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District Attorney Offers Draft Framework to Limit Hazardous‑Waste Facilities Near Towns
Summary
Nye County's district attorney asked the board for direction to draft an ordinance limiting siting and transport of hazardous‑waste processing near populated areas; commissioners backed starting language and told the DA to work with town boards, Planning and state agencies.
At the Oct. 15 meeting the district attorney presented an outline for controlling transportation, storage and processing of hazardous wastes in Nye County, seeking direction to draft a county ordinance. The presentation followed public concern that Nevada’s regulatory climate and remote tracts make certain production and processing facilities attractive to out‑of‑state companies.
The DA said the county "has a…
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