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<br />C.R.S. § 24-70- <br />requirements for a complete permit renewal application for the following reasons. <br /> <br />of increasing any period of publication or the number of publications <br />requirements in the Act and Rules. <br /> <br />In addition, although Colorado courts have not opined on this matter, the Wyoming Supreme Court <br />e <br />Grams v. Envtl. Quality Council, 730 P.2d 784, 788 (Wyo. 1986). <br /> <br />Second, even if the language from the Act and Rules was ambiguous, the rules of statutory construction <br />establish that an operator must publish notice for four, not five, consecutive weeks. As a matter of law, a <br />more specific statute is controlling over generic statutory language. <br />, 199 P.3d 718, 733 (Colo. 2009). The Act and Rules tailor publication <br />requirements that are <br /> ambiguities in statutes <br />requiring publication of notices, but does not apply if the statute expressly provides otherwise. For over <br />consecutive publicat <br />deference. Colo. Ethics Watch v. Gessler, -- P.3d --, 2013 COA 172M, ¶21-22 (Colo. App. 2013). Thus, <br /> <br /> <br />Third, the <br />, <br />Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act, 30 U.S.C. §§ 1201 3128 (SMCRA). A state is delegated <br />1980. Co mirrors its federal counterparts <br />in 30 U.S.C. § 1263(a) and 30 C.F.R. § 773.6. The Division has consistently interpreted and applied this <br />language to require four, not five, publications since achieving primacy and OSM has not objected to the <br /> <br /> <br />Lastly, any publication error is harmless as it is undisputed the Trust received notice and timely submitted <br />comments. , -- P.3d --, 2013 COA 111, ¶¶ 42-43 <br />(Colo. App. 2013); , 867 P.2d 178, 181 (Colo. App. 1993). Even if a notice is <br />statutorily defective, an agency decision is not reversible if the party was not prejudiced or adversely <br />affected by the improper notice. Wunder, 867 P.2d at 181. Applicable here, the Trust timely submitted <br />its comments and has not demonstrated how it has been prejudiced or adversely affected by the published <br />notices. Terror Creek complied with the Act and Rules by publishing notice for four consecutive weeks. <br /> <br />B. The Act prohibits the Division from resolving private property rights disputes. <br />the Requestor from its lawful ac <br /> <br />Response: The Act prohibits the Division and the Mined Land Reclamation Board from resolving private <br />5 <br />