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,.~ <br />18LA.96-90, 96-91 <br />their State equivalents. Section 720 (a) of SM~tA provides, in relevant <br />part, that: <br />ihriarvm mi ppal ~uy3 OpeL3t10n9 ooirlucted after <br />October 24, 1992, shall ply with * *~* the folloassg <br />~~ <br />(i) Promptly repair, or oa~ensate for, matexaal damage <br />resulting fran subsidence caused to any occupied resi~+t~ai <br />dwelling and structi~xes related thereto * * • due to iuder- <br />gitxu~3 coal minlilg operations. Repair of damage shall include <br />rw t,;~;tation, restoration, or replaoat~it of the dane~ <br />occupied residential dwellin<} and structures related thereto <br />* * *. Ccnpa~sation sha11 be provided to the owner of the <br />-~i~ ,na;Aar,t;ai_dove]1iTSJ•arrl-stxuctures.ielated ... .... <br />"thereto`* * *'' and~st~all~be' 3ii'the'full ~8motmt~ of• the diminution <br />in value resulting fznm the subsidaice. <br />30 U.S.C. § 1309a(a)(1) (1994). 1b the same effect is 30 C.F.R. <br />§ 817.121(c) (2) . <br />"Material damage" is defined, in relevant part, as "[a]ny significant <br />change in the o~dition, ~~*~ or utility of any structure * * * Eras <br />its pze-subsidence condition." 30 C.F.R. § 701.5. die applicable State <br />reg;ilation, 2 Colo. node Regs. § 4.20.3(2) (1991), specifically provides, <br />in pertinent part, that: .... <br />Each person who asxjucts turiezgroturl mining activi- <br />ties which result in subsidence that causes material damage <br />* * * shall, with respect to eadt surface area affected by <br />subsidence: <br />(a) Restore; rehabilitate, or ratnve and replace each <br />damaged structure * * * pmaptly after damage is suffered, to <br />the oariition it would be as if xm subsidence had occvrr~ed <br />(b) Purrfiase the damaged structure *.* * for its fair <br />mariaet, ~~,t,~;,~,~ ~~ * * *~ or <br />. (c) Each person who oo~cts undexti,7xntar3 mini:g <br />activitia4 will ca~isate the Dumps of any surface struc- <br />ture in full amamt of the dimifluticm in valve resultiig <br />from subsidence * + *. <br />I]~G oo¢icluded, with the concurrerwe of 03~i, that ffiti ~ s Fist Naxth <br />Main tadesgrvtmd woririix)s had not caused any damage to appellants' house <br />as a result of mine subsidence. (Letter to OHM, dated Feb. 23, 1995, <br />at 1; Letter to CHN, dated Atg. 23, 1995, at 1; Decision, dated Sept. 18, <br />1995, at 1-2.) DPG based its ~*+~~,+aits, on the opinion of its expert, <br />151 D3LA 303 <br />•~ <br />