Section 534B.130 - Requirements if artesian condition encountered in boreholeIf an artesian condition is encountered in any dissolved mineral resource exploration borehole such that water is flowing at the surface:
1. The artesian water strata must be contained pursuant to the standard set forth in chapter 534 of NRS and chapter 534 of NAC and the dissolved mineral resource exploration borehole must be plugged by placing concrete grout, cement grout or neat cement by tremie pipe in an upward direction from the bottom of the borehole to the surface; and2. The well driller and operator shall take the necessary steps to prevent the loss of water above or below the surface and to prevent the vertical movement of water in the dissolved mineral resource exploration borehole.Nev. Admin. Code § 534B.130
Added to NAC by Comm'n on Mineral Resources by R109-17AP, eff. 5/16/2018Section 20 of Assembly Bill No. 52, chapter 507, Statutes of Nevada 2017, at page 3414 (NRS 534B.120)