(1) On the date indicated in the notice posted under Subsection 73-31-203(3), the board shall hold a public meeting to:

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Terms Used In Utah Code 73-31-204

  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Application: means an application submitted to the board to approve a water bank. See Utah Code 73-31-102
  • Board: means the Board of Water Resources. See Utah Code 73-31-102
  • Process: means a writ or summons issued in the course of a judicial proceeding. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • Service area: means the geographic area where a water bank is approved to operate and operates. See Utah Code 73-31-102
  • Statutory water bank: means a water bank created pursuant to Part 2, Statutory Water Banks. See Utah Code 73-31-102
  • Water bank: means a contract water bank or a statutory water bank. See Utah Code 73-31-102
  • Writing: includes :
         (48)(a) printing;
         (48)(b) handwriting; and
         (48)(c) information stored in an electronic or other medium if the information is retrievable in a perceivable format. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
     (1)(a) inform water users within the service area of the proposed statutory water bank; and
     (1)(b) receive comments from water users regarding the application.
(2) The board shall accept public comments for a period of time no less than 30 days after the adjournment of the public meeting.
(3) The board shall review public comments when reviewing the proposed statutory water bank‘s application, but submitting a comment does not create a right of appeal of the board’s decision under Title 63G, Chapter 4, Administrative Procedures Act, nor is the board required to address how or whether public comments impacted the board’s decision.
(4) A statutory water bank may review public comments and comments from the board before a final decision is made by the board. If the statutory water bank desires to make changes to the statutory water bank’s application, the statutory water bank may notify the board in writing before the board takes action on the application that the statutory water bank will submit a revised application following the same process that governs the filing and review of the original application for a statutory water bank under this chapter.