1. Assembly Bill No. 173–Committee on Natural Resources,


  1. Agriculture, and Mining

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AN ACT relating to hazardous materials; revising the designation of highly hazardous

substances for the purposes of regulating facilities where such substances are

produced, used, stored or handled; excluding certain types of household waste from

the definition of hazardous waste; authorizing the state department of conservation

and natural resources to include within its plan of management of hazardous waste

in this state a description of the hazards associated with certain uses of commercial

products; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

 

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN

SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

Section 1. Chapter 459 of NRS is hereby amended by adding thereto a

new section to read as follows:

"Household waste" means waste material, including, without

limitation, garbage, trash and sanitary wastes in septic tanks that is

generated by a household, including, without limitation, a single-family

or multiple-unit residence, hotel, motel, bunkhouse, ranger station, crew

quarters, campground, picnic ground and day-use recreational area. The

term does not include nickel, cadmium, mercuric oxide, manganese,

zinc-carbon or lead batteries, toxic art supplies, used motor oil, kerosene,

solvent-based paint, paint thinner, paint solvents, fluorescent or high-

intensity light bulbs, ammunition, fireworks, pesticides the use of which

has been prohibited or restricted, or any other waste generated by a

household that would otherwise be defined as hazardous waste pursuant

to subsection 2 of NRS 459.430.

Sec. 2. NRS 459.3816 is hereby amended to read as follows:

  1. 459.3816 1. The following substances are designated as highly
  1. hazardous, if present in the quantity designated after each substance or a
  1. greater quantity:

Number Assigned

by Chemical Quantity

Chemical Name of Substance Abstract Service (In pounds)

Acetaldehyde 75-07-0 2500

Acrolein (2-Propenal) 107-02-8 150

Acrylyl Chloride 814-68-6 250

Allyl Chloride 107-05-1 1000

Allylamine 107-11-9 [1500] 1000

Alkylaluminums None 5000

Ammonia, Anhydrous 7664-41-7 500

0

Ammonia solutions [(44%]

(concentration greater than 44%

ammonia by weight) 7664-41-7 10000

Ammonium Perchlorate 7790-98-9 7500

Ammonium Permanganate 7787-36-2 7500

Arsine (also called Arsenic Hydride) 7784-42-1 100

Bis (Chloromethyl) Ether 542-88-1 100

Boron Trichloride 10294-34-5 2500

Boron Trifluoride 7637-07-2 250

Bromine 7726-95-6 1500

Bromine Chloride 13863-41-7 1500

Bromine Pentafluoride 7789-30-2 2500

Bromine Trifluoride 7787-71-5 15000

3-Bromopropyne (also called

Propargyl Bromide) 106-96-7 [7500] 100

Butyl Hydroperoxide (Tertiary) 75-91-2 5000

Butyl Perbenzoate (Tertiary) 614-45-9 7500

Carbonyl Chloride (see Phosgene) 75-44-5 100

Carbonyl Fluoride 353-50-4 2500

Cellulose Nitrate (concentration

greater than 12.6% Nitrogen) 9004-70-0 2500

Chlorine 7782-50-5 1500

Chlorine Dioxide 10049-04-4 1000

Chlorine Pentafluoride 13637-63-3 1000

Chlorine Trifluoride 7790-91-2 1000

Chlorodiethylaluminum (also called

Diethylaluminum Chloride) 96-10-6 5000

1-Chloro-2,4-Dinitrobenzene 97-00-7 5000

Chloromethyl Methyl Ether 107-30-2 500

Chloropicrin 76-06-2 500

Chloropicrin and Methyl Bromide

mixture None 1500

Chloropicrin and Methyl Chloride

mixture None 1500

Cumene Hydroperoxide 80-15-9 5000

Cyanogen 460-19-5 2500

Cyanogen Chloride 506-77-4 500

Cyanuric Fluoride 675-14-9 100

Diacetyl Peroxide (concentration

greater than 70%) 110-22-5 5000

Diazomethane 334-88-3 500

Dibenzoyl Peroxide 94-36-0 7500

Diborane 19287-45-7 100

Dibutyl Peroxide (Tertiary) 110-05-4 5000

Dichloro Acetylene 7572-29-4 250

Dichlorosilane 4109-96-0 250

0

Diethylzinc 557-20-0 10000

Diisopropyl Peroxydicarbonate 105-64-6 7500

Dilauroyl Peroxide 105-74-8 7500

Dimethyl Sulfide 75-18-3 100

Dimethyldichlorosilane 75-78-5 1000

Dimethylhydrazine, 1.1- 57-14-7 1000

Dimethylamine, Anhydrous 124-40-3 2500

2, 4 Dinitroaniline 97-02-9 5000

Ethyl Methyl Ketone Peroxide (also

Methyl Ethyl Ketone Peroxide;

