NRS 459.320: Prerequisites to issuance of license.

Before a license for the processing or extraction of ores primarily for obtaining their content of source material and disposing of by-product material is issued, the Division of Public and Behavioral Health of the Department of Human Services shall:

1. Hold a hearing.

2. Provide a written analysis of the effect of the activity on the environment which must include:

(a) An assessment of the radiological and nonradiological effects on the public health;

(b) An assessment of any effect on any waterway and groundwater;

(c) A summary of any alternatives to the activity being considered; and

(d) A summary of the long-term effect of the activity.