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Legislative Declaration in Section 34-32-102 of The Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Act States That: (1) It is declared to be the policy of this state that the extraction of minerals and the reclamation of land affected by such extraction are both necessazy and proper activities. It is further declared to be the policy of this state that both such activities should be and aze compatible. It is the intent of the general assembly by the enactment of this article to foster and encourage the development of an economicaDy sound and stable mining and minerals industry and to encourage the orderly development of the state's natural resources, while requiring those persons involved in mining operations to reclaim land affected by such operations so that the affected ]and maybe put to a use beneficial to the people of this state. It is the further intent of the general assembly by the enactment of this article to conserve natural resources, to aid in the protection of wrldlife and aquatic resources, to establish agricultural, recreational, residential, and industrial sites, and to protect and promote the health, safety, and general welfaze of the people of tills state. (2) The general assembly further declares that. it is the intent of this article to require the development of a mined land reclamation regulatory program in which the economic costs of reclamation measures utilized bear a reasonable relationship to the environmental benefits derived from such measures. The mined land reclamation board or the division, when considering the requirements of reclamation measures, shall evaluate the benefits expected to result from the use of such measures. It is also the intent of the general assembly that consideration be given to the economic reasonableness of the action of the mined land reclamation boazd or the division. In considering economic reasonableness, the financial condition of an operator shaIl not be a factor.