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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 Boazd {the "Board") 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 B1ack,Hawk and the Petitioner's business. This additional heavy track 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 Improvement District, the Silver Dollar Metropolitan District, and the City of Black Hawk. Additional traffic has been shown to slow business traffic through Clear Creek Canyon and North Clear 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. Petitioner's management has reviewed the potential gaming traffic impacts based- upon the information included in the Application and has determined that the probable diversion of traffic from Highway 119 and U.S. 6 through the Central City southern access road, decreases in gaming traffic traveling fo Black Hawk generally, and probably shorter gaming time per patron - due to patron concerns about traveling time, will result in a drop in business based on restrictions on access-. occurring in prior years: This economic loss to the Petitioner also represents an economic loss to the State of Colorado, due to the State's loss due to the decline in revenue from ' ' . lost gaming taxes. These are not speculative damages,.but instead aze based on the. prior traffic studies experienced-based projections of Petitioner's management. 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 application. Pursuant to CMRR 2.7.1, the Board' may, in its discretion, schedule aPre-Hearing - Conference prior to the Formal Hearing. Cl~RR 2.7.1(1)(a) states, in relevant part, that the Pre- Hearing 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."