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its business operations, or will be exposed to potential loss or injury to those operations, which interests constitute legitimate business and economic interests. In particulaz, the Petitioner desires to point out to the Mined Land Reclamation Board (the "Boazd") that the traffic from the mining operation described in the Application will increase the heavy truck traffic on Colorado Highway 119 and U.S. Highway 6, which highways constitute the primary routes from the Denver Metropolitan Area to Black Hawk and the Petitioner's business. This additional heavy truck traffic will negatively impact Petitioner's customers and employees. Traffic congestion on Highway 119 and U.S. 6 is a serious issue and the economic impacts of congestion of these primary routes into and out of Black Hawk have been quantified and discussed in several reports produced by the Colorado Department of Transportation, the Black Hawk Business hnproiement District, the Silver Dollaz Metropolitan District, and the City of Black Hawk. It is also currently the subject of an ongoing environmental impact study (Gaming Area Access Environmental Study). Additional traffic has been shown to slow business traffic through Clear Creek Canyon and North Cleaz Creek Canyon, and to contribute to increased accidents and a negative overall perception of safety on these roads. Based upon these reports, Petitioner's reasonable business judgment is that the proposed mining operations described in the application will negatively and seriously affect Petitioner's bottom line and impair Petitioner's reasonable investment-backed expectations. Pursuant to CMRR 1.4.9, following receipt of this petition for hearing, the Office is required to: (1) set a date to consider the application (2) schedule the application for a Formal Hearing before the Boazd (3) provide all parties at least thirty (30) days written notice of the Formal Hearing date (4) issue a recommendation to the Board for approval, approval with conditions, or denial of the applicafion. Pursuant to CMRR 2.7.1, the Boazd may, in its discretion, schedule aPre-Hearing Conference prior to the Formal Hearing. CMRR 2.7.1(1)(a) states, in relevant part, that the Pre- iearing Conference will be held to describe the Office's review process, to explain the rights and responsibilities of the parties, and to "discuss and resolve issues to the extent possible." Pursuant to CMRR 2.7.1(e), " ...the Pre-hearing conference shall be held after the Office has issued its written recommendation and at least ten (10) calendaz days prior the Formal Boazd Hearing." Thus, CMRR 2.7.1 provides for a dispute resolution process by which the Petitioner and the applicant may attempt to informally resolve the issue of the economic and business impacts of additional heavy truck traffic on Highway 119 and U.S. 6. Given that the informal dispute resolution process may yield a negotiated outcome acceptable to all parties, Petitioner hereby formally requests that the Board schedule aPre-Hearing Conference in accordance with CMRR 2.7, in order that the Petitioner and applicant be given an opportunity to resolve the issues in advance of the Formal Hearing.