Title 25, Public Health and Environment
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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-8-501.1 Permit required for point source water pollution control - definitions - housed commercial swine feeding operations - legislative declaration
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(1) The people of the state of Colorado hereby find, determine, and declare that the advent of large housed commercial swine feeding operations in Colorado has presented new challenges to ensuring that the quality of the state’s environment is preserved and protected. As distingu…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-8-502 Application - fees - funds created - public participation - rules - definitions - repeal
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(1) For the purposes of this section: (a) “Animal feeding operation” or “CAFO” means a lot or facility, other than an aquatic animal production facility, where: (I) Animals, other than aquatic animals, have been, are, or will be stabled or confined and fed or maintained for a tot…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-8-503 Permits - when required and when prohibited - variances - definition
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(1) (a) The division shall issue a permit in accordance with regulations promulgated under this article when the division has determined that the provisions of this article and the federal act and regulations thereunder have been met with respect to both the application and propo…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-8-503.5 General permits - process for changing permit requirements
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(1) With respect to a general permit listed in section 25-8-502 (1)(b)(I)(G), when proposing new or amended permit requirements for dischargers to meet, to obtain, or to maintain authorization for discharges under the permit, the division shall: (a) Prepare a statement of basis a…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-8-503.7 Use of qualified and independent contractors - powers and duties of the division - fees - definitions
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(1) On and after May 1, 2026, an applicant and the division may mutually agree to use a qualified and independent nongovernmental contractor under the direction of the division to provide the division with technical assistance in completing the permit action if: (a) An applicatio…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-8-503.8 Documents, information, and data utilized in developing permits
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Upon a permittee’s request, the division shall make available to the permittee all documents, data, and information the division relied upon in developing the permittee’s permit modification or permit, including any model, tool, or tabular worksheet and any formulas, macros, meta…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-8-504 Agricultural wastes
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(1) Neither the commission nor the division shall require any permit for any flow or return flow of irrigation water into state waters except as may be required by the federal act or regulations. The provisions of any permit that are so required shall not be any more stringent th…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-8-505 Permit conditions concerning publicly owned wastewater treatment works
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The division is authorized to impose, as conditions in permits for the discharge of pollutants from publicly owned wastewater treatment works, appropriate measures to establish and ensure compliance by industrial users with any system of user charges or industrial cost recovery.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-8-506 Nuclear and radioactive wastes. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 81: Entire section amended, p. 1340, � 1, effective July 1. L. 98: (2) amended, p. 1336, � 52, effective June 1. L. 2005: (4)(b) repealed, p. 284, � 27, effective August 8. L. 2023: Entire section repealed, (SB 23-274), ch. 216, p. 1116, � 7, effective May 17. Editor's…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-8-507 Program repeal
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If final federal agency action is taken revoking or withdrawing prior federal approval of all or any part of the state permit program, sections 25-8-203, 25-8-204, 25-8-501, 25-8-502, 25-8-503, and 25-8-505 and regulations adopted to implement such provisions are repealed as of t…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-8-508 Industrial pretreatment program - creation - fees
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(1) The division shall establish an industrial pretreatment program for the state which is designed to eliminate problems that occur when pollutants from industrial wastewaters are discharged into publicly owned treatment works, including health hazards caused to the public and t…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-8-509 Permit conditions concerning use and disposal of biosolids
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The division is authorized to impose, as conditions to the issuance of permits, requirements, prohibitions, standards, and concentration limitations on the use and disposal of biosolids in accordance with the regulations promulgated by the commission pursuant to section 25-8-205 …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-8-601 Division to be notified of suspected violations and accidental discharges - penalty
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(1) Any person or any agency of the state or federal government may apply to the division to investigate and take action upon any suspected or alleged violation of any provision of this article or of any order, permit, or regulation issued or promulgated under authority of this a…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-8-602 Notice of alleged violations
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(1) Whenever the division has reason to believe that a violation of an order, permit, or control regulation issued or promulgated under authority of this article has occurred, the division shall cause written notice to be served personally or by certified mail, return receipt req…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-8-603 Hearing procedures for alleged violations
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(1) In any notice given under section 25-8-602, the division shall require the alleged violator to answer each alleged violation and may require the alleged violator to appear before it for a public hearing to provide such answer. Such hearing shall be held no sooner than fifteen…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-8-604 Suspension, modification, and revocation of permit
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Upon a finding and determination, after hearing, that a violation of a permit provision has occurred, the division may suspend, modify, or revoke the pertinent permit or take such other action with respect to the violation as may be authorized pursuant to regulations promulgated …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-8-605 Cease-and-desist orders
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If the division determines, with or without hearing, that a violation of any provision of this article or of any order, permit, or control regulation issued or promulgated under authority of this article exists, the division may issue a cease-and-desist order. Such order shall se…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-8-606 Clean-up orders
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The division may issue orders to any person to clean up any material which he, his employee, or his agent has accidentally or purposely dumped, spilled, or otherwise deposited in or near state waters which may pollute them. The division may also request the district attorney to p…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-8-607 Restraining orders and injunctions
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(1) The division may request the district attorney for the judicial district with jurisdiction pursuant to subsection (2) of this section or the attorney general to bring, and if so requested it shall be the duty of such district attorney or the attorney general to bring, a suit …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-8-608 Civil penalties - rules - water quality improvement fund created - definitions - repeal
