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• NAC 534.449
  Waiver of requirement to plug well. ( NRS 534.020 , 534.050 , 534.060 , 534.110 ) 1. The owner of a well who wishes to obtain a waiver pursuant to subsection 7
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• NAC 534.4485
  Waiver to drill drain well in shallow groundwater system. ( NRS 534.020 , 534.050 , 534.110 ) 1. A request for a waiver to drill a drain well in a shallow groun
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• NAC 534.448
  Waiver to drill well in shallow groundwater system to alleviate certain potential hazards. ( NRS 534.020 , 534.050 , 534.110 ) 1. A request for a waiver to dril
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• NAC 534.446
  Waiver to use water for construction of highway. ( NRS 534.020 , 534.050 , 534.110 ) 1. A request for a waiver to allow the temporary use of water from an exist
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• NAC 534.444
  Waiver to use water to explore for oil, gas or geothermal resources. ( NRS 534.020 , 534.050 , 534.110 ) 1. A request for a waiver to allow the temporary use of
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• NAC 534.442
  Waiver to use water to explore for minerals. ( NRS 534.020 , 534.050 , 534.110 ) 1. A request for a waiver to allow a temporary use of water from an existing we
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• NAC 534.441
  Waiver to drill monitoring well or use existing well as monitoring well. ( NRS 534.020 , 534.050 , 534.110 ) 1. A request for a waiver to drill a monitoring wel
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• NAC 534.4495
  or apply to make the waiver permanent. 3. A request for a waiver or to make a waiver permanent must: (a) Be made on a form provided by the State Engineer; (b) I
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• NAC 534.4376
  Instrumentation geotechnical soil borings. ( NRS 534.020 , 534.060 , 534.110 ) 1. An instrumentation geotechnical soil boring may be drilled by an unlicensed we
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• NAC 534.4375
  Geotechnical soil borings and blast holes: Artesian conditions. ( NRS 534.020 , 534.060 , 534.110 ) If an artesian condition is encountered in any geotechnical
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• NAC 534.4373
  Geotechnical soil boring: Responsibility for plugging. ( NRS 534.020 , 534.060 , 534.110 ) The owner and lessor of the land on which a geotechnical soil boring
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• NAC 534.4369
  . (Added to NAC by St. Engineer by R039-12, eff. 6-29-2012; A by R068-20, 12-29-2020) WAIVERS
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• NAC 534.4363
  Monitoring wells: Artesian conditions. ( NRS 534.020 , 534.060 , 534.110 , 534.140 ) If an artesian condition is encountered in a monitoring well, the well dril
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• NAC 534.4361
  Monitoring wells: Surface pad; prevention of unauthorized use; additional protective measures. ( NRS 534.020 , 534.060 , 534.110 , 534.140 ) 1. Unless the area
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• NAC 534.4359
  Monitoring wells: Measures required if contaminant or contaminated water is encountered. ( NRS 534.020 , 534.060 , 534.110 , 534.140 ) If a contaminant or conta
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• NAC 534.4357
  Monitoring wells: Placement of gravel and seals in annular space. ( NRS 534.020 , 534.060 , 534.110 , 534.140 ) 1. If the water or vapors which are being monito
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• NAC 534.4355
  Monitoring wells: Casing; prevention of contamination. ( NRS 534.020 , 534.060 , 534.110 , 534.140 ) 1. A well driller shall install casing in a monitoring well
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• NAC 534.4365
  Monitoring wells: Plugging. ( NRS 534.020 , 534.060 , 534.110 ) 1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, a monitoring well must be plugged by a licensed
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• NAC 534.4353
  Monitoring wells: Responsibilities of owner; permits; responsibility for plugging well located on public land; affidavit of responsibility for plugging. ( NRS 5
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• NAC 534.4351
  Monitoring wells: Restrictions on construction. ( NRS 534.020 , 534.110 , 534.140 , 534.170 ) A monitoring well must be: 1. Drilled only by a well driller who i
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• NAC 534.432
  Mandatory plugging of well as result of noncompliance with requirements for well drilling. ( NRS 534.020 , 534.110 , 534.140 , 534.160 ) If a well was: 1. Const
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• NAC 534.430
  ......................................... 30 Failing to prevent, control or stop the flow of water from an artesian well as required by NRS 534.060 and
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• NAC 534.426
  Plugging of well: Artesian conditions. ( NRS 534.020 , 534.060 , 534.110 ) If an artesian condition is encountered in any well such that water is flowing at the
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• NAC 534.424
  Plugging of well: Responsibility for cost. ( NRS 534.020 , 534.060 , 534.110 ) 1. If a well is located on private land, the owner of the land at the time the we
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• NAC 534.450
  Waiver of requirement of this chapter. ( NRS 534.020 , 534.050 , 534.110 ) 1. The State Engineer may, for good cause shown, waive a requirement of the provision
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• NAC 534.4371
  . 4. Documentation of each instrumentation geotechnical soil boring must be completed and maintained pursuant to
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• NAC 534.422
  within 3 days after the completion of the project or the expiration of the waiver, whichever occurs first. For purposes of this subsection, “expiration of the w
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• NAC 534.390
  Construction of well: Location near river, lake, perennial stream, unlined reservoir, ditch or canal; compliance with permit or waiver. ( NRS 534.020 , 534.060
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• NAC 534.380
  Construction of well: Seals. ( NRS 534.020 , 534.060 , 534.110 , 534.140 ) 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, before the drill rig is removed from
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• NAC 534.378
  ...................... 30 Approvals Failing to comply with the requirements of NRS 534.065 when drilling a replacement well.....................................
