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<br />MAY 2 5 2005 <br />Division c. i.L~:ae~s & 8aulugy <br />Mr. Ron Cattany <br />Director, Office of Mined Land Reclamation <br />Division of Minerals and Geology <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 215 <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 <br />Re: OBJECTION AND PETITION FOR HEARING concerning Reclamation Permit <br />File No. M-2004-067, filed by Clear Creek District Water Providers, LLC, <br />"MMRR Quarry" for a propose Mining Operation in Gilpin County (the <br />"Application") C,B.oa.: P <br />Mr. Cattany: <br />By this letter, the Colorado Central Station Casino (the "Petitioner") petitions the Office <br />of Mined Land Reclamation and the Mined Land Reclamation Board for a hearing pursuant to <br />Section 34-32.5-114, C.R.S. The Construction Materials Rules and Regulations, 2 CCR 407-4 <br />("CMRR") state that any party may petition for a hearing on any application for a permit. <br />CMRR 1.7.1(2)(a) requires that a petition for a hearing on an application be received by the <br />Office of Mined Land Reclamation (the "Office") not more than twenty (20) calendar days after <br />the last date for newspaper publication of notice of the application in this action by December 30, <br />2004. <br />The Petitioner satisfies the definition of "party" because it will be directly and adversely <br />affected and aggrieved by the conduct of the mining operation proposed in the Application. In <br />addition, the Petitioner's interest is entitled to legal protection under the Act due to the fact that <br />Section 34-32.5-114 allows an "aggrieved" person to file written objections and petition for a <br />hearing. As is pertinent here, the Petitioner will suffer actual loss or injury to its business <br />operations, or will be exposed to potential loss or injury to those operations, which interests <br />constitute legitimate business and economic interests. <br />In particular, the Petitioner desires to point out to the Mined Land Reclamation Boazd <br />(the "Board") that the traffic from the mining operation described in the Application will increase <br />the heavy truck traffic on Colorado Highway 119 and U.S. Highway 6, which highways <br />! "Party" is defined as a person who demonstrates that he/she/it is directly and adversely <br />affected or aggrieved by the conduct of a mining operation, proposed mining operation, or an <br />order of the Board and whose interest in entitled to legal protection under the Colorado Land <br />Reclamation Act for the Extraction of Construction Materials ("Act"). <br />340 Main Street • P.O. Box 22 • Black Hawk. Colorado 80422 • Phone (303) 582-3000 • Fax (303) 582-2171 <br />