{"data":{"id":"us-nv/nrs-445b.508","jurisdiction":"us-nv","citation":"NRS 445B.508","heading":"Reduction or mitigation of increases in emissions; air pollution credits.","body":"1. In a county whose population is 700,000 or more, a district board of health or board of county commissioners may, as a part of its program for the control of air pollution established pursuant to NRS 445B.500, require each person or entity that is proposing to locate a new source of air pollution within its jurisdiction or to modify an existing source of air pollution within its jurisdiction in such a way as to increase emissions of air pollutants, to reduce or mitigate any increase in emissions in accordance with regulations adopted by such board.\n2. If a district board of health or board of county commissioners imposes the requirement described in subsection 1, its program established pursuant to NRS 445B.500 must:\n(a) Provide a method for determining credits which results in credits that are quantifiable, surplus and legally enforceable;\n(b) Set forth the manner in which credits will be banked and traded, and the manner in which such transactions will be tracked and accounted for by the board; and\n(c) By not later than January 1, 2002, prohibit any person or entity from purchasing or selling credits of one type of pollutant if such credits will be used subsequently to produce a different type of pollutant.\n3. If a county operates a program for the control of air pollution that allows a person operating or responsible for the existence of a source to earn credits for maintaining or reducing the level of air contaminant emitted from the source, the program:\n(a) Must allow the person to earn credits for reducing the level of air contaminant emitted from that source through the use of solar energy; and\n(b) Must not allow the person to earn credits for reducing the level of air contaminant emitted from that source if such a reduction is required as a component of a penalty imposed against the person.\n4. A credit earned pursuant to this section does not constitute an interest in property.\n5. As used in this section:\n(a) “Credit” means an administratively created asset that may:\n(1) Entitle a person operating or responsible for the existence of a source to allow the source to emit a certain level of air contaminant above a baseline that is determined by the board;\n(2) Be used to comply with the requirements of a permit; and\n(3) Be traded or sold to another person.\n(b) “Surplus” means that a credit is not earned by compliance with a requirement of the state implementation plan adopted by this State pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 7410 or any other federal, state or local law, ordinance or regulation.","path":["TITLE 40 — PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY","CHAPTER 445B - AIR POLLUTION","PROGRAM FOR CONTROL OF AIR POLLUTION"],"source_url":"https://www.leg.state.nv.us/NRS/NRS-445B.html#NRS445BSec508","current_through":"2025 session (NRS as revised 2026-08-25)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T05:51:40Z","sha256":"7d2659b4b9965a6c77db7837197f762067cbc130093b4bce735c0b7f7a193957","source_id":"us-nv","stale":true,"prev":"us-nv/nrs-445b.505","next":"us-nv/nrs-445b.510"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}