NAC349.480. Procedure following receipt of letter of intent.  


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  •      1. Upon receipt of a letter of intent, the Division of Environmental Protection of the Department shall:

         (a) Record the date of receipt;

         (b) Maintain a file containing all documents and information pertaining to the financing of the proposed improvement or costs; and

         (c) Promptly forward a copy of the letter of intent to the Bureau or the Water Planning Section of the Division of Water Resources of the Department, as appropriate given the type of improvement or costs proposed in the letter of intent.

         2. The Division of Environmental Protection of the Department and the entity which received a copy of the letter of intent pursuant to paragraph (c) of subsection 1 shall review the letter of intent and forward their comments to the Board within 30 days after receipt of the letter of intent.

         3. The Board will consider a letter of intent forwarded from the Division of Environmental Protection of the Department and will, in a motion or resolution adopted by the Board, determine whether:

         (a) If the applicant is a purveyor of water other than the Lincoln County Water District, the community water system or nontransient water system was in existence on January 1, 1995, and is currently publicly owned;

         (b) If the applicant is a conservation district, irrigation district, conservancy district or general improvement district, the applicant was in existence on January 1, 1995;

         (c) The proposed improvements will be publicly owned;

         (d) The applicant is eligible for the program pursuant to NRS 349.981 or 349.983; and

         (e) The proposed improvement is likely to be economically justified and financially feasible pursuant to the provisions of NAC 349.430 to 349.574, inclusive.

     (Added to NAC by Bd. for Financing Water Projects, eff. 12-24-91; A by R113-96, 1-23-98; R104-04, 9-18-2006)