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<br />~~I ~I~~I~~I~~~~~~I~ <br />sss <br />BEFORE THE <br />UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR <br />HEARINGS DIVISION <br />FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO <br />KERR COAL COMPANY, <br />v. <br />APPLICANT <br />OFFICE OF SURFACE MINING <br />RECLAMATION AND <br />ENFORCEMENT <br />RESPONDENT <br />Docket No. DV 94-12-R <br />Application for Review and <br />Application for Temporary Relief <br />Notice of Violation <br />No. 94-020-352-003 <br />Marr Strip Mine <br />Permit No. C-80-006(Colorado) <br />----------------------------------------------------------------- <br />MOTION AND ORDER TO INTERVENE <br />----------------------------------------------------------------- <br />The Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology in the De- <br />partment of Natural Resources ("Division"), through the Colorado <br />Attorney General's office, moves to intervene in the above-cap- <br />tioned proceeding on the following grounds: <br />1. Kerr Coal Company ("Kerr") applied for administrative <br />review and vacation of Notice of Violation No. 94-020-352-003 <br />("NOV") issued by the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and <br />Enforcement ("OSM"). <br />2. The administrative review of the NOV concerns issues <br />pertaining to the jurisdiction of the Division over mine sites on <br />federal lands under the cooperative agreement and interpretation <br />of the definition and application of the definition of <br />"approximate original contour" ("AOC"). <br />3. These issues, and any ruling thereon, will directly af- <br />fect the Division in its regulatory role. <br />4. The Code of Federal Regulation provides that any per- <br />son, including a state, may petition for leave to intervene at <br />