Section 37.02.01.015 - INTERIM PROTECTED RIVERS01.Board Initiative. The board may consider a waterway for designation as an interim protected river upon its own initiative.02.Petitions. The board will accept petitions requesting the board to designate a waterway as an interim protected river only from a state agency. The acceptability of a petition requiring clarification or corrections shall be determined by the director.03.Form. Petitions shall be in writing, signed by the agency head, and shall describe the waterway, or portion thereof, requested to be designated as an interim protected river.04.Filing. No petition will be considered by the board at a board meeting unless it is filed at least thirty (30) days prior to such board meeting.05.Board Agenda. The board agenda will include time for representatives of the petitioning agency to describe the agency's reasons for seeking interim protection for that waterway.06.Board Determination. At a board meeting the board shall determine whether the nominated waterway merits designation as an interim protected river. The determination shall be based on a finding that: a. It is probable that the waterway would be designated a protected river in the comprehensive state water plan; andb. Interim protected river status is necessary to protect the values that would support such waterway's designation as a protected river in a comprehensive state water plan.Idaho Admin. Code r. 37.02.01.015