Utah Code § 73-3-7: Protests.

(1) Subject to Subsection (2), a person interested may file a protest with the state engineer:

(a) within 20 days after the notice is published, if the adjudicative proceeding is informal; and

(b) within 30 days after the notice is published, if the adjudicative proceeding is formal.

(2) The state engineer shall:

(a) consider a protest only to the extent the protest addresses a basis for which the state engineer may approve or reject the application; and

(b) approve or reject the application.