Nevada Code § 459.3816

Designation of highly hazardous substances and explosives: Regulations; amendment
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1. The State Environmental Commission
shall adopt regulations:
(a) Designating a list of highly hazardous
substances, including, without limitation, any chemical, the release of which
into the environment or the involvement of which in a fire or explosion would
produce a significant likelihood that persons exposed would suffer death or
substantial bodily harm as a consequence of the exposure; and
(b) Designating for each such substance a
quantity which requires the regulation of that substance pursuant to NRS 459.380 to 459.3874 , inclusive, and any regulations
adopted pursuant thereto.
2. The Division shall regularly examine
sources of information available to it, including, without limitation, studies,
guidelines and regulations of the Federal Government and the provisions set
forth in 29 U.S.C. 655 and 42 U.S.C. 7412(r), and may propose that the
State Environmental Commission add or delete a substance or otherwise amend the
list of substances and quantities adopted pursuant to subsection 1.
3. The State Environmental Commission
shall adopt regulations designating specific materials that are subject to
regulation as explosives pursuant to NRS
459.380 to 459.3874 , inclusive, and
any regulations adopted pursuant thereto.
4. The Division shall regularly examine
sources of information available to it, including, without limitation, studies,
guidelines and regulations of the Federal Government and the provisions set
forth in 18 U.S.C. 841, et seq., and shall consult with the Division of
Industrial Relations of the Department of Business and Industry to determine
materials that should be regulated as explosives. The Division may propose that
the State Environmental Commission add or delete a material or otherwise amend
the list of materials adopted pursuant to subsection 3.

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