Before a license for the processing or extraction of ores primarily for obtaining their content of source material and disposing of by-product material is issued, the Division of Public and Behavioral Health of the Department of Health and Human Services shall:
1. Hold a hearing.
2. Provide a written analysis of the effect of the activity on the environment which must include:
(a) An assessment of the radiological and nonradiological effects on the public health;
(b) An assessment of any effect on any waterway and groundwater;
(c) A summary of any alternatives to the activity being considered; and
(d) A summary of the long-term effect of the activity.
(Added to NRS by 1981, 901; A 1995, 1588)