R850-8-1400. Informal or Formal Adjudicative Proceedings - Intervention

1. Any person not a party may file a signed, written petition to intervene in an adjudicative proceeding with the Trust Lands Administration.

2. The person who wishes to intervene shall mail a copy of the petition to each party. The petition shall include:

(a) a statement of facts demonstrating that the petitioner's legal rights or interests are substantially affected by the formal adjudicative proceeding, or that the petitioner qualifies as an intervenor under any provision of law; and

(b) a statement of the relief that the petitioner seeks from the Trust Lands Administration.

3. The board shall grant a petition for intervention if it determines that:

(a) the petitioner's legal interests may be substantially affected by the formal adjudicative proceeding; and

(b) the interests of justice and the orderly and prompt conduct of the adjudicative proceedings will not be materially impaired by allowing intervention.

4.

(a) Any order granting or denying a petition to intervene shall be in writing and sent by mail to the petitioner and each party.

(b) An order permitting intervention may impose conditions on the intervenor's participation in the adjudicative proceeding that are necessary for a just, orderly, and prompt conduct of the adjudicative proceeding.

(c) the board may impose the conditions at any time after the intervention.