R305-7-212. Challenges to a Petition to Intervene or to Failure to Preserve an Issue

(1) A challenge to a Petition to Intervene under Section 19-1-301.5(7) or to a party's failure to preserve an issue under Section 19-1-301.5(4) and (6)(c) may be made by motion or may be made in the parties' briefs on the merits.

(2) If a challenge under paragraph (1) relies on a significant portion of the evidence or arguments that must be considered to make a determination on the merits, the party making the challenge under paragraph (1) is encouraged to do so in the brief on the merits.

(3) The ALJ may defer ruling on a motion under paragraph (1) until the ALJ makes a decision on the merits of the case if the ALJ finds that the motion relies on a significant portion of the evidence or arguments that must be considered to make a determination on the merits.