responsible for minimizing risks to persons and property posed by such facilities.

      2.  The owner or operator of such a facility shall make the facility available for the inspections required by this section at such times as are designated by the Division.

      3.  Any inspection of a facility conducted pursuant to this section is in addition to, and not in lieu of, any other inspection of the facility required or authorized by state statute or regulation, or local ordinance.

      4.  Notwithstanding any provision of this section to the contrary, the provisions of this section do not apply to the mining industry.

      (Added to NRS by 1999, 1918; A 2003, 1601)