Colorado Compliance

Colorado Compliance

The state's sole independent source of business-related environmental regulatory and compliance data.

AUGUST 31, 2001

UP FRONT

2   Draft CEPPA Out For Comment

The sixth Colorado environmental performance partnership agreement (CEPPA) was unveiled with little fanfare on August 22 and is now subject to public review and written comments through September 21. The Environmental Protection Agency and Colorado’s Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) use the CEPPA as both the main federal funding vehicle and a road map to plot CDPHE’s priorities and activities for the coming year. Colorado is a national leader in using performance partnership agreements as it was just the second state in the nation to sign one with EPA back in 1996 (see CC 8/96, p. 2). This year’s agreement is written to correspond with the federal government’s fiscal year (FY-2002) that begins October 1. It would be a break from longstanding EPA/CDPHE tradition if it was actually signed by that date. The closing date for comments on the draft CEPPA for FY-2002 is September 21. Subscribers wanting complete information on the draft CEPPA or a copy thereof should click here (*.pdf format).

2   APCD Seeks Modeling Guidance Help

Colorado’s air pollution control division (APCD) is again seeking public comments on its proposed revisions to the modeling guideline used during the permitting process. APCD staff at the Air Quality Control Commission’s (AQCC) August 16 hearing asked the AQCC not to hold a planned September 24 informational hearing of the proposal (Colorado Modeling Guideline for Air Quality Permits) until division employees had a chance to address recent criticisms on the proposal. Much of the criticism entailed APCD’s written response to comments submitted a full six months earlier on the draft modeling guideline. A large measure of the controversy surrounds APCD’s leaning to avoid relying solely on emission rates to determine when modeling is warranted. The draft guideline will eventually replace the existing guidance, which dates back to December, 1998. Subscribers wanting additional information on APCD’s response to the first round of public comments on its proposed modeling guideline should follow this link (*.pdf format). (Apologies for the poor response/download time -- it is not one of our servers.)

4   DNR: New Oil & Gas Rules Manageable

ROCKY MOUNTAIN BRIEFS

Compliance help ... "Concern" ... Norton promises help ... And then delivers ... Board names task force ... All begin on page 5

REGULATORY ROUNDUP

7   Denver CO Redesignation Proposal

Jack McGraw, acting regional administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency’s Region VIII office, on August 15 signed a proposed rulemaking that would redesignate the Denver/Boulder carbon monoxide (CO) "serious" nonattainment area to attainment. EPA published the proposal on August 22 (66 Federal Register 44097-44107) and will accept written comments on it through September 21. EPA’s proposal involves its tentative approval of Colorado’s May 10, 2000 request to redesignate the affected area to attainment for the CO national ambient air quality standard (NAAQS) and associated CO maintenance plan, along with revisions to the Colorado Air Quality Control Commission’s (AQCC) Regulation Nos. 11 (motor vehicle emissions inspection program) and 13 (oxygenated fuels program). The proposed approval also encompasses a revision to the Colorado state implementation plan (SIP) submitted to EPA on May 7, 2001 containing what is known as the United States Postal Service (USPS) revision approved earlier by the AQCC and enrolled in EPA’s Project XL (eXcellence and Leadership) program (see CC 3/00, p. 17). The USPS project, which involves replacing gasoline-fueled trucks with natural gas-powered vehicles is intended to be a substitute for a clean fuel fleet program (CFFP). Subscribers wanting additional information on EPA’s redesignation proposal should visit this link (*.pdf format).

8   AQCC’s Common Provisions Revised

9   Big Revamp For AQCC Regulation No. 1

10   AQCC Passes On Vehicle Waiver

11   Regional Haze SIP Briefing

11   Steamboat Attainment Demonstration

13   HWC Bills Expected To Arrive Soon

ENFORCEMENT REPORT

13   Big Penalty For UST Allegations

14   OSHA Tags Denver Manufacturer

14   Monte Vista Firm Gets Order

15   Quick Clean Water Act Deal

15   H.S. Resources Does Three Deals

15   It Pays To Have A Plan In Place

16   Federal MACT Case Settled

17   EPCRA Charges In Littleton

18   Gas Plant Enforcement Continues

19   APCD Issues Compliance Advisories

20   Water Penalty Goes Higher

22   Order For Unauthorized Discharge

SUPERFUND/HAZARDOUS WASTE

23   Five-Year Review Ignites Lowry Debate

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