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• NAC 534.375
  Measures required before constructing new water well and if contaminant or contaminated water is encountered during construction of water well. ( NRS 534.020 ,
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• NAC 534.370
  if drilling is suspended or drilling equipment is moved from the drilling site before a well is completed or plugged............................................
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• NAC 534.362
  . 2. The well driller shall take the precautions necessary to prevent contamination of groundwater. The equipment used to construct a monitoring well must be de
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• NAC 534.360
  and extends not less than 5 feet below the surface pad and not less than 1 foot above the surface pad; (2) Fitting the top of the steel casing with a locking ca
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• NAC 534.350
  Identification of well rig. ( NRS 534.020 , 534.110 , 534.140 ) The name and address of the contractor drilling the well must be conspicuously displayed in legi
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• NAC 534.500
  Assessment of demerit points against license of well driller; suspension and reinstatement of license; removal of demerit points. ( NRS 534.020 , 534.110 ) 1. T
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• NAC 534.335
  Responsibility to obtain written authorization from owner of land to access project if certain waiver granted. ( NRS 534.020 , 534.110 ) A waiver granted by the
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• NAC 534.330
  , including, without limitation, the depth of the annular seal, the location of perforations and the minimum or maximum depth of the well.......................
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• NAC 534.325
  Notice of intent: Lapse; new notice. ( NRS 534.020 , 534.110 , 534.140 ) 1. If the drilling, plugging or rehabilitation of a well described on a notice of inten
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• NAC 534.316
  Wells for domestic use: Requirements for subdivisions. ( NRS 534.020 , 534.110 ) 1. If a right to appropriate water has been dedicated to a subdivision or has b
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• NAC 534.317
  Wells for domestic use: Requirements to convert an existing nondomestic well to a well for domestic use. ( NRS 534.020 , 534.110 ) 1. An owner of an existing no
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• NAC 534.427
  do not apply to the well; (d) If the well is located on public land, include a notarized affidavit, on a form prescribed by the Division, from the person who wi
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• NAC 534.310
  Nondesignated basins; replacement wells. ( NRS 534.020 , 534.050 , 534.110 , 534.140 ) 1. Except as otherwise provided in
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• NAC 534.4415
  Waiver to drill or rehabilitate domestic well in certain areas. ( NRS 534.020 , 534.050 , 534.110 ) 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4, a person ma
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• NAC 534.420
  more than 30 days after a water well has been plugged............................................................................................. 10 Licenses I
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• NAC 534.439
  to 534.450 , inclusive, must be submitted to the Division within 3 business days after the approval of the waiver is granted. 4. As used in this section, “publi
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• NAC 534.315
  Wells for domestic use; replacement wells. ( NRS 534.020 , 534.110 , 534.140 , 534.180 ) 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 8, permits to appropriate
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• NAC 534.300
  Designated basins; replacement wells. ( NRS 534.020 , 534.050 , 534.110 , 534.140 ) 1. Except as otherwise provided in
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• NAC 534.294
  Scope of authority under license; issuance of limited licenses; request to modify scope of limited license. ( NRS 534.020 , 534.110 , 534.140 ) 1. A well-drilli
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• NAC 534.293
  ; (b) The State Engineer finds that the well driller is competent to engage in the practice of well drilling in the State of Nevada; and (c) The well driller re
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