Tag: Apcd
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Colorado air regulators propose higher fees for pollution permits and reports
Colorado’s air quality agency plans to raise charges for air pollution permits and emissions reports for businesses that release even modest amounts of contaminants, potentially increasing fees by 65-70% over two years to generate $13.5-$14 million, according to state budget documents. The Air Pollution Control Division has proposed updates to two existing regulations. The changes…
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Air pollution officials approve new ozone-fighting rules
New regulations to help control ozone pollution that critics call “punitive” and “ineffective” were approved, but not formally enacted, during a rulemaking proceeding before the Air Quality Control Commission last week. The regulation’s final wording won’t go into effect until Feb. 15-16, when final approval is expected at the commission’s regular meeting. The public hearing…
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Colorado air pollution agency updates state greenhouse gas inventory
The Colorado Air Pollution Control Division will update an inventory of greenhouse gas emissions as part of its statutory responsibility to keep track of sources and levels of greenhouse gasses during the state’s clean energy transition. Colorado has conducted greenhouse gas inventories multiple times under different requirements since it was first ordered by Gov. Bill…
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Colorado’s $3.1 billion energy upgrade mandate for large buildings takes effect
Gov. Jared Polis’ $3.1 billion mandate to upgrade energy efficiency in large buildings takes effect on Sunday, Oct. 15. So do civil penalties of up to $5,000 per month for buildings not in compliance with Air Quality Control Commission Rule 28. Critics said the rule is unprecedented, and, in some cases, may be unachievable. Some…
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Colorado’s pollution regulators hear pros, cons of $2.55 billion energy efficiency mandate
A state agency this week heard testimony favoring and opposing a proposal to mandate more than $2.55 billion in energy efficiency upgrades for some 8,000 large buildings under consideration. The potential costs to upgrade large buildings having more than 50,000 square feet of floor space is causing consternation among building owners, including owners of large,…
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Industry critics: Proposed legislation threatens to limit oil & gas industry in Colorado
A new bill just introduced in the Colorado House of Representatives threatens to “functionally prohibit new permitting for most industrial processes in the state,” the Colorado Oil and Gas Association and the American Petroleum Institute Colorado asserted on Friday. House Bill 23-1294, introduced by Rep. Jennifer Bacon and Jenny Wilford and co-sponsored by Sen. Faith…
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Colorado air quality officials unveil new air pollution source mapping tool
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A new online mapping tool the public can use to identify and research air pollution sources statewide shows the location of more than half a million sources registered with the Colorado Air Pollution Control Division. The division has scheduled two public tutorial sessions for those…
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Environmental groups sues Colorado over permit to burn petroleum fumes
A state permit for a tanker truck repair center to burn off vapors from tanks they work on is being challenged in court by environmental activists. The Center for Biological Diversity and North Range Concerned Citizens filed the suit in Adams County District Court in Brighton Friday claiming allowing Polar Service Center to flare vapors…
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Environmental groups file motion to intervene in lawsuit against state over air pollution monitoring
Community and environmental groups in the area around the Suncor Energy refinery in Commerce City filed a motion to intervene in a lawsuit brought by Suncor against the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment’s Air Pollution Control Division. GreenLatinos, the Elyria-Swansea Neighborhood Association, Healthy Air and Water Colorado, Womxn from the Mountain, Conservation Colorado…
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Pollution-producing oil storage tank site shut down by state regulators
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save An oil storage tank installation in Larimer County was ordered shut down Thursday by state air pollution regulators after what it says are repeated failures to control leakage of noxious vapors from the site that residential neighbors say are both annoying and harmful to their…