459.545  Substitution of equivalent standards of protection.

1.  Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, the Commission may by regulation adopt a procedure under which an applicant or holder of a permit may demonstrate that a standard he or she proposes would offer protection of human health, public safety and the environment which is equivalent to a standard of the Commission.

2.  Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, the Commission may specify certain standards which may be considered for substitution pursuant to this section.

3.  The Commission may not by regulation adopt a procedure or specify a standard which would allow a facility for the disposal of hazardous waste to construct or operate a landfill in a manner that fails to comply with the requirements of subsection 7 of NRS 459.520.

(Added to NRS by 1981, 885; A 2005, 1505)