concentration greater than 60%) 1338-23-4 5000

Ethyl Nitrite 109-95-5 5000

Ethylamine 75-04-7 7500

Ethylene Fluorohydrin 371-62-0 100

Ethylene Oxide 75-21-8 5000

Ethyleneimine 151-56-4 1000

Fluorine 7782-41-4 [1000] 100

Formaldehyde (concentration [90%)]

37% or greater by weight) 50-00-0 1000

Furan 110-00-9 500

Hexafluoroacetone 684-16-2 5000

Hydrochloric Acid, Anhydrous 7647-01-0 5000

Hydrofluoric Acid, Anhydrous 7664-39-3 1000

Hydrogen Bromide 10035-10-6 5000

Hydrogen Chloride 7647-01-0 5000

Hydrogen Cyanide, Anhydrous 74-90-8 1000

Hydrogen Fluoride 7664-39-3 1000

Hydrogen Peroxide [(52% by weight

or more)] (concentration 52% or

greater by weight) 7722-84-1 7500

Hydrogen Selenide 7783-07-5 150

Hydrogen Sulfide 7783-06-4 1500

Hydroxylamine 7803-49-8 2500

Iron, Pentacarbonyl- 13463-40-6 250

Isopropyl Formate 625-55-8 500

Isopropylamine 75-31-0 5000

Ketene 463-51-4 100

Methacrylaldehyde 78-85-3 1000

Methacryloyl Chloride 920-46-7 150

Methacryloyloxyethyl Isocyanate 30674-80-7 100

Methyl Acrylonitrile 126-98-7 250

Methylamine, Anhydrous 74-89-5 1000

Methyl Bromide 74-83-9 2500

Methyl Chloride 74-87-3 15000

Methyl Chloroformate 79-22-1 500

Methyl Disulfide 624-92-0 10

0

Methyl Ethyl Ketone Peroxide

(concentration greater than 60%) 1338-23-4 5000

Methyl Fluoroacetate 453-18-9 100

Methyl Fluorosulfate 421-20-5 100

Methyl Hydrazine 60-34-4 100

Methyl Iodide 74-88-4 7500

Methyl Isocyanate 624-83-9 250

Methyl Mercaptan 74-93-1 5000

Methyl Vinyl Ketone 78-94-4 100

Methyltrichlorosilane 75-79-6 500

Nickel Carbonyl (Nickel

Tetracarbonyl) 13463-39-3 150

Nitric Acid [(94.5% by weight or

greater)] (concentration 94.5% or

greater by weight) 7697-37-2 500

Nitric Oxide 10102-43-9 250

Nitroaniline (para Nitroaniline) 100-01-6 5000

Nitromethane 75-52-5 2500

Nitrogen Dioxide 10102-44-0 250

Nitrogen Oxides (NO; NO2; N2O4;

N2O3) 10102-44-0 250

Nitrogen Tetroxide (also called

Nitrogen Peroxide) 10544-72-6 250

Nitrogen Trifluoride 7783-54-2 5000

Nitrogen Trioxide 10544-73-7 250

Oleum (65% or greater by weight of

sulfur trioxide; also called Fuming

Sulfuric Acid) 8014-95-7 1000

Osmium Tetroxide 20816-12-0 100

Oxygen Difluoride (Fluorine

Monoxide) 7783-41-7 100

Ozone 10028-15-6 100

Pentaborane 19624-22-7 100

Peracetic Acid [(also]

