State Codes and Statutes
Statutes > Nevada > Title-40 > Chapter-459 > Disposal-of-hazardous-waste > 459-400459.400 Purpose. The purposes of NRS 459.400 to 459.600, inclusive, are to:
1. Protect human health, public safety and the environment from the effects of improper, inadequate or unsound management of hazardous waste;
2. Establish a program for regulation of the storage, generation, transportation, treatment and disposal of hazardous waste; and
3. Ensure safe and adequate management of hazardous waste.
(Added to NRS by 1981, 880)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 444.700)