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

6. The application requests a change to or reinstatement of groundwater rights that have been retired pursuant to NRS 534.115;

7. The proposed use conflicts with existing rights; or

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