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:

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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 proposed use conflicts with existing rights; or

7.  The proposed use threatens to prove detrimental to the public interest.