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-111- perform at least some of the preparatory tasks, then the people of San Luis are going to be impacted upon that -- by that. And its not only a risk that ffie Company faces. As far as the use of the water, that's totally irrelevant. I don't see how that pertains to the legal issues involved here at all. I think not only are the regulations -- I think that the scheme of the regulations are supported. by the Statute, by the language of the Act itself, not just your own rules and regulations, because the Act also talks in Section 34.32.116-G, I think it is. MR. HOLDER: Thou shalt minimize the disturbance to the hydrologic balance. MR. N. COHEN: That disturbances to the prevailing hydrologic balance of the effected land and of the surrounding area and to the quality and quantity of the water in the surface and ground water systems both during and after the • mining operation and during the reclamation shall be minimized, I don't think you can make that determination, until they have the water rights and you know what their plan is. The Act -- talk about what the Colorado Legislature is involved with, that's their language. Your rules are equally clear. MR. BARRY: Have we got a basis and purpose statement for that rule, Frank, at hand? MR. F. JOHNSON:: Well, not at hand. Let me just address this real briefly. I think I think that Mr. Cohen is right that the Board nas to follow its own rules and procedures. I do wonder whether or not this Section is unambiguous. I think that this Section, that Exhibit G, and then the -- what follows places a burden on the operator. It sets out what the operator has to do in order to have a complete application. And I think, under Section 115 of the Act, the Board has the discretion to deny an application basedd on an incomplete application. It a grounds for denying the application, I don't . think that the Board is mandated to deny an application based on an incomplete