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" (4) Any party adversely affected or ag- <br /> grieved by any agency action may commence an <br /> action for judicial review in the District <br /> Court . " Section 24-4-106 (4) , C. R.S. 1973 . <br /> (Emphasis supplied) . <br /> Thus the Administrative Procedure Act confers the <br /> right to seek judicial review only upon parties to the <br /> administrative proceeding. The term "party" is defined as <br /> follows: <br /> " (11) Party includes any person or <br /> agency named or admitted as a party, or pro- <br /> perly seeking and entitled as of right to be <br /> admitted as a party, in any court or agency <br /> proceeding subject to the provisions of this <br /> article. " Section 24-4-102 (11) , C.R.S. 1973. <br /> None of the Plaintiffs was ever named or admitted as a formal <br /> party to the licensing proceedings conducted at the March 1, <br /> 1979 Board meeting. The only parties to the licensing proceed- <br /> ing were the applicant, Nottingham Sand & Gravel Company, and <br /> the Mined Land Reclamation Board itself. Plaintiffs were only <br /> "interested persons" who participated informally in the li- <br /> censing proceeding. See, Rules and Regulations Rule 1 .23 <br /> and 1. 28. <br /> Plaintiffs could, of course, have sought to be <br /> admitted as a party to the administrative proceeding by <br /> submitting a request for an adjudicatory hearing. However , <br /> Plaintiffs never submitted such a request, thereby not only <br /> failing to exhaust their administrative remedies, but also <br /> ignoring an opportunity to obtain party status in the pro- <br /> ceeding. <br /> Throughout both the Administrative Procedure Act <br /> and the Rules and Regulations of the Board, there is consis- <br /> tently maintained a well defined distinction between the <br /> terms "interested person" and "party" . Thus, for example, <br /> the Rules and Regulations provide that "any interested person <br /> shall follow the procedures for objecting to permit applica- <br /> tions as set forth in Sections 2. 3 , 3. 3 and 4. 3 of these Rules <br /> and Regulations. " Rules and Regulations, Rule 1. 23 , (emphasis <br /> supplied) . Likewise, it is provided that "all meetings shall <br /> be open to the public and any interested person may appear <br /> -7- <br />