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application, or a petition for a hearing during the public comment period. <br />A written petition for party status is submitted to the Board. The Board <br />will consider the petition for party status during the Formal Hearing set to <br />consider the application. <br />As a party to an application under review, you have certain rights and <br />responsibilities not afforded anon-party. For example, as a party, you have the <br />right to sue or be sued in District Court on matters surrounding an application's <br />review and the Board's decision on the application. (For a complete list of a party's <br />rights and responsibilities, please see attached Rule 2.7.3.) If, for any reason, you <br />want to withdraw as a party, you must do so in writing prior to the commencement <br />of or on the record during the Formal Board Hearing on the matter. (The Office <br />has included within this packet a form for you to use if you choose to withdraw as <br />a party.) <br />Even if you choose not to be a party or withdraw your party status, you may still <br />address the Board on matters of concern to you during the public comment portion <br />of the Formal Board Hearing. However, in this case, you will not preserve or be <br />entitled to the rights of a parry as detailed in Rule 2.7.3. <br />Any party who does not attend the Pre-hearing Con erence foYfeits their party <br />status and all associated rights and privileges (Rule 2.7.3(4)). Please see Rule <br />2.7.3(4) as to how you may preserve your party status if you are not able to attend <br />the Pre-hearing Conference in person. You must attend the Formal Board hearing <br />to preserve your party status and all your associated rights and privileges (Rule <br />2.8.1(1)}. <br />The Board's decision to approve or deny an application is based on whether the <br />application minimally meets the technical and engineering requirements of the Act <br />and Rules 3.1 and 6. Therefore, to the extent possible, your comments and <br />presentations to the Board should be technically based It is also helpful, when you <br />can, to provide the Board with possible solutions or suggestions as to how the <br />application may be conditioned to solve or mitigate your concerns. However, it <br />must be within the Board's jurisdiction. <br />For a small fee, you may obtain a copy of the Rules and Regulations from the <br />office, in order to review the requirements of Rules 3.1 and 6. They are also <br />available on the Internet at: http://mining.co.us/. <br />4 <br />