1. The parties to a permit proceeding include:

(a) The applicant.

(b) The Division of Environmental Protection of the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.

(c) Each local government entitled to receive service of a copy of the application pursuant to subsection 4 of NRS 704.870, if it has filed with the Commission a notice of intervention as a party, within the time frame established by the Commission pursuant to subsection 5 of NRS 704.870.

(d) Any natural person residing in a local government entitled to receive service of a copy of the application pursuant to subsection 4 of NRS 704.870, if such a person has petitioned the Commission for leave to intervene as a party within the time frame established by the Commission pursuant to subsection 5 of NRS 704.870 and if the petition has been granted by the Commission for good cause shown.

(e) Any domestic nonprofit corporation or association, formed in whole or in part to promote conservation of natural beauty, to protect the environment, personal health or other biological values, to preserve historical sites, to promote consumer interests, to represent commercial and industrial groups, or to promote the orderly development of the areas in which the facility is to be located, if it has filed with the Commission a notice of intent to be a party within the time frame established by the Commission pursuant to subsection 5 of NRS 704.870.

2. Any person may make a limited appearance in the proceeding by filing a statement of position within the time frame established by the Commission pursuant to subsection 5 of NRS 704.870. A statement filed by a person making a limited appearance becomes part of the record. No person making a limited appearance has the right to present oral testimony or cross-examine witnesses.

3. The Commission may, for good cause shown, grant a petition for leave to intervene as a party to participate in subsequent phases of the proceeding, filed by a municipality, government agency, person or organization who is identified in paragraph (c), (d) or (e) of subsection 1, but who failed to file in a timely manner a notice of intervention, a petition for leave to intervene or a notice of intent to be a party, as the case may be.

(Added to NRS by 1971, 556; A 1973, 910, 1265, 1837; 1977, 215; 1985, 2300; 1997, 6, 1916; 2001, 2987; 2003, 1259)