NRS 455.096: “Operator” defined.

“Operator” means any person who owns, operates or maintains a subsurface installation. The term does not include:

1. The Department of Transportation; or

2. An interstate railroad company that operates more than 1,000 miles of railroad track in this State, if the subsurface installations owned, operated or maintained by the company:

(a) Are located within the right-of-way of the company; and

(b) Do not include facilities subject to the jurisdiction of the United States Department of Transportation pursuant to 49 C.F.R. Parts 191 to 195, inclusive.