533.371 - Rejection of application for permit for specified period.

533.371  Rejection of application for permit for specified period.  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 proposed use conflicts with existing rights; or

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

      (Added to NRS by 1991, 1368)