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Plaintiffs take exception to the weight the Board assigned to Four States' evidence. "It is <br />within the Boazd's sole province to weigh all of the evidence and determine its probative value." <br />Colorado Motor Vehicle Dealer Licensing Bd. V. Northglenn Dodge, Inc., 972 P.2d 707, 716 <br />(Colo. App. 1998). It is the responsibility of the Board to weigh and evaluate the testimony and <br />accept the testimony it finds most credible. Colonial Bank v. Colorado Financial Services Bd., <br />961 P.2d 579, 587 (Colo. App. 1998). <br />It is apparent that the Board did indeed assign more credibility to the testimony of Four <br />States witnesses and/or witnesses from the Division. Four States and the Division offered <br />testimony from scientists and engineers whose credentials were not questioned by any plaintiff s <br />The Plaintiffs attempted to refute the facts and opinions offered by Four States and the Division. <br />The Board weighed all of this testimony and assigned more weight to the opinions of the <br />Division and/or Four States. That decision is supported by substantial evidence and is within the <br />Boazd's discretion. <br />As Plaintiffs claim, the Boazd did approve the application immediately following the <br />hearing. Vol. 3, p. 1172. The Board's members did not verbally deliberate among themselves. <br />They voted and approved it. <br />Plaintiffs cite to no evidence of impermissible bias, other than the Board's quick <br />decision. In Snyder v. Jefferson County School Dist. R-1, 821 P.2d 840 (Colo.App. 1991), the <br />Court considered whether a fifteen minute deliberation constituted evidence of prejudice by the <br />boazd in that case. The Court held that it is not reversible error in itself to deliberate for fifteen <br />s Four States hired a professional environmental engineer to prepare the permit application. <br />Vol. 1, p. 4. <br />17 <br />