NRS704.7318. Sites used for production of electricity from coal-fired electric generating plant: Remediation or reuse; regulation of emissions from electric generating plants constructed on sites.

      1.  To ensure the remediation and, when possible, the reuse of any site used for the production of electricity from a coal-fired electric generating plant in this State, the Division of Environmental Protection of the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources has exclusive jurisdiction to supervise and regulate the remediation of such sites, including, without limitation, exclusive authority to regulate and supervise the remediation of surface water and groundwater and solid-waste disposal operations located at such a site.

      2.  The Division of Environmental Protection has exclusive authority to regulate emissions from any electric generating plant constructed on a site previously used for the production of electricity from a coal-fired electric generating plant.

      (Added to NRS by 2013, 3076)