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DEFINITIONS <br /> "Affected Land" means the surface of an area 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 include but 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; drill sites or workings; <br /> refuse banks or spoil piles; evaporation or settling ponds; work, parking, storage or waste discharge <br /> areas; and areas in which structures, facilities, equipment, machines,tools or other materials or property <br /> which result from or are used in such operations are situated. All lands shall be excluded that would 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 on 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 which will not be <br /> substantially upgraded to support the mining operation. <br /> "Aggrieved" means suffering actual loss or injury, or being exposed to potential loss or injury, to legitimate <br /> interests. Such interests include, but are not limited to, business, economic, aesthetic, governmental, <br /> recreational, or conservational interests. <br /> "Amendment" means a change in the permit or an application which increases the acreage of the affected land, <br /> or which has a significant effect upon the approved or proposed Reclamation Plan. <br /> "Applicant" means any person who applies to the Office for a mining permit. <br /> "Authorized Agent"means any corporate officer, corporate attorney,individual person, or persons so designated <br /> in the permit 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 Subsection: <br /> • 1.4.2(2)for a 110 Limited Impact operation application; or <br /> • 1.4.3(1)for a 110(6)Limited Impact Composite operation application; or <br /> • 1.4.4(2)for a 111 Special Operation application; or <br /> • 1.4.5(2)for a 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. A determination 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 or exploration for <br /> construction materials. These surface rights are separate from mineral rights which may or may not be <br /> owned 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 />