Application Forms & Guidance

Class I Landfills (NAC 444.570) are defined as disposal sites that:

1. Are comprised of at least one municipal solid waste landfill unit including all contiguous land and structures, other appurtenances and improvements on the land used for the disposal of solid waste; and
2. Are not a Class II or Class III site.

Design and operational requirements are defined under NAC 444.6769 to NAC 444.7025.

Permit Applications

• Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) Landfill Permit Application (Rev. 2017)
• Industrial Solid Waste Landfill Permit Application (Rev. 2017)

Disposal Reporting Forms

Note: Class I facilities must submit disposal reports through the SMART Database. The paper form is only for facility use.

• SMART — Online Disposal Report Submission Portal 
• Class I — Quarterly Solid Waste Disposal Report (Rev. 2017)

Guidance Documents & Fact Sheets

• Landfill Covers for Arid Environments (Rev. 1997)
• Alternative Final Covers for Low-Risk MSW Landfills (Rev. 2007)
• Summary of Landfill Final Cover Requirements (Rev. 2007)
• Methodology for Determining Remaining Landfill Capacity (Rev. 1997)
• Determining Remaining Permitted Capacity (Rev. 1995)
• Groundwater Monitoring Guidance for Landfills (Rev. 2006)
• Blank Groundwater Monitoring Spreadsheet (.xls) (Rev. 2007)
• Accepting Petroleum Contaminated Soil at Landfills (Rev. 2016)
• Medical Waste — Permitting, Collection & Disposal (Rev. 2011)
• Lead-Based Paint Contaminated Demolition Debris (Rev. 2007)
• Guidance Document for Abandonment of Structures (Rev. 2019)
• Agriculture Exemptions (Rev. 2007)
• EPA — Planning for Natural Disaster Debris (Rev. 2025)

Class II Landfills (NAC 444.571) are defined as disposal sites that:

1. Which are comprised of at least one municipal solid waste landfill unit;
2. Which accept less than 20 tons of solid waste per day on an annual average; 
3. Which serves a community that has no other practicable alternatives for waste management; and
4. Which is located in an area that annually receives no more than 25 inches of precipitation.

Design and operational requirements are defined under NAC 444.704 to NAC 444.728.

Permit Applications

• Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) Landfill Permit Application (Rev. 2017)

Disposal Reporting Forms

Note: Class II facilities must submit disposal reports through the SMART online portal. The paper form is only for facility use.

• SMART — Online Disposal Report Submission Portal 
• Class II — Semi-Annual Solid Waste Disposal Report (Rev. 2017)

Guidance Documents & Fact Sheets

• Landfill Covers for Arid Environments (Rev. 1997)
• Alternative Final Covers for Low-Risk MSW Landfills (Rev. 2007)
• Summary of Landfill Final Cover Requirements (Rev. 2007)
• Methodology for Determining Remaining Landfill Capacity (Rev. 1997)
• Determining Remaining Permitted Capacity (Rev. 1995)
• Groundwater Monitoring Guidance for Landfills (Rev. 2006)
• Blank Groundwater Monitoring Spreadsheet (.xls) (Rev. 2007)
• Accepting Petroleum Contaminated Soil at Landfills (Rev. 2016)
• Medical Waste — Permitting, Collection & Disposal (Rev. 2011)
• Lead-Based Paint Contaminated Demolition Debris (Rev. 2007)
• Guidance Document for Abandonment of Structures (Rev. 2019)
• Agriculture Exemptions (Rev. 2007)
• EPA — Planning for Natural Disaster Debris (Rev. 2025)

 “Class III” Landfills are defined as disposal sites that only accept inert industrial solid waste per NAC 444.5715 and NAC 444.585. Design and operational requirements are defined under NAC 444.731 to NAC 444.747.

Permit Applications

• Industrial Solid Waste Landfill Permit Application (Rev. 2017)

Disposal Reporting Forms

Note: Class III facilities must submit disposal reports through the SMART online portal. The paper form is only for facility use.

