§ 15-1107. Plans; approval; changes, modifications and rescission.\n 1. Plans submitted pursuant to section 15-1105:\n a. Shall in all cases be so drawn and of such scope as is best\ncalculated to assure prompt or orderly development of the water\nresources for the beneficial use of the people of the region involved\nand of the state as a whole;\n b. Shall show the available and feasible sites for the installation\nand operation of protective, conservation and regulatory works, and the\nbenefits estimated to be derived from such installation and operation.\nThe plan or plans shall be accompanied by such maps, profiles and other\ndata and descriptions as will set forth and show the location and\ncharacter of the works and of the property required to be taken for or\nto be damaged by such installation or operation or for the protection\nand maintenance of the works to be installed, together with an estimate\nof the cost thereof;\n c. Shall estimate the minimum annual amount of water which would be\navailable for all purposes if the plan or plans were to be put in\noperation;\n d. Shall not, in the computations of water estimated to become\navailable as a result of the execution of the plan or plans, include any\namount of water, the use of which has theretofore been duly acquired or\nauthorized pursuant to approval, license, permit or other official\nsanction;\n e. Shall, whenever feasible and economically justified, provide for\nthe storage of sufficient water for distribution and use for all the\npurposes and uses contemplated by this article;\n f. Shall not include in any plan or plans, any proposal or project\nproviding for any action or steps which would impair or diminish any\nright protected by section 15-1113;\n g. Shall list possible sources of income, including the sale of water,\nfrom the operation of such works, and estimate the amount thereof; and\n h. Shall recommend whether the plan or plans should be carried out as\na single or multiple stage project, and shall also recommend an agency,\nexisting or proposed, to undertake the project.\n 2. Upon receipt of a plan from the board, the department shall cause\npublic notice to be given that on a day therein named it will hold a\npublic hearing at such a place as is specified in the notice and within\nthe region covered by the plan, for the purpose of hearing all persons,\npublic corporations and agencies of the state which may be affected by\nthe plan. Such notice shall be published pursuant to subdivision 1 of\nsection 15-0903. In addition to such publication, the department shall\ngive written notice of the public hearing, as required by subdivision 3\nof section 15-1103, and may give written notice thereof to additional\npersons, public corporations or agencies of the state, as authorized by\nsuch subdivision. At any time prior to the day specified in such notice,\nspecified objections in writing to the plan or parts thereof may be\nfiled in the office of the department. The department shall, upon the\nday specified in the notice, or upon such subsequent day or days to\nwhich it may adjourn the hearing, proceed to take testimony and proof\nand to hear arguments submitted in support of and in opposition to the\nplan, but no objectors shall be heard unless they have filed written\nobjections as authorized by this section. At the close of the hearing,\nthe department may fix a date or dates for the filing of briefs.\n 3. The department within ninety days after the last date fixed for the\nfiling of briefs and with all convenient speed shall render its\ndecision. The department, upon the proofs and evidence submitted at the\npublic hearing:\n a. Shall determine whether the plan as proposed by the board conforms\nto and complies with the purposes of title 11 of this article and would\nserve the public interest and benefit, or whether it should be modified\nin any respect, detail or part to accomplish such purposes;\n b. Shall determine whether the plan as p
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