Nevada · statute · Nev. Rev. Stat. ch. 455 · 46 active provisions
Any person or persons, company or corporation, who shall dig, sink or excavate, or cause the same to be done, or being the owner or owners, or in the possession under any lease or contract, of any shaft, excavation or hole, whether used for mining or otherwise, or whether dug, sunk or excavated for the purpose of minin…
Any person who is a resident of the county and knows, or has reason to believe, that the provisions of NRS 455.010 are being or have been violated within such county, may file with the sheriff or the constable of the township where the hole, excavation or shaft exists a notice which must be in writing and must state: 1…
1. If a board of county commissioners receives information from the Division of Minerals of the Commission on Mineral Resources that there is in the county a dangerous condition that results from mining practices which took place at a mine that is no longer operating, if the information identifies a person responsible…
1. The notice served pursuant to subsection 2 of NRS 455.030 must require the person or persons to appear before the justice of the peace of the township where the hole, excavation, shaft or other condition exists, or any municipal judge who may be acting in the place of the justice of the peace, at a time to be stated…
1. Suits commenced under the provisions of NRS 455.010 to 455.180, inclusive, must be filed in the name of the State of Nevada. 2. All judgments collected must be paid into the county treasury for county purposes. 3. All fines collected must be paid into the State Permanent School Fund.
1. If the notice states that the excavation, shaft or hole has been abandoned, and no person claims the ownership thereof, the sheriff or constable shall notify the board of county commissioners of the county, or any member of the board of county commissioners, of its location. Upon receipt of the notice, or of informa…
As used in NRS 455.080 to 455.180, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 455.082 to 455.105, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.
“Approximate location of a subsurface installation” means a strip of land not more than 24 inches on either side of the exterior surface of a subsurface installation. The term does not include the depth of the subsurface installation.
“Association for operators” means an organization that receives notifications pursuant to subsection 1 of NRS 455.110 and transmits such notifications to its members.
“Contractor” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 624.020.
“Damage” means: 1. The substantial weakening of the structural or lateral support of a subsurface installation; 2. The penetration or destruction of any protective coating, housing or other protective device of a subsurface installation; or 3. The partial or complete severance of a subsurface installation.
“Demolition” means the wrecking, razing, rendering, movement or removal of a structure or mass of material by means of tools, equipment or the placement and discharge of explosives.
1. “Emergency” means a sudden, unexpected occurrence that involves clear and imminent danger and requires immediate action to prevent or mitigate loss of life or damage to health, property or essential public services. 2. As used in this section, “immediate action” includes, without limitation: (a) The use of non-mecha…
1. “Excavation” means the movement or removal of earth, rock or other material in or on the ground by: (a) Use of mechanical equipment; (b) Use of non-mechanical equipment by: (1) A contractor; or (2) Any person, other than a contractor, if at any point the movement or removal of such material occurs more than 12 inche…
“High consequence subsurface installation” means the following types of subsurface installations: 1. A high-pressure natural gas pipeline with a normal operating pressure greater than 100 pounds per square inch gauge; 2. A petroleum pipeline; 3. A pressurized sewage pipeline or force main; 4. A high-voltage electric su…
“Mechanical equipment” means equipment operated by mechanical power, including a trencher, bulldozer, power shovel, auger, backhoe, scraper, drill, cable or pipe plow or any other equipment used for plowing-in cable or pipe.
“Non-mechanical equipment” means equipment operated solely by human power, including, without limitation, a hammer or other device used to drive stakes or rods into the ground, mattock, pickaxe, shovel or spade.
“Operator” means any person who owns, operates or maintains a subsurface installation. The term does not include: 1. The Department of Transportation; or 2. An interstate railroad company that operates more than 1,000 miles of railroad track in this State, if the subsurface installations owned, operated or maintained b…
“Person” includes a government, governmental agency or political subdivision of a government.
“Sewer main” means a sewer line with a diameter that exceeds 6 inches.
“Sewer service lateral” means a pipe or conduit that connects a building or other property to a sewer main.
“Subsurface installation” means a pipeline, force main, supply line, conductor, conduit, cable, duct, wire, communications line, sewer line, storm drain, other drain line or other structure that is located underground.
“Unexpected occurrence” includes, but is not limited to, fire, flood, earthquake or other cause of the movement of the soil, or a riot, an accident, a motor vehicle crash or an act of sabotage that causes damage to a subsurface installation which requires immediate repair.
“Working day” means every day from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m., except Saturday, Sunday and any federal or state holiday.
1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, possession of a permit to conduct an excavation or demolition does not exempt a person from complying with the provisions of NRS 455.080 to 455.180, inclusive. 2. A person is exempt from complying with the provisions of NRS 455.080 to 455.180, inclusive, if the person ob…