A. The director shall hold a public hearing on each proposed management plan in each active management area prior to final adoption of the management plan.

Terms Used In Arizona Laws 45-570

  • 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or, in the case of the Santa Cruz active management area, active management of any water, other than stored water, withdrawn from a well.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
  • Director: means the director of water resources, who is also the director of the department. See Arizona Laws 45-101
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Groundwater: means water under the surface of the earth regardless of the geologic structure in which it is standing or moving. See Arizona Laws 45-101
  • 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. The director shall give notice of the hearing within thirty days after the proposed management plan is completed. The notice shall include a summary of the management plan, a map or a description of the boundaries of the active management area, and the time and place of the hearing. The notice shall be published once each week for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in each county in which the active management area is located.

C. The hearing shall be held at a location within the active management area as soon as practicable but no less than thirty days and no more than sixty days after the first publication of the notice of the hearing.

D. At the hearing, the director shall present data in support of the adoption of the proposed management plan and a summary of the comments on the draft management plan made to the director by the groundwater users advisory council pursuant to section 45-421, paragraph 1. Any person may appear at the hearing either in person or by representative and submit oral or documentary evidence for or against the adoption of the management plan.

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