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.
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