CARSON CITY — A Boil Water Order was issued today for Gold Country Estates (population 950) located near Winnemucca in Humboldt County. The community affected includes Grass Valley Elementary school. A routine sample taken Nov. 24, 2009, showed a presence of total coliform bacteria. This finding required that a retest be taken following the Thanksgiving [...]

CARSON CITY – The Nevada Division of Environmental Protection (NDEP) announced yesterday the completion of an agreement with Yukon-Nevada Gold Corp.’s Queenstake Resources USA Ltd. (Queenstake) that addresses environmental compliance at the Jerritt Canyon Mine. The consent decree, signed by the NDEP and Yukon-Nevada Gold, was submitted to the Elko County District Court Monday, Oct. [...]

Recent news coverage has focused on the proposed Jungo landfill site outside of Winnemucca. The Nevada Division of Environmental Protection is responsible for issuance of the environmental permits for the site; specifically permits for air pollution control and solid waste. Per federal and state law, if the company proposing the site, Recology, meets state and [...]

CARSON CITY — The Nevada Division of Environmental Protection (NDEP) has more than $1 million in federal funding available to provide grant assistance for projects that prevent or control nonpoint source water pollution, the leading cause of water quality impairment in Nevada. Nonpoint source (NPS) water pollution occurs when rain, snowmelt and irrigation water flows [...]

CARSON CITY – The Nevada Division of Environmental Protection joins the nation in celebrating Earth Day April 22, 2009, by encouraging residents to visit NevadaRecycles.gov. The Web site offers a free, downloadable professional teaching curriculum, recycling locations by county, recycling guides, grant programs and the latest state recycling statistics. Earth Day is marked each year [...]

CARSON CITY, Nev.–The Nevada Division of Environmental Protection (NDEP), Bureau of Air Pollution Control, will hold a public hearing Wednesday, Jan. 9, in Ely, Nevada, on its technical evaluation of the permit application submitted by Sierra Pacific Resources for its Ely Energy Center coal-fired power plant, proposed for construction in eastern Nevada. The hearing is [...]

  CARSON CITY, Nev.–The Nevada Division of Environmental Protection (NDEP) has granted a group of environmental organizations unprecedented participation in the review of memorandums of understanding (MOUs) for three companies that have proposed coal-fired electric generating plants in eastern and southern Nevada. At the same time, however, the administrator of the NDEP questioned the tactics [...]

FALLON, Nev.–Bango Oil, the oil re-refining plant located west of Fallon that has been open less than a year, was issued a stop order by the Nevada Department of Environmental Protection’s Bureau of Air Pollution Control Thursday. The order was issued after NDEP received a report on source emissions testing performed in July by a [...]