459.850 - Action to alleviate hazard to human health, public safety or environment.
459.850 Action to alleviate hazard to human health, public safety or environment. If the Department receives information that the operation of a storage tank presents an imminent and substantial hazard to human health, public safety or the environment, it may:
1. Issue an order directing the owner or operator of the storage tank to take necessary steps to prevent the act or eliminate the practice which constitutes the hazard.
2. Request that the Attorney General commence an action to enjoin the practices or acts which constitute the hazard.
3. Take any other action designed to reduce or eliminate the hazard.
(Added to NRS by 1989, 773)