459.475 - Duties of Department. - Nevada Statutes

459.475  Duties of Department.  The Department shall:

      1.  Except as otherwise provided in NRS 459.480, enforce the Commission’s regulations on hazardous waste;

      2.  Develop and publish a plan of management of hazardous waste in this State, including among other things, descriptions of:

      (a) Sources of hazardous waste, including information on the types and quantities of the waste;

      (b) Current practices and costs in the management of hazardous waste, including treatment, storage and disposal; and

      (c) The hazards associated with the use by a consumer of a commercial product in a manner contrary to the directions for use, cautions or warnings appearing on the label of the product, if the Department determines that such a description is necessary; and

      3.  Cooperate with other states to bring about improved management of hazardous waste, encourage the enactment of uniform state laws relating to hazardous waste, and develop compacts between this and other states which are designed to provide for improved management of hazardous waste.

      (Added to NRS by 1981, 883; A 1999, 1121)