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Black Hawk's interest in the Black Hawk-Central City Sanitation District Wastewater Treatment Plant. Pursuant to Rule 6.5(4): "At sites where blasting is part of the proposed mining or reclamation plan, the Applicant shall demonstrate through appropriate blasting, vibration, geotechnical, and structural engineering analyses, that off-site areas will not be adversely affected by blasting." As set forth in the objections filed by the Black Hawk-Central City Sanitation District (Exhibit D hereto) and the Blast Vibration Analysis Report by Joseph Bemosky, P.E., Leonard Rice Engineers, dated November 10, 2005 (Exhibit E hereto), the proposed mining operations do not meet the requirements of Rule 6.5(4) as they do have the potential to seriously adversely affect the structure and operations of the Black Hawk-Central City Sanitation District Wastewater Treatment Plant. According to the Blast Vibration Analysis Report, risks posed by the proposed blasting plan include potential damage to sensitive instrumentation responsible for measuring and monitoring discharge from the Plant and potential damage to physical plant equipment that contain hazardous substances ranging from biosolids to sulfuric acid. All of Black Hawk's sewage is or will be treated at the Black Hawk-Central City Sanitation District Wastewater Treatment Plant. Black Hawk has legal standing and a clear governmental interest in the stability and operation of said plant. Pursuant to an Intergovernmental Agreement between Central City, Black Hawk and Gilpin County (attached hereto as Exhibit F), Black Hawk contributed $410,000 for the construction of advanced treatment at the plant. Black Hawk's public safety and financial interests in the sustained, safe operation of the Black Hawk-Central City Sanitation District Wastewater Treatment Plant makes the City an "aggrieved person" under traditional rules of standing, C.R.S. § 34-32.5-103(1.5), and Rule 1.1(4). 3. Other economic and sovemmental interests. Pursuant to the Consent Judgment in Gilpin County case number O1 CV 15, dated December 6, 2002 (attached hereto as Exhibit G), it is the City of Black Hawk's duty and responsibility to provide emergency services, including fire protection services, response to traffic accidents, and response to calls from industrial and commercial areas directly accessible byHighway 119 from mile marker 9.0 to the junction of Highway 119 and Highway 6 (the "Highway 119 Corridor"). The proposed quarry is located along the Highway 119 Comdor and will have direct access off ofHighway 119 at mile marker 1.54, making the City of Black Hawk the primary responder to all calls for emergency services originating from the proposed quarry and from the Black Hawk-Central City Sanitation District Wastewater Treatment Plant. The City's responsibility to respond to emergencies caused by the applicant's proposed quarry, including but not limited to traffic accidents caused by increased truck traffic or dismptions in Highway 1191ighting due to lighting equipment failure from blast vibrations (see Blast Vibration Analysis Report, Exhibit E, at pages 8-9) and hazardous materials incidents at the Wastewater Treatment Plant caused when equipment and operations are compromised by blast vibrations,