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DEFINITIONS <br />"Affected Land" means the surface of an azea within the state where a mining operation is being or will be <br />conducted, which surface is disturbed as a result of such operation. Affected lands includebut shall not <br />be limited to private ways, roads, except those roads excluded pursuant to this Subsection 1.1(3), and <br />railroad lines appurtenant to any such area; land excavations; exploration sites; driIl sites oc workings; <br />refuse banks or spoil pries; evaporation or settling ponds; work, pazking, storage or waste discharge <br />areas; and areas in which structtues, facilities, equipme~, marbines, tools or other materials or property <br />which result from or aze used in such operations aze situated. All lands shall be excluded that wouLi be <br />otherwise included as land affected but which have been reclaimed in accordance with an approved plan <br />or otherwise, as may be approved by the Board. Affected land shall not include off--site roads which <br />existed prior to the date oa which notice was given or permit application was made to.the office and <br />which were constructed for purposes unrelated to the proposed mining operation and whicli w~71 not be <br />substantially upgraded to support file mining operation. <br />" 'eyed" means suffering actual loss or injury, or being exposed to potential loss err injury, to legitimate <br />interests. Such interests include, but aze not limited to, business, economic, aesthetic, governmental, <br />recreational: or conservational interests. <br />"Amendment" means a change in the permit or an application which inereases the acaeage of the affected land, <br />or which has a significant effect upon the approved or proposed Reclamation Plan. <br />"A,pplicant" means any person who applies to the Office for a mining permit <br />"Authorized A¢ent" means any corporate offices, corporate.attorney, individual person, or persons so designated <br />inthepermit application <br />"Filed" means an application submitted to the Office and determined to contain the permit application <br />information required by Subsections 1.4.1, 1.6.2(1)(a)(i) and (b),1.6.2(1)(g), and Subsectian: <br />• 1.4.2(2) fora 110 Limited Impact operation application; or <br />• 1.4.3(1) fora 110(6) Limited Impact Composite operation application; or <br />• 1.4.4(2) fora 111 Special Operation application; or <br />• 1.4.5(2) fora 112 Reclamation Permit Operation application <br />A determination by the Office that an application submitted to the Office contains the referenced <br />application materials shall trigger the decision making periods provided under Sections 34-32.5-110(4), <br />111(5), or 34-32.5-115(1) and 115(2), C.R.S., as appropriate. Adetermination that an application is filed <br />does not constitute a determination that the application adequately meets statutory and. regulatory <br />requirements. <br />"Landowner" means any individual person or persons, firm, partnership, association, corporation, or any <br />department, division, or agency of federal, state, county, or municipal government which owns or <br />controls the surface rights to any land area under consideration for the extraction err exploration for <br />construction materials. These s~~*face rights are sepazate from mineral rights which may or may not be <br />ovmed and controlled by the same entity. <br />'life of the Mine' means and includes, but is not limited to, those periods of time from when a permit is <br />initially issued, that an Operator engages in or plans to continue extraction of construction materials, <br />complies with the Act and these Rules, and as long as construction material reserves remain in the <br />