Existing law prohibits: (1) the willful disposal, abandonment or dumping of a motor vehicle battery at any site which has not been issued a permit by the solid waste management authority and at any sanitary landfill or other disposal site established by a municipality which has not been issued a permit by the solid waste management authority; and (2) the incineration of a motor vehicle battery as a means of disposal, unless approved by the solid waste management authority. (NRS 444.583) Existing law further requires a solid waste management authority to issue permits for the operation of disposal sites for solid waste. (NRS 444.553) Section 2 of this bill: (1) requires all propulsion batteries in this State to be disposed of with a specialized battery recycler; (2) prohibits the disposal of propulsion batteries in municipal solid waste landfills; and (3) requires each solid waste management authority to prohibit the owner or operator of a municipal solid waste landfill from accepting a propulsion battery for disposal. Section 26 of this bill applies the definitions in existing law relating to the collection and disposal of solid waste to section 2. Section 27 of this bill provides that the prohibition and civil penalty set forth in section 2 is an exception to other penalties in existing law relating to the disposal or incineration of motor vehicle batteries. Sections 28-31 of this bill apply certain penalties, remedies and enforcement mechanisms relating to the collection and disposal of solid waste to the provisions of section 2. Existing law provides that: (1) a plan for a solid waste management system does not apply to a vehicle owned by an automobile wrecker or in the possession of a salvage pool; and (2) the provisions governing the collection and disposal of solid waste do not prevent a mining operation from dumping waste from its operation on its own lands. (NRS 444.620) Section 32 of this bill applies these exceptions to section 2. Sections 4-15 of this bill define certain terms relating to the disposal of propulsion batteries. Section 3 of this bill applies those definitions to the provisions of sections 4-25 of this bill. Section 16 sets forth a declaration of the Legislature relating to the management and disposal of propulsion batteries in this State. Section 17 sets forth the applicability of the provisions of sections 3-25. Section 18 requires a battery provider who sells, offers for sale or distributes for sale a propulsion battery or a vehicle containing a propulsion battery in or into this State to: (1) add a label to the propulsion battery with the name and contact information of the battery provider; and (2) ensure that the battery health of the propulsion battery is easily interpretable and accessible. Section 19 requires a battery provider or, if a propulsion battery has been reused, repaired, repurposed or remanufactured by a secondary handler or secondary user, the secondary handler or secondary user, to dispose of all spent propulsion batteries in this State with a specialized battery recycler. Section 20 sets forth the methods by which a person other than a battery provider, secondary handler or secondary user may dispose of a propulsion battery or a vehicle containing a propulsion battery, which include: (1) returning the propulsion battery to the party responsible for disposal; (2) notifying the responsible party to collect the propulsion battery; or (3) selling or transferring the propulsion battery or vehicle to a secondary handler, secondary user or specialized battery recycler. Section 21 similarly sets forth the methods by which a secondary handler or secondary user may dispose of a propulsion battery or a vehicle containing a propulsion battery. Section 22 requires a battery provider, secondary handler or secondary user to take certain actions upon receiving such notification and when collecting a propulsion battery. Sections 23-25 require each battery provider, secondary handler, secondary user and specialized battery recycler in this State to submit certain reports to the Division of Environmental Protection of the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. Existing law sets forth certain requirements for the dismantling, scrapping, processing or wrecking of vehicles by an automobile wrecker. (NRS 487.047-487.200) Section 34 of this bill provides that an automobile wrecker is subject to the provisions of sections 2-25 with respect to such activities for a vehicle containing a propulsion battery. Section 35 of this bill applies certain definitions relating to automobile wreckers to section 34. Section 36 of this bill applies certain criminal penalties to the provisions of section 34. Existing law sets forth certain requirements for agreements for the lease or purchase of a distributed generation system and for the purchase of the output of a distributed generation system. (NRS 598.9801-598.9822) Section 33 of this bill requires the owner of a distributed generation system, including one which has been leased or one from which a customer is purchasing the output, to file with the Division a plan for the disposal of the distributed generation system at the end of the useful life of the system. Section 37 of this bill requires an agreement for the lease of a distributed generation system to include a description of any obligation the lessor has regarding the disposal of the distributed generation system in accordance with the plan. Existing law requires certain electric utilities to file a surplus asset retirement plan with the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada for each asset classified as surplus and sets forth certain requirements for the plan. (NRS 704.734) Section 38 of this bill requires a surplus asset retirement plan for certain utility-scale solar projects to include certain information relating to the decommissioning of a site of such a project and the restoration of the land.

Statutes affected:
As Introduced: 444.450, 444.583, 444.596, 444.598, 444.600, 444.605, 444.620, 487.047, 487.200, 598.9811, 704.734
BDR: 444.450, 444.583, 444.596, 444.598, 444.600, 444.605, 444.620, 487.047, 487.200, 598.9811, 704.734