103A.311 PETITION FOR INTERVENTION.

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Subdivision 1.Authority.

The board may intervene in a proceeding if a petition is filed with the board for referral of a question of water policy involved in the proceeding. §

Subd. 2.Petition for intervention.

A petition for intervention must identify the proceeding in which it is made and state the grounds for referral in a general manner with sufficient detail to inform interested parties of the nature of the questions proposed to be presented to the board and the public importance of the questions. §

Subd. 3.Petitioners and signatures.

(a) A petition for intervention may be made by:

(1) the applicant in the proceeding;

(2) a party to the proceeding;

(3) the governor;

(4) the agency;

(5) the commissioner or director of a division in the Department of Natural Resources;

(6) the head of another state department or agency;

(7) a bureau or division of the federal government with a concern in the proceeding;

(8) an organization or group of persons with appropriate purpose related to the proceedings; or

(9) a person the board considers representative of a substantial segment of the state or peculiarly able to present evidence bearing on the public interest.

(b) The petition must be:

(1) signed and verified by the petitioner or an officer of the petitioner; or

(2) signed by the petitioner’s attorney. §

Subd. 4.Filing petition.

The petition must be filed in duplicate, one copy with the board, the other with the agency. §

Subd. 5.Period for intervention by board.

The petition shall allow intervention in a proceeding by the board if the petition is filed after the proceeding is initiated and before the agency’s order is made.

History:

1990 c 391 art 1 s 13

History: History:

  1990 c 391 art 1 s 13