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DEFINITIONS
<br />"Affected Land" means the surface of an azea within the state where a mining operation is being or will be
<br />conducted, which surface is disturbed as a result of such operation. Affected lands include but shall not
<br />be limited to private ways, roads, except those roads excluded pursuant to this Subsection 1.1(3), and
<br />railroad lines appurtenant to any such azea; land excavations; exploration sites; drill sites or workings;
<br />refuse banks or spoll piles; evaporation or settling ponds; work, parking, storage or waste dischazge
<br />azeas; and areas in which structures, facilities, equipment, machines, tools or other materials or property
<br />which result from or are used in such operations aze situated. All lands shall be excluded that would be
<br />otherwise included as land affected but which have been reclaimed in accordance with an approved plan
<br />or otherwise, as may be approved by the Boazd. Affected land shall not include off-site roads which
<br />existed prior to the date on which notice was given or permit application was made to the office and
<br />which were constructed for purposes unrelated to the proposed mining operation and which will not be
<br />substantially upgraded to support the mining operation
<br />"~n~" means suffering actual loss or injury, or being exposed to potential loss or injury, to legitimate
<br />interests, Such interests include, but aze not limited to, business, economic, aesthetic, governmental,
<br />recreational, or conseavationat interests.
<br />"Amendment" means a Change in the permit or an application which increases the acreage of the affected land,
<br />or which has a significant effect upon the approved or proposed Reclamation Plan
<br />" licant" means any person who applies to the Office for a mining permit.
<br />"Authorized Agent" means any corporate office, corporate attorney, individual person, or persons so designated
<br />in the permit application. _
<br />"Filed" means an application submitted to the Office and determined to contain the permit application
<br />information required by Subsections 1.4.1, 1.6.2(1)(a)(i) and tb), 1.6.2(1)(8), and Subsection:
<br />• 1.4.2(2) fora 110 Limited Impact operation application; or
<br />• 1.4.3(1) far a 110(6) Limited Impact Composite operation application; or
<br />• 1.4.4(2) fora 111 Special Operation application; or
<br />• 1.4.5(2) fora 112 Reclamation Permit Operation application
<br />A determination by the OfFice that an application submitted to the Office contains the referenced
<br />application materials shall trigger the decision making periods provided under Sections 34-32.5-110(4),
<br />111(5), a< 34-32.5-115(1) and 115(2), C.R.S., as appropriate. Adetermination that an application is filed
<br />does not constitute a determination that the application adequately meets statutory and. regulatory
<br />requirements.
<br />"Landowner" means any individual person or persons, firm, partnership, association, corporation, or any
<br />department, division, or agency of federal, state, county, or municipal government which owns or
<br />controls the surface rights to any land area under consideration for the extraction or exploration for
<br />construction materials. These surface rights are separate from mineral rights which may or may not be
<br />owned and controlled by the same entity.
<br />'life of the Mine" means and includes, but is not limited to, those periods of time from when a permit is
<br />initially issued, that an Operator engages in or plans to continue extraction of construction materials,
<br />complies with the Act and these Rules, and as long as construction material reserves remain in the
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