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I. Standing and Party Statust <br />In its Motion, the Applicant attempts to create a strained distinction between an objector to an <br />application and a party to the permitting process and argues that not every objector may request and <br />obtain a heazing. The Applicant's efforts in this regard are unavailing for several reasons. <br />First, the Applicant selectively quotes C.M.R. 1.7. ] to avoid language that expressly refutes <br />Applicant's azgument that there is a "legislative distinction between objectors to a project...and any <br />person, who may file statements in support of an application for a permit: ' Motion, p. 10 (emphasis <br />in original). The rule actually begins: "Any person has the right to submit written statements <br />supporting or objecting to any application for a permit...." C.M.R. 1.7.1(1) (emphasis added). The <br />full language of this rule suggests that a showing of standing or proof of party status is not required <br />in order for an individual, entity, or organization to submit comments, objections, or concerns to the <br />Boazd regazding an application. Such an interpretation would be in keeping with the open and public <br />nature of this process and all other State of Colorado administrative processes, which uniformly <br />require and permit public comment. <br />Second, even employing the strict test for party status espoused by the Applicant, the City <br />easily qualifies as a party as an entity separate and distinct from the Black Hawk-Central City <br />Sanitation District, which is a sepazate governmental entity with its own position in this matter. The <br />City has identified at least three ways in which it is "aggrieved" by the application and in which it <br />will suffer "actual loss or injury" or be exposed to "potential loss or injury [] to legitimate interests." <br />C.M.R. 1.1(4). The basis for this argument is more fully set forth in the City's Motion for <br />~ Applicant's Joint Stipulation To Party Status, attached hereto as Exhibit A, indicates that the Applicant no longer <br />contests the City's right to participate in these proceedings. However, in order to fully inform the Board of the <br />2 <br />