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NRS 533.371 - Rejection of application for permit for specified period.

NV Rev Stat § 533.371 (2019) (N/A)
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The State Engineer shall reject the application and refuse to issue a permit to appropriate water for a specified period if the State Engineer determines that:

1. The application is incomplete;

2. The prescribed fees have not been paid;

3. The proposed use is not temporary;

4. There is no water available from the proposed source of supply without exceeding the perennial yield or safe yield of that source;

5. The groundwater that has not been committed for use from the proposed source of supply has been reserved pursuant to NRS 533.0241;

6. The proposed use conflicts with existing rights; or

7. The proposed use threatens to prove detrimental to the public interest.

(Added to NRS by 1991, 1368; A 2019, 2518)

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