HAR §13-171-19. Evaluation period

(a) In the event no statement of objections is filed, the commission may proceed to approve or reject the permit application. (b) Upon the filing of any objections and briefs together with the briefs in support, the commission may render its decision or request further information from either the applicant or the objector before rendering its decision. (c) An application shall be acted upon by the commission within ninety calendar days of an application not requiring a hearing, or within one hundred eighty calendar days of an application requiring a hearing. The time periods prescribed in this subsection shall not be deemed to run for any period in which an application is not complete in all material respects in the judgment of the commission. (d) A permit user of water in an existing water management area, with a continuous reduced water usage, shall be given priority to reobtain its permitted level of water usage over any other application; provided that the use remains the same and is reasonable and beneficial and water is available. (e) In acting upon any application, the commission need consider only those objections filed by a person who has some UNOFFICIAL COMPILATION 171-14 property interest in any land within the hydrologic unit from which the water sought by the applicant is to be drawn or who will be directly and immediately affected by the water use proposed in the application. The commission shall adopt rules governing the filing of objections and the persons having standing to file objections. [Eff. MAY 27 1988] (Auth: HRS §174C-8) (Imp: HRS §§174C-5, 174C-50, 174C-52, 174C-53)