445B.610 - Provisions for transition in administration. - Nevada Statutes

445B.610  Provisions for transition in administration.

      1.  All rules, regulations and standards promulgated by the State Commission of Environmental Protection pertaining to air pollution control in force on July 1, 1973, remain in effect until such time as revised by the State Environmental Commission pursuant to NRS 445B.100 to 445B.640, inclusive.

      2.  Any and all action taken by the State Commission of Environmental Protection, including but not limited to existing orders, notices of violation, variances, permits, cease and desist orders and compliance schedules, shall remain in full force and effect and binding upon the State Environmental Commission, the Director, the Department and all persons to whom such action may apply on or after July 1, 1973.

      3.  In the event that a local air pollution control program described in NRS 445B.500 is transferred in whole or in part from an existing air pollution control agency to another agency, all rules and regulations adopted by the existing agency may be readopted as amended to reflect the transfer of authorities by the new agency immediately upon such transfer, and the provisions of NRS 445B.215 do not apply to such readoption.

      4.  If a transfer of local authority as described in subsection 3 occurs, all orders, notices of violation, variances, cease and desist orders, compliance schedules and other legal action taken by the existing air pollution control board, control officer or hearing board remain in full force and effect, and must not be invalidated by reason of such transfer.

      (Added to NRS by 1973, 1810; A 2007, 1909)