Nevada Department of Business and Industry 555 E. Washington Ave. #4900 Las Vegas, NV 89101 Phone: (702) 486-2750 Fax: (702) 486-2758 788 Fairview Drive, Suite 100 Carson City, NV 89710 Phone: (775) 687-4250 Fax: (775) 687-4266 Nearly every business in the state comes in contact with the Department of Business & Industry in one way or another. The department’s main objective is to encourage and promote growth, development, and legal operation of business within the State of Nevada. Department activities also include the regulation of business and agricultural enterprises, promotion of worker safety, protection and rights, administration of bond programs to encourage growth and development of business within the state, and educating and informing the public and business and industry of their legal rights and responsibilities. The department is comprised of 18 agencies, boards, and commissions that are organized into the following four service delivery teams: Licensing & Regulatory Authorities Athletic Commission Consumer Affairs Dairy Commission Financial Institutions Division Industrial Relations Division Insurance Division Labor Commissioner Manufactured Housing Division Real Estate Division Taxicab Authority Transportation Services Authority Business & Consumer Services Attorney for Injured Workers Business Finance/Planning Employee Management Relations Board Governor’s Committee on Employment of Persons with Disabilities Office for Hospital Patients Housing Division Unclaimed Property Division Nevada Department of Environmental Protection 333 W. Nye Lane, Suite 104 Carson City, NV 89706 Phone: (775) 687-4670 Fax: (775) 687-5856 555 E. Washington Ave. Ste 4300 (Grant Sawyer Building) Las Vegas, NV 89101-1049 Phone: (702) 486-2850 Fax: (702) 486-2863 The mission of the Division of Environmental Protection (NDEP) is to protect and enhance the environment of the State of Nevada consistent with the public health and enjoyment, the propagation and protection of terrestrial and aquatic life, the operation of existing industries, the pursuit of agriculture, and economic development activities. Some of the areas NDEP covers are: Air Quality, Corrective Actions, Federal Facilities, Mining Regulations & Reclamation, Water Pollution Control, Water Quality Planning, and Waste Management & Chemical Accident Prevention. NDEP also has an ombudsman available to help businesses work with regulatory agencies. Nevada State Fire Marshal 107 Jacobson Way, Stewart Facility Carson City, NV 89711 Phone: (775) 687-4290 Fax: (775) 687-1610 The mission of the State Fire Marshal is to reduce the loss of life and property from fire and hazardous materials incidents statewide through training, investigations, inspections, licensing, permitting, information programs, plans review and the adoption of regulations designed to minimize injury and exposure to injury of the general public and to the emergency responder. Public Utilities Commission of Nevada 1150 E. William Street Carson City, Nevada 89701 Phone: (775) 687-6007 Fax: (775) 687-6110 Las Vegas 101 Convention Center Drive, Suite 250 Las Vegas, Nevada 89109 Phone: (702) 486-2600 Fax: (702) 486-2595 557 Silver Street, Room 207 Elko, Nevada 89801 Phone: (775) 738-4914 Fax: (775) 778-6928 To enable universal access to affordable, efficient, safe and reliable utility service in Nevada, the Public Utilities Commission fosters fair competition in utility markets, encourages innovation in the provision of utility services and serves as an effective surrogate for competition where it does not exist. |
