As required by Governor Lombardo’s Executive Order 2023-003, NDEP is undertaking a comprehensive review of the regulations subject to its enforcement and will be providing a report to the Governor’s office by May 1, 2023 “detailing how those regulations can be streamlined, clarified, or otherwise improved to ensure they provide for the general welfare of the State without unnecessarily inhibiting economic growth.”  The report will provide recommendations for amendments and “a list of not less than ten (10) regulations recommended for removal, ranking them in descending order of priority”.  Regulations administered by NDEP also include those that fall under the oversight or implementation of the State Environmental Commission, Board for Financing Water Projects, and Board to Review (Petroleum Fund) Claims.

NDEP encourages the review of their regulations of interest on their website for this effort at https://ndep.nv.gov/reg-review .  To help NDEP understand input from stakeholders, they have set up an e-mail address at NDEPRegReview23@ndep.nv.gov where suggestions for revisions to regulations can be submitted. If you choose to provide input, please identify the regulation(s) for consideration, by NAC number if possible.  NDEP will review submitted suggestions and reflect stakeholder input in the summary of findings and recommendations of the report if that input is received no later than March 31, 2023.