Idaho Administrative Code
Title IDAPA 37 - Water Resources, Department of
Rule 37.01.01 - RULES OF PROCEDURE OF THE IDAHO DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES
Section 37.01.01.730 - PRELIMINARY ORDERS

a. This is a preliminary order of the agency. It can and will become final without further action of the agency unless a party petitions for reconsideration, files exceptions with the agency head, or requests a hearing pursuant to Section 42-1701A(3), Idaho Code. Filing exceptions to the agency head is not required in order to exhaust administrative remedies. (3-18-22)

b. A party may file a petition for reconsideration of this preliminary order with the agency within fourteen (14) days of the service date of this order. The agency will dispose of the petition for reconsideration within twenty-one (21) days of its receipt, or the petition will be considered denied by operation of law. See Section 675243(3), Idaho Code. (3-18-22)

c. Any party may in writing file exceptions to any part of the preliminary order and file briefs in support of the party's position on any issue in the proceeding to the agency head (or designee of the agency head) within fourteen (14) days after: (3-18-22)

d. If any party files exceptions to this preliminary order, opposing parties shall have fourteen (14) days to respond to any party's exceptions. Written briefs in support of or taking exceptions to the preliminary order shall be filed with the agency head or designee. The agency head or designee may review the preliminary order on its own motion. (3-18-22)

e. The agency head or designee may schedule oral argument in the matter before issuing a final order. The agency head or designee will issue a final order within fifty-six (56) days of receipt of the written briefs or oral argument, whichever is later, unless extended for good cause. The agency head or designee may hold additional hearings or may remand the matter for further evidentiary hearings if further factual development of the record is necessary before issuing a final order. (3-18-22)

f. Pursuant to Section 42-1701A(3), Idaho Code, unless the right to a hearing before the Director or the Board is otherwise provided by statute, any person aggrieved by any action of the Director, including any decision, determination, order or other action, including action upon any application for a permit, license, certificate, approval, registration, or similar form of permission required by law to be issued by the Director, who is aggrieved by the action of the Director, and who has not previously been afforded an opportunity for a hearing on the matter shall be entitled to a hearing before the Director to contest the action. The person shall file with the Director, within fifteen (15) days after receipt of written notice of the action issued by the Director, or receipt of actual notice, a written petition stating the grounds for contesting the action by the Director and requesting a hearing. A preliminary order shall not become final if a request for hearing under Section 42-1701A(3), Idaho Code is filed with the Department within the time prescribed for filing a petition for reconsideration. (3-18-22)

g. Pursuant to Sections 67-5270 and 67-5272, Idaho Code, if this preliminary order becomes final, all administrative remedies shall be deemed exhausted, and any party aggrieved by the final order or orders previously issued in this case may file a petition for judicial review of the final order and all previously issued orders in this case to district court by filing a petition in the district court of the county in which: (3-18-22)

h. A petition for judicial review must be filed within twenty-eight (28) days of this preliminary order becoming final. See Section 67-5273, Idaho Code. The filing of a petition for judicial review does not stay the effectiveness or enforcement of the order under review. (3-18-22)