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I) Depth of the overburden; m) Physical properties of the resource including quality and type; n) Life of the resource; o) Resource availability in the region; p) long-term economic conditions which affect the ability to manage and/or maintain commercially viable mineral lands of long-term commercial significance, which should include consideration of the following market factors: • The location of manufacturing or processing facilities, • Equipment and transport costs, • Site productivity and production costs, • Taxes and administrative costs. De -designation Kittitas County, hereby adopts the following provision with respect to de-designation of mineral resource land: 1) Change in circumstances pertaining to the comprehensive plan or public policy; 2) A change in circumstances beyond the control of the landowner pertaining to the subject property; 3) An error in designation; or 4) New information on natural resources land or critical area status. In considering any one of these elements, the criteria for designation should additionally be considered. Areas meeting the criteria for Mineral Lands of Long-Term Commercial Significance and classified as such, including future discoveries, are designated on the final Comprehensive Plan map and included in the final Comprehensive Plan. The map shows the location of Mineral Lands of Long-Term Significance and will be updated and amended as new mining sites, meeting the designation criteria, are approved. RR-P149: The County should allow for extraction of mineral resources where such extraction does not significantly impact other natural resources. RR-P150: When the County reviews proposed new land uses that have the potential to conflict with commercial mining activities, such as residential subdivisions, consideration of both surface and mineral rights ownership should be included in the review. RR-P151: New uses, such as residential and commercial uses, conflicting with existing commercial mining activities in designated mineral resource areas shall be required to locate away from such mining activities. RR-P152: The County shall require that all plats, short plats, development permits, and building permits issued for development activities on, or within five hundred feet of, lands designated as mineral resource lands, shall contain a notice that states that: "The subject property is within or near designated mineral resource lands on which a variety of commercial activities and mineral operations may occur that are not compatible with residential development for certain periods of limited duration. Commercial natural resource activities and/or mineral operations performed in accordance with County, State and federal laws are not subject or legal action as public nuisances." Page 774