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for a hearing shall be filed with the board or office not more than twenty days after the date <br />of last publication of notice made pursuant to section 34-32.5-112 (9). For good cause <br />shown in such protest or petition documents, the board may, in its discretion, hold a hearing <br />pursuant to section 34-32.5-115 to determine whether the permit should be granted. The <br />applicant shall be notified within ten days after any objections are filed with respect to the <br />application and shall be supplied with a copy of the written objections. <br />34-32.5-115. Action by board - appeals. (1) Upon receipt of an application for a <br />permit and all fees due from the operator, the board or the office shall set a date for the <br />consideration of such application not more than ninety days after the (late of filing. At that <br />time, the board or the office shall approve or deny the application or, for good cause shown, <br />refer the application for a hearing to determine whether a permit should be granted. <br />(2) Prior to holding a hearing, the board or the office shall provide notice to any <br />person who filed a protest or petition for a hearing or statement in support of an application <br />pursuant to section 34-32.5-114. Notice of the time, date, and location of the hearing shall <br />be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the locality of the proposed mining <br />operation once a week for the two consecutive weeks immediately preceding the hearing. <br />The hearing shall be conducted pursuant to article 4 of title 24, C.R.S. A final decision on <br />the application shall be made within one hundred twenty days after the receipt of the <br />application. In the event of complex applications, serious unforeseen circumstances, or <br />significant snow cover on the affected land that prevents a necessary on-site inspection, the <br />board may reasonably extend the time in which a final decision must be made by sixty days. <br />(3) If action upon an application is not completed within the period specified in <br />subsection (2) of this section, the permit shall be considered to be approved and shall be <br />promptly issued upon presentation by the applicant of a financial warranty in the amount of <br />two thousand dollars per acre affected or such other amount as determined by the board. <br />(4) In the determination of whether the board or the office shall grant a permit to an <br />operator, the applicant must comply with the requirements of this article and section <br />24-4-105 (7), C.R.S. The board or office shall not deny a permit except on one or more of <br />the following grounds: <br />(a) The application is incomplete and the performance and financial warranties have <br />not been provided. <br />(b) The applicant has not paid the required fee. <br />(c) Any part of the proposed mining operation, the reclamation program, or the <br />proposed future use is contrary to the laws or regulations of this article. <br />(d) The proposed mining operation, the reclamation program;, or the proposed future <br />use is contrary to the laws or regulations of this state or the United States, including but not <br />limited to all federal, state, and local permits, licenses, and approvals, as applicable to the <br />specific operation. <br />(e) The mining operation will adversely affect the stability of any significant, <br />valuable, and permanent manmade structures located within two hundred feet of the affected <br />land; except that the permit shall not be denied on this basis where there is an agreement <br />between the operator and the persons having an interest in the structure that damage to the