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2019 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 533 - Adjudication of Vested Water Rights; Appropriation of Public Waters
NRS 533.371 - Rejection of application for permit for specified period.
Universal Citation: NV Rev Stat § 533.371 (2019)
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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