Section 519A.035 - "Exploration project" defined1. "Exploration project" means all activities conducted in this State by a person on or beneath the surface of the land for the purpose of, or in connection with, determining the presence, location, extent, depth or grade of any mineral.2. The term does not include an exploration project which is limited to a surface disturbance of not more than 5 acres in any calendar year. To determine the area of the surface disturbed: (a) All land disturbed and left unreclaimed by an operator within a 1-mile radius of the center of the project must be considered; and(b) Land shall be considered reclaimed if action has been taken to stabilize the land to a condition designed to result in the establishment of a productive postmining use of the land.Nev. Admin. Code § 519A.035
Added to NAC by Environmental Comm'n, eff. 9-19-90