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DEFII~SITIONS
<br />"Affected Land" means the surface of an azea within the state where a mining operation is being or will be
<br />conducted, Which surface is disturbed as a result of such operation. Affected lands include but shall not
<br />be ;';-sited to private ;; ~. s; roads, except thc:e r~~v3s e~:.cluded F''*rsuant t this Snbsectie-t 1.1(31, a::w
<br />r~~'oad Les arurteL_.:t to ~n~,. such area; :;:nd ea:cavations; exploration sites; drill sites or workings;
<br />refrse'narits cr st~oil ri,s; e~_poration or setflirg ponds; work, pazking, storage or waste dischazga
<br />aze<s; and areas in which struc?~~es, facilities, e~;ipment, machines, tools or other materials or property
<br />which result from or are used in such operations zre situated. All lands shall be excluded that would be
<br />otherwise included as land affected but which ha~~e been reclaimed in accordance with an approved Tian
<br />or oi_,erwisw as may be approved by the Board. nffe.,.ted Ia^.d shall not i:.clude off-site reads which
<br />existed pror to the date en which notice was given a permit application was made to the cffrce and
<br />which were corctructed for p•~*poses unrelated to the proposed mining operation and which will not be
<br />substantiat;y upgraded to support the mining operation.
<br />"Aeerieved" meats suffering ac:c:al loss or injury,vr being exposed to potential loss or injury, to legitimate
<br />interests. Such itterests include, but are not r_imited to, business, economic, aesthetic, governmental,
<br />recreational, or conservational interests.
<br />Amendment" means a change in the permit or an application which increases the acreage of the affected land,
<br />or which has a significant effect upon the approved or proposed Reclamation Plan
<br />"Applicant" means any person who applies to the Office for a mining permit.
<br />"Authorized Agent" means any corporate officer, corporate attorney, individual person, or persons so designated
<br />inthepermit application.
<br />"Filed" means an application submitted to the Office and determined to contain the permit application
<br />information required by Subsections 1.4,1,1.6.2(1)(a)(i) and (b), 1.6.2(1)(g), and Subsection:
<br />• 1.4.2(2)-fora 110 Limited Impact operation application; or
<br />• 1.4.3(1) fora 110(6) Limited Impact Composite operation application; or
<br />• 1.4.4(2) fora 111 Special Operation application; or
<br />• 1.4.5(2) fora 112 Reclamation Permit Operation application.
<br />A determination by the Office that an application submitted to the Office contains the referenced
<br />application materials shall trigger .the decision making periods provided under Sections 34-32.5-110(4),
<br />111(5), or 34-32.5-115(1) and 115(2), C.R.S., as appropriate. Adeterminationthat anapplication is filed
<br />does not constitute a determination that the application adequately meets statutory and. regulatory
<br />requirements.
<br />"Landowner" means any individual person or persons, firm, paztnership, association, corporation, or any
<br />department, division, or agency of federal, state, county, or municipal government which owns or
<br />controls the surface rights to any land azea under consideration for the extraction or exploration for
<br />construcfion materials. These surface rights aze sepazate from mineral rights which may or may not be
<br />owned and controlled by the same entity.
<br />"Life of the Mine" means and includes, but is not limited to, those periods of time from when a permit is
<br />initially issued, that an Operator engages in or plans to continue extraction of construction materials,
<br />complies with the Act and these Rules, and as long as construction material reserves remain in the
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