• SMART — Online Disposal Report Submission Portal 
• Class III — Annual Solid Waste Disposal Report (Rev. 2017)

Guidance Documents & Fact Sheets

• Landfill Covers for Arid Environments (Rev. 1997)
• Alternative Final Covers for Low-Risk MSW Landfills (Rev. 2007)
• Summary of Landfill Final Cover Requirements (Rev. 2007)
• Methodology for Determining Remaining Landfill Capacity (Rev. 1997)
• Determining Remaining Permitted Capacity (Rev. 1995)
• Groundwater Monitoring Guidance for Landfills (Rev. 2006)
• Blank Groundwater Monitoring Spreadsheet (.xls) (Rev. 2007)
• Accepting Petroleum Contaminated Soil at Landfills (Rev. 2016)
• Lead-Based Paint Contaminated Demolition Debris (Rev. 2007)
• Guidance Document for Abandonment of Structures (Rev. 2019)
• Agriculture Exemptions (Rev. 2007)
• EPA — Planning for Natural Disaster Debris (Rev. 2025)

A Class III Landfill Waiver (NAC 444.731) may be available for small-scale inert industrial waste disposal operations that meet all qualifications and standards for Subsections 2 and 3 of NAC 444.731. Both parts of the waiver application must be submitted together. 

Permit Applications

• Class III Waiver — Part 1 (Application) (Rev. 2019)
• Class III Waiver — Part 2 (Operations Plan) (Rev. 2019)

Guidance Documents & Fact Sheets

• Mine Site Landfills (Rev. 2010)

Transfer Stations (NAC 444.628) consolidate solid waste from collection vehicles for transport to a disposal facility. Design and operational requirements are defined under NAC 444.666 to NAC 444.66645.

Note: The term does not include public waste storage bin facilities (NAC 444.607)

Permit Applications

• Transfer Station Permit Application (Rev. 2004)
• MSW Storage/Transport Waiver Application (Rev. 2009)

Public Waste Storage Bins (NAC 444.607) are sites which provide portable waste contaners for the collection and transport of solid waste to a solid waste disposal site. Design and operational requirements are defined under NAC 444.66647. 

Note: These are NOT the same as Transfer Stations (NAC 444.628)

Registration Form

• Public Waste Bin Facility Notification Form (Rev. 2010)

Solid waste Thermal Treatment Facilities (incinerators, pyrolysis units, and other thermal processes) are a new industry within Nevada. Design and operational requirements for an Incinerator are defined under NAC 444.672.

Permit Applications

• Incinerator Facility Permit Application (Rev. 2016)

Guidance Documents & Fact Sheets

• Guidance documents for thermal treatment facilities are under development.

Material Recovery Facilities (NAC 444.7474) sort and process recyclable materials from the solid waste stream. Design and operational requirements are defined under NAC 444.7474 to NAC 444.74779.

Permit Applications

• Material Recovery Facility Permit Application (Rev. 2011)
• Process Facility Permit Application (Rev 2014)

Guidance Documents & Fact Sheets

• Process Facility Application Guidance (Rev. 2011)

Composting (NAC 444.572) is a controlled biological process which may be required to obtain a permit depending on the process and parameters of the operation. Design and operational requirements are defined under NAC 444.670.

Permit Applications

• Compost Plant Permit Application (Rev. 2015)

Guidance Documents & Fact Sheets

• Compost Facility Permit Applicability (Exemption) Guidance (Rev. 2014)
• Compost Facility Application Guidance (Rev. 2006)
• Compost Facility Specification Example (Rev. 2010)

This section covers both Waste Tire Management Facilities (storage, processing, or disposal of waste tires) and Waste Tire Haulers (commercial transporters of waste tires). Requirements are defined under NAC Chapter 444A.

Waste Tire Facility Permit Applications

• Waste Tire Management Facility Permit Application (Rev. 2011)

Hauler Registration

• Waste Tire Hauler Registration (Paper Form) (Rev. 2016)
• Waste Tire Hauler Registration (Online — DocuSign) (Rev. 2016)

Hauler Reporting Forms

• Waste Tire Hauler Semi-Annual Report (Paper Form) (Rev. 2006)
• Waste Tire Hauler Semi-Annual Report (Online — DocuSign) (Rev. 2006)

Guidance Documents & Fact Sheets

• Waste Tire Management at Disposal Facilities (Rev. 2011)
• Waste Tire Management Facility Permits (Rev. 2006)
• Waste Tire Transportation (Rev. 2011)
• Waste Tire Management by Tire Retailers (Rev. 2011)
• Waste Tire Financial Assurance Calculation Worksheet (Rev. 2011)
• Tire Fee — Fact Sheet (Rev. 2017)

Regulations

• NAC 444A — Waste Tire Regulations (Nevada Legislature) 

Salvage Yards (NAC 444.614) are locations where salvaged material is regularyly dismantled, accumulated, stored or offered for sale.

Permit Applications

• Salvage Yard Permit Application (Rev. 2004)

Forms related to the expenditure of civil penalty funds collected under Nevada's illegal dumping statutes. For more information see the Illegal Dumping program page.

Forms

• Authorization to Expend Funds (Rev. 2021)
• Expenditure Verification (Rev. 2012)