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<br />and must include a brief statement, with as much specificity as possible, of why <br />a hearing is being requested. <br /> <br />(5) At its next regularly scheduled meeting after receipt of the request, the Board <br />will consider the request and may, in its sol" discretion, grant or deny such a <br />request. All hearings scheduled by the Board shall be governed by the <br />following procedures: <br /> <br />a. A hearing on a proposed acquisition lnust be held within the 120 day <br />period allowed for Board cOll$ideration of an acquisition pursuant to Rule <br />6b., unless the person requesting the Board to consider the proposed <br />acquisition agrees to an exten~ion of time. <br /> <br />b. The Board shall appoint a Heiuing Officer to establish the procedures by <br />which evidence will be offered. <br /> <br />c. At least thirty days prior to the hearing date(s), the Board shall provide <br />written notice of the hearing(s) to the person proposing the acquisition, all <br />interested parties known to the Board. and all persons on the ISF <br />Subscription Mailing List for the relevant water division. The Board also <br />shall provide Proper Notice. <br /> <br />d. Any person who desires party status shall become a Party upon <br />submission of a written Notice of Party Status to the Board Office. The <br />Notice shall include the name' and mailing address of the person and a <br />brief statement of the reasons 'the person desires party status. The Board <br />Office must receive Notice of Party Status within seven days after notice <br />of the hearing is issued. <br /> <br />e. The Hearing Officer shall set timeline's and deadlines for all written <br />submissions. Prehearing statements will be required, and shall include, <br />but not be limited to, the following: I) a list of all disputed factual and <br />legal issues; 2) the position of the Parly regarding the factual and legal <br />issues; 3) a list identifYing a11iofthe witnesses that will testifY for the <br />Party, and a summary~fthetestim9ny that those witnesses will provide; <br />and 4) copies of all exhibits that the Party will introduce at the hearing(s). <br /> <br />f. Any Party may present testimony or offer other evidence regarding the <br />proposed acquisition. <br /> <br />g. The Hearing Officer shall detlinnine tne order of testimony for the <br />hearing(s), and shall decide other procedural matters related to the <br />hearing(s). The Hearing Offi~er does not have authority to rule on <br />substantive issues, which aut1}ority rests solely with the Board. <br /> <br />h. The Board will not apply the Colorad,) Rules of Evidence at hearings on <br />proposed acquisitio~s. <br /> <br />i. The Board may pennit general comments from any person who is not a <br />Party; however, the Board ma,y limit tnese public comments to five <br />minutes per person. <br /> <br />15 <br /> <br />I <br />