NRS512.195. Notices and orders: Contents; distribution of copies.

      1.  Notices and orders issued pursuant to this chapter:

      (a) Must contain a detailed description of the conditions or practices which cause and constitute a situation of imminent danger or a violation of any health or safety regulation or standard and, where appropriate, a description of the area of the mine from which persons, equipment, machinery or apparatus must be withdrawn and prohibited from entering, and a description of the equipment, machinery or apparatus prohibited from being used or operated.

      (b) Must be in writing and signed by the Administrator and given promptly to the operator of the affected mine.

      (c) May be modified, vacated or terminated by the Administrator.

      2.  The Administrator shall furnish immediately a copy of any notice or order issued pursuant to this chapter to the operator and to a representative of the workers, if any, at the affected mine.

      3.  If an order is issued pursuant to subsection 1 of NRS 512.190 and the Mine Safety and Health Administration of the United States Department of Labor did not participate in the inspection on which that order is based, the Administrator shall notify the Mine Safety and Health Administration of the United States Department of Labor that the order has been issued.

      (Added to NRS by 1975, 516; A 1979, 86; 1981, 1534)