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reclamation permit process so that one need not be complete in order for the other <br />to begin. R. 3240, Tr.363:22-364:23. <br />Similarly, because of the City's interest in preserving the safety and viability <br />of the new Black Hawk-Central City Sanitation District Wastewater Treatment <br />P1ant5 in the face of potentially detrimental blasting related to mining, the City is <br />directly impacted by the MLRB's disregard for the definition of the term "affected <br />land" as it is defined in its own rules, C.M.R. 1.1(3), and the Reclamation Act at <br />C.R.S. § 34-32.5-103(1). Vol. I, 137. <br />The definition and interpretation of the term "affected land" is significant <br />because it determines the boundaries of the two hundred (200) foot radius that <br />identifies what owners of significant, valuable, man-made structures must be <br />contacted pursuant to C.M.R. 6.4.19, a rule controlling how man-made structures <br />are protected from damage potentially caused by blasting or other mining-related <br />activities. Under C.M.R. 6.4.19, an applicant must reach compensation agreements <br />with those owners of property located within two hundred (200) feet of the <br />"affected land" or must provide an engineering evaluation that demonstrates that <br />structures within the two hundred (200) foot radius "shall not be damaged by <br />sin order to protect the City's water rights, which include an augmentation plan that permits the City to take water <br />upstream so long as that water is replaced downstream of the Treatment Plant with water meeting certain quality <br />guidelines, the Treatment Plant must continuously perform at levels that guarantee the quality of the water it <br />deposits in stream. R. 3040, Tr. 164:24165:12.; R. 3049, Tr. 172:14-20. <br />8 <br />