Section 10-4-15 - Parties and intervenor(a)Designation of Parties. In issuing the notice of hearing, the presiding officer will designate as parties those persons whose participation is necessary to the proper disposition of a contested case. All other persons proposing to be named or admitted as parties shall apply for such designation in the manner hereinafter described.(b)Application to be Designated a Party.(1) Filing of Petition. Any person not designated as a party may file, with the presiding officer, a written petition to be so designated, such petition to be filed not later than five (5) days before the date of the initial hearing. Copies of such petition shall be mailed to all parties. The time period may be waived for good cause shown.(2) Contents of Petition. The petition shall state the name and address of the petitioner; describe the manner in which the petitioner claims to be specifically affected by the proceeding; state the issues to be decided, the relief sought and the statutory or other authority therefor, and the nature of the evidence, if any, that the petitioner intends to present in event that the petitioner is designated as a party.(3) Designation as Party. The agency shall consider in a timely manner, all such petitions and shall designate as a party any person whose legal rights, duties or privileges will be affected by the decision of the agency or any person who is determined to be necessary to the proper disposition of the contested case, unless such person's interests are deemed to be satisfactorily represented by the existing parties.(c)Application to be an Intervenor.(1) Request to Participate. At least five (5) days before the date of the initial hearing any person may file a written petition that the presiding officer permit that person to participate in the hearing as an intervenor. Copies of such petition shall be mailed to all parties. The time period may be waived for good cause shown.(2) Contents of Request. In so requesting, the proposed intervenor shall state the person's name and address and shall specifically state facts that demonstrate the petitioner's participation is in the interests of justice. The proposed intervenor shall further state in what way and to what extent that person proposes to participate in the hearing.(3) Designation as Intervenor. The presiding officer will determine the proposed intervenor's participation in the hearing, taking into account whether such participation will furnish assistance in resolving the issues of the contested case and whether such participation will impair the orderly conduct of the hearing.(d)Participation by Intervenor. The intervenor's participation shall be limited to those particular issues, that state of the proceedings, and that degree of involvement in the presentation of evidence and argument that the agency shall expressly permit at the time such intervention is allowed.Conn. Agencies Regs. § 10-4-15