1.  ’Emergency’ means a sudden, unexpected occurrence that involves clear and imminent danger and requires immediate action to prevent or mitigate loss of life or damage to health, property or essential public services.

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2.  As used in this section, ‘immediate action’ includes, without limitation:

(a) The use of non-mechanical equipment and methods that are standard in the industry to determine the severity or spread of an underground leak; or

(b) The locating of a subsurface installation by the operator of the subsurface installation using non-mechanical equipment within the area of a proposed excavation if:

(1) The excavation is imminent;

(2) The excavator has complied with provisions of NRS 455.080 to 455.180, inclusive; and

(3) The operator has been unable to locate its subsurface installation.