NRS 455.092 “Excavation” defined.
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NRS 455.092 “Excavation” defined.
1. “Excavation” means the movement or removal of earth, rock or other material in or on the ground by:
(a)Use of mechanical equipment;
(b)Use of non-mechanical equipment by:
(1)A contractor; or
(2)Any person, other than a contractor, if at any point the movement or removal of such material occurs more than 12 inches below the surface of the original groundline; or
(c)The placement and discharge of explosives.
2. The term includes augering, backfilling, boring, digging, ditching, drilling, grading, plowing-in, ripping, scraping, trenching and tunneling.