(concentration greater than 60%

Acetic Acid; also called

Peroxyacetic Acid) 79-21-0 [5000] 1000

Perchloric Acid (concentration

[60%)] greater than 60% by

weight) 7601-90-3 5000

Perchloromethyl Mercaptan 594-42-3 150

Perchloryl Fluoride 7616-94-6 5000

Peroxyacetic Acid (concentration

[60%;] greater than 60% Acetic

Acid; also called Peracetic Acid) 79-21-0 [5000] 1000

Phosgene (also called Carbonyl

Chloride) 75-44-5 100

Phosphine (Hydrogen Phosphide) 7803-51-2 100

Phosphorus Oxychloride (also called

Phosphoryl Chloride) 10025-87-3 1000

Phosphorus Trichloride 7719-12-2 1000

Phosphoryl Chloride (also called

Phosphorus Oxychloride) 10025-87-3 1000

Propargyl Bromide 106-96-7 [7500] 100

Propyl Nitrate 627-13-4 [2500] 100

Sarin 107-44-8 100

Selenium Hexafluoride 7783-79-1 1000

Stibine (Antimony Hydride) 7803-52-3 500

Sulfur Dioxide (liquid) 7446-09-5 1000

Sulfur Pentafluoride 5714-22-7 250

Sulfur Tetrafluoride 7783-60-0 250

Sulfur Trioxide (also called Sulfuric

Anhydride) 7446-11-9 1000

Sulfuric Anhydride (also called

Sulfur Trioxide) 7446-11-9 1000

Tellurium Hexafluoride 7783-80-4 250

Tetrafluoroethylene 116-14-3 5000

Tetrafluorohydrazine 10036-47-2 5000

Tetramethyl Lead 75-74-1 [7500] 1000

Thionyl Chloride 7719-09-7 250

Titanium Tetrachloride 7550-45-0 2500

Trichloro(chloromethyl) Silane 1558-25-4 100

Trichloro(dichlorophenyl) Silane 27137-85-5 2500

Trichlorosilane 10025-78-2 5000

Trifluorochloroethylene 79-38-9 10000

Trimethyoxysilane 2487-90-3 1500
  1. 2. The division, in consultation with the health districts created
  1. pursuant to NRS 439.370, the health division of the department of human
  1. resources and the division of industrial relations of the department of
  1. business and industry, shall regularly examine the sources of information
  1. available to it with regard to potentially highly hazardous substances. The
  1. division shall, by regulation, add to the list of highly hazardous substances
  1. any chemical that is identified as being used, manufactured, stored, or
  1. capable of being produced, at a facility, in sufficient quantities at a single
  1. site, that its release into the environment would produce a significant
  1. likelihood that persons exposed would suffer death or substantial bodily
  1. harm as a consequence of the exposure.

Sec. 3. NRS 459.405 is hereby amended to read as follows:

459.405 As used in NRS 459.400 to 459.600, inclusive, unless the

context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 459.410 to

459.455, inclusive, and section 1 of this act have the meanings ascribed to

them in those sections.

Sec. 4. NRS 459.430 is hereby amended to read as follows:

  1. 459.430 "Hazardous waste" means any waste or combination of
  1. wastes, including , without limitation, solids, semisolids, liquids or
  1. contained gases, except household waste, which:
  1. 1. Because of its quantity or concentration or its physical, chemical or
  1. infectious characteristics may:
  1. (a) Cause or significantly contribute to an increase in mortality or
  1. serious irreversible or incapacitating illness; or
  1. (b) Pose a substantial hazard or potential hazard to human health, public
  1. safety or the environment when it is given improper treatment, storage,
  1. transportation, disposal or other management.
  1. 2. Is identified as hazardous by the department as a result of studies
  1. undertaken for the purpose of identifying hazardous wastes.

The term includes, among other wastes, toxins, corrosives, flammable

materials, irritants, strong sensitizers and materials which generate pressure

by decomposition, heat or otherwise.

Sec. 5. NRS 459.475 is hereby amended to read as follows:

  1. 459.475 The department shall:
  1. 1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 459.480 , enforce the
  1. commission’s regulations on hazardous waste;
  1. 2. Develop and publish a plan of management of hazardous waste in
  1. this state, including among other things, descriptions of:
  1. (a) Sources of hazardous waste, including information on the types and
  1. quantities of the waste; [and]
  1. (b) Current practices and costs in the management of hazardous waste,
  1. including treatment, storage and disposal; and
  1. (c) The hazards associated with the use by a consumer of a
  1. commercial product in a manner contrary to the directions for use,
  1. cautions or warnings appearing on the label of the product, if the
  1. 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.

Sec. 6. This act becomes effective upon passage and approval.

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