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This is a list of Superfund sites in Nevada designated under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) environmental law. The CERCLA federal law of 1980 authorized the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to create a list of polluted locations requiring a long-term response to clean up hazardous material contaminations. [1]
The Nevada Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) is a Nevada state agency that focuses on the preservation and management of Nevada ’s natural, cultural, and recreational resources. [1] The current director is James Settelmeyer. [2] The agency is headquartered in Carson City, Nevada. [3]
The Carson River is a northwestern Nevada river that empties into the Carson Sink, an endorheic basin.The main stem of the river is 131 miles (211 km) long [4] although the addition of the East Fork makes the total length 205 miles (330 km), traversing five counties: Alpine County in California and Douglas, Storey, Lyon, and Churchill Counties in Nevada, as well as the Consolidated ...
The California Environmental Protection Agency (CalEPA) is a state cabinet -level agency within the government of California. The mission of CalEPA is to restore, protect and enhance the environment, to ensure public health, environmental quality and economic vitality. [2]
Tamarack Fire, 2021. Over the course of the 21st century, experts suggest that climate in Nevada may change even more. Based on projections made by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and results from the Hadley Centre for Climate Prediction and Research climate model (HadCM2), a model that accounts for both greenhouse gases and aerosols, by 2100, temperatures in Nevada could ...
Carson City, officially the Consolidated Municipality of Carson City, [ 3 ] is an independent city and the capital of the U.S. state of Nevada. [ 4 ] As of the 2020 census, the population was 58,639, making it the 6th most populous city in the state. The majority of the city's population lives in Eagle Valley, on the eastern edge of the Carson ...
The Governor's Mansion in Carson City. The governor of Nevada is the chief magistrate of Nevada, [2] the head of the executive department of the state's government, [2] and the commander-in-chief of the state 's military forces. [3] The governor has a duty to enforce state laws, [4] and the power to either approve or veto bills passed by the ...
University of California, Hastings (JD) Matthew Rodriquez is an American attorney who served as the acting Attorney General of California from March 18, 2021, when Attorney General Xavier Becerra became United States Secretary of Health and Human Services, until April 23, 2021, when Assemblyman Rob Bonta became Attorney General.