Arizona Laws 45-479. Registry of applications; written objections; request for hearing
A. The director shall establish a registry of all applications received for a certificate of grandfathered right or a restoration of a retired irrigation grandfathered right for each active management area. After the deadline for the filing of applications for a certificate of grandfathered right has passed, the director shall notify all applicants for a certificate of grandfathered right that the registry is available in the offices of the department for public inspection during regular business hours.
Terms Used In Arizona Laws 45-479
- Active management area: means a geographical area that has been designated pursuant to article 2 of this chapter as requiring active management of groundwater or, in the case of the Santa Cruz active management area, active management of any water, other than stored water, withdrawn from a well. See Arizona Laws 45-402
- Department: means the department of water resources. See Arizona Laws 45-101
- Director: means the director of water resources, who is also the director of the department. See Arizona Laws 45-101
- Grandfathered right: means a right to withdraw and use groundwater pursuant to article 5 of this chapter based on the fact of lawful withdrawals and use of groundwater before the date of the designation of an active management area. See Arizona Laws 45-402
- Irrigation grandfathered right: means a grandfathered right determined pursuant to section 45-465. See Arizona Laws 45-402
- Person: means an individual, public or private corporation, company, partnership, firm, association, society, estate or trust, any other private organization or enterprise, the United States, any state, territory or country or a governmental entity, political subdivision or municipal corporation organized under or subject to the constitution and laws of this state. See Arizona Laws 45-402
B. Within one hundred eighty days of the date of the notice required by subsection A of this section, any person residing in the active management area may file a written objection to any application for a certificate of grandfathered right and may request a hearing on the application. Objections may be made only on the basis that the information in the application is incorrect or is insufficient to issue a certificate.
C. This section does not apply to late applications for certificates of grandfathered rights filed pursuant to Section 45-476.01.