NOTICE THAT OBJECTIONS AND

COUNTEROBJECTIONS HAVE BEEN FILED AND OPPORTUNITY TO FILE NOTICE OF INTENT TO APPEAR. Rule 9(a). Objection list. After expiration of the time for filing counterobjections, the water court shall compile an objection list which identifies all claims to which objections or counterobjections were filed, all issue remarks reported by the department, and any claim which the court knows at the time of the compilation of the list will be called in on the court’s own motion. The water court shall notify in writing each party named in the water court decree or the successor in interest as documented in the department’s centralized record system that the objection list has been compiled, where the objection list can be reviewed, and from where copies of the objection list, objections, counterobjections, and issue remarks may be obtained. The written notice shall set a date on or before which persons other than the claimants, objectors, or counterobjectors to a particular claim shall file a notice of intent to appear with the water court. The water court shall notify the Montana Attorney General, and may also notify other interested parties identified in § 85-2-232, MCA, and other water users that the objection list has been prepared. The clerk or person designated by the water judge to mail the written notice shall make a general certificate of mailing certifying that a copy of the notice has been placed in the U.S. Mail, postage prepaid, addressed to each party required to be served the notice. The certificate shall be conclusive evidence 8 of due legal notice that objections and counterobjections have been filed. The notice may also be published once in at least one newspaper of general circulation in the area where the basin, subbasin, or drainage is located. Rule 9(b). Notice of intent to appear. Any person other than the claimant or objector who intends to appear and participate in further proceedings for any claims or issues included on the objection list must file a notice of intent to appear in compliance with § 85-2-233, MCA. The water court shall provide notice of intent to appear forms. The person filing a notice of intent to appear shall specify the claim number and include a statement of the appearing person's legal rights that might be affected by the resolution of the objections or issues involving the specified claim, and the purposes for which further participation is sought. Persons who file notices of intent to appear as provided in this rule shall receive notice of all future proceedings involving the claims specified in their notice and are entitled to participate in the resolution of the issues associated with those claims.