Tag: Ozone
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Colorado eyes shift in particulate oversight amid EV push
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Colorado’s Air Pollution Control Division proposed shifting oversight of solid particulates as small as one-seventh the width of a human hair from federal to state-only authority on Dec. 19, citing more than 20 years of compliance with national standards. The proposal seeks to repeal EPA-approved particulate controls in seven areas once out of compliance with…
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EDITORIAL: Misplaced blame for Colorado’s ozone woes
Colorado’s Front Range air quality problem is real. The smog often obstructs our view of the state’s natural beauty while impacting health conditions. Yet even as regulators target oil and gas development as the presumed source, the real ozone culprits are Colorado’s natural geography and out-of-state pollution — not the industry they’re eager to blame.…
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Colorado regulators target oil and gas emissions anew
A Colorado commission is mandating an additional 50% cuts in nitrogen-oxide emissions from oil and gas operations by 2030. The Denver basin has a serious problem with summer ozone, though more than half of that comes from wildfires, pine trees and factories from as away as Asia, according to studies by the state and universities.…
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Public input sessions on Colorado military generator emissions scheduled
The military has more than 160 stationary backup generators in the Denver Metro North Front Range region
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Regional Air Quality Council calls for more restrictions as the summer ozone season ends
Ozone levels in the Denver metro area violated EPA limits 40 times.
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Denver ozone downgraded to ‘severe’ by EPA, but carbon monoxide levels are low
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save While the Denver Metro/North Front Range ozone non-attainment area was recently downgraded to “severe” by the Environmental Protection Agency, pretty much the entire Front Range — from Colorado Springs to Fort Collins — is on the cusp of escaping the eye of the EPA regarding outdoor…
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Denver dodges any reformulated gas-driven price jump
Denver and Northeastern Colorado so far has dodged a huge jump in gasoline prices since the Environmental Protection Agency imposed a reformulated gasoline mandate for metro Denver resulting from the region’s failure to meet federal air quality standards. The reformulated gas mandate began on June 1. According to AAA, in both Denver and statewide, the…
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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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RTD reports a 10% increase in boardings during this year’s Zero Fare for Better Air campaign
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The Regional Transportation District’s two-month Zero Fare for Better Air ozone-reduction program saw about a 10% increase in participation over previous years. When compared with the same period last year, the system saw an additional 1,106,567 customer boardings during the months of July and August when all rides were free of charge, according to a…
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Weld County oil drilling wastewater company agrees to clean up air pollution problems
State air pollution authorities forged an agreement to reduce ozone-causing emissions from two oil-and-gas wastewater disposal sites. The settlement with Expedition Water Solutions includes more than $500,000 in penalties and requirements to install new pollution control and monitoring equipment at its Kersey and Platteville well sites in Weld County, according to a news release. The…