Section 534.320 - Notice of intent to drill: Submission; approval by Division required; contents; fees; correction; forms1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, before a well driller may set up a well rig or commence drilling, plugging or rehabilitating a well, the well driller must: (a) Submit to the Division a notice of intent in accordance with the requirements of this section; and(b) Receive the approval of the Division for the notice of intent. All work performed by the well driller is subject to the terms of approval for the notice of intent issued by the Division. After the Division receives and approves the notice of intent, the well driller must notify the Division in writing at least 24 hours before the work will commence and then the well driller may set up the well rig and commence drilling, plugging or rehabilitating the well.2. Submission of a notice of intent is not required for the reconditioning of an existing well.3. The notice of intent submitted pursuant to subsection 1 must give the name of the person for whom the work is being performed, the location of the well by public land survey, the lot number, block number and county assessor's parcel number, the parcel size, the purpose of the well, the date on which the work is to be commenced, the type of work to be done and the diameter of casing to be installed. The notice must be accompanied by the filing fee required by NRS 533.435 and must include: (a) The signature of a qualified person who is named on the contractor's license or the well driller responsible for the work;(b) The license number of the well driller responsible for the work; and(c) If applicable, the governmental agency identification number mandating the installation of the well, such as the number of a water right permit, waiver, case file or facility identification.4. The notice of intent submitted pursuant to subsection 1 must be received by the Division at least 3 working days before the well rig is to be set up. If a permit or waiver is required for the drilling operation, the number of the permit or waiver issued by the Division must be indicated on the notice of intent in addition to the information required by subsection 3.5. In addition to the requirements of subsections 3 and 4, the notice of intent must include global positioning system coordinates which:(a) Are either identified by latitude and longitude using decimal degrees or are identified using coordinates of the Universal Transverse Mercator system; and(b) Specify for each coordinate whether the North American Datum of 1927, North American Datum of 1983 or the World Geodetic System 1984 was used.6. If a well driller omits any of the information required by this section from the notice of intent submitted to the Division pursuant to subsection 1, the Division may return the notice of intent to the well driller for correction. A well driller must not set up the well rig or commence drilling, rehabilitating or plugging the well until the well driller receives approval of the corrected notice of intent from the Division.7. A well driller may submit the notice of intent required pursuant to subsection 1 to the Division in an electronic format if the Division approves this manner of submission for the well driller before the well driller submits the notice of intent.8. The forms evidencing notice of intent must be furnished by the Division to the well driller.9. If a well is to be drilled, plugged or rehabilitated in a township that is located north of the Mount Diablo baseline, the notice of intent must be submitted to the office of the Division located in Carson City. If a well is to be drilled, plugged or rehabilitated in a township which is located south of the Mount Diablo baseline, the notice of intent must be submitted to the office of the Division located in Las Vegas.Nev. Admin. Code § 534.320
St. Engineer, Drilling Wells Reg. Part 4, eff. 5-19-81-NAC A 1-9-90; 12-30-97; R009-06, 6-1-2006; R039-12, 6-29-2012; A by R044-14, eff. 10/24/2014; A by R068-20A, eff. 12/29/2020; A by R068-20CAP, eff. 6/23/2021