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(1) A person who violates this article 8, a permit issued under this article 8, a control regulation promulgated pursuant to this article 8, or a final cease-and-desist order or clean-up order is subject to a civil penalty of not more than fifty-four thousand eight hundred thirty…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-8-608.5 Nutrients grant fund - rules - repeal. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 2013: Entire section added, (HB 13-1191), ch. 186, p. 754, � 1, effective May 10. Editor's note: Subsection (4) provided for the repeal of this section, effective September 1, 2016. (See L. 2013, p. 754.) 25-8-608.7. Natural disaster grant fund - creation - rules - rep…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-8-608.7 Natural disaster grant fund - creation - rules - repeal. (Repealed)
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C.R.S. 25-8-608.7Statutes current through Chapter 65 of the 2026 Regular Session, effective as of April 20, 2026. The text of this section is not final. It will not be final until compared to, and updated from, the text provided by the Colorado Office of Legislative Legal Service…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-8-609 Criminal pollution - penalties
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(1) Any person who recklessly, knowingly, intentionally, or with criminal negligence discharges any pollutant into any state waters or into any domestic wastewater treatment works commits criminal pollution if such discharge is made: (a) In violation of any permit issued under th…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-8-610 Falsification and tampering - penalties
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(1) Any person who knowingly makes any material false statement, representation, or certification in any application, record, report, plan, or other document filed or required to be maintained under this article 8 or who falsifies, tampers with, or knowingly renders inaccurate an…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-8-611 Proceedings by other parties
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(1) The factual or legal basis for proceedings or other actions that result from a violation of any control regulation inure solely to, and shall be for the benefit of the people of, the state generally, and it is not intended by this article, in any way, to create new private ri…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-8-612 Remedies cumulative
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(1) It is the purpose of this article to provide additional and cumulative remedies to prevent, control, and abate water pollution and protect water quality. (2) No action pursuant to section 25-8-609 shall bar enforcement of any provision of this article or of any rule or order …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-8-613 Limitation on actions
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An action or other proceeding brought by the division pursuant to this part 6 alleging a violation of this article 8 or of any rule of the commission or order of the division must be commenced within five years after the date when the alleged violation is discovered or should hav…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-8-701 Definitions
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As used in this part 7, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Construction means entering into a contract for the erection or physical placement of materials, equipment, piping, earthwork, or buildings which are to be part of a domestic wastewater treatment works. (2) Eligib…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-8-702 Approval for commencement of construction
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(1) No person shall commence the construction of any domestic wastewater treatment works or the enlargement of the capacity of an existing domestic wastewater treatment works, unless the site location and the design for the construction or expansion have been approved by the divi…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-8-703 State contracts for construction of domestic wastewater treatment works. (Repealed)
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C.R.S. 25-8-703Statutes current through Chapter 65 of the 2026 Regular Session, effective as of April 20, 2026. The text of this section is not final. It will not be final until compared to, and updated from, the text provided by the Colorado Office of Legislative Legal Services …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-8-801 Definitions
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As used in this part 8, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Administrator or storm water management system administrator means a nonprofit entity designated by the division to conduct the activities required under this part 8. (2) Advisory board means an oversight group, e…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-8-802 Storm water management system administrator
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(1) A nonprofit entity may apply to be a storm water management system administrator by completing an application in such form as the division may require. The division may designate one or more storm water management system administrators. To be designated as an administrator, t…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-8-803 Storm water management system administrator audits to support MS4 permittees’ programs
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(1) MS4 permittees may choose to work with any administrator to assist the MS4 permittee in complying with the terms and conditions of the MS4 permittee’s CDPS MS4 permit. An MS4 permittee may utilize all, or portions of, the storm water management system administrator’s program …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-8-901 Definitions
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As used in this part 9, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Child care center has the meaning set forth in section 26-6-903 (5); except that child care center does not include: (a) A summer camp; or (b) A children's resident camp, as defined in section 26.5-5-303 (5). (2) …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-8-902 School and child care clean drinking water fund - creation
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(1) The school and child care clean drinking water fund is created in the department. (2) The fund includes any money that is transferred to the fund and any money that the general assembly may appropriate to the fund. (3) Money in the fund at the end of each state fiscal year re…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-8-903 Testing for the presence of lead in drinking water in child care centers, family child care homes, and eligible schools - remediation - maintenance of records - training - inspections - enforcement - reimbursement - technical assistance - exemptions - opt out by family child care home - reports
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(1) Testing. (a) (I) Except as described in subsection (1)(a)(II) of this section, on or before May 31, 2023, each child care center, family child care home, and eligible school shall test its drinking water sources by having a state-certified laboratory measure the lead content …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-8-904 Report and recommendation regarding expansion required - legislative declaration
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(1) It is the general assembly’s intent that, subject to the availability of future appropriations, the requirements described in this part 9 concerning the testing and remediation of drinking water sources in eligible schools should be expanded to apply to schools other than tho…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-8-905 Repeal of part
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This part 9 is repealed, effective June 30, 2026. Source: L. 2022: Entire part added, (HB 22-1358), ch. 382, p. 2736, � 1, effective August 10.