Nevada: Codification and Incorporation by Reference of Approved Underground Storage Tank Program

What it does

On September 30, 2021, the State of Nevada (Nevada) received final approval, from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), of revisions to its Underground Storage Tank Program (UST Program) under subtitle I of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). Pursuant to RCRA, the EPA is taking direct final action to codify the approval of Nevada's revised UST Program and incorporate by reference those provisions of Nevada's statutes and regulations that the EPA has determined meet the requirements for approval.

The Environmental Protection Agency's summary, as published in the Federal Register.

What changed in the regulation

1 part of Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations:

40 CFR 282

Compared with

The Environmental Protection Agency has published 238 final rules in 2026 so far, compared with 263 in all of 2025.

Counted by the Tribune from Federal Register records since Jan. 1, 2025.

What happens next and when

This rule is effective December 21, 2026, unless the EPA receives adverse comment by November 23, 2026. If the EPA receives adverse comment, it will publish a timely withdrawal in the Federal Register informing the public that the rule will not take effect. The incorporation by reference of certain publications listed in the regulations is approved by the Director of the Federal Register as of December 21, 2026.

The agency's dates, word for word.

Check it yourself

• The document in the Federal Register
• Docket EPA-R09-UST-2025-0703 on Regulations.gov
• Title 40 on eCFR

The record as published

Source: the Federal Register (public domain). The document in the Federal Register