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CO Code § 25-8-507 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 25 - Public Health and Environment|Article 8 - Water Quality Control|Part 5 - Permit System|§ 25-8-507. Program Repeal

 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, 25-8-204 , 25-8-501 , 25-8-502 , 25-8-503 , and 25-8-505 and regulations adopted to implement such provisions are repealed as of the date of that final federal action.   History. Source: L. 85: Entire section added, p. 911, § 13, effective June 4.
CO Code § 25-8-508 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 25 - Public Health and Environment|Article 8 - Water Quality Control|Part 5 - Permit System|§ 25-8-508. Industrial Pretreatment Program - Creation - Fees

  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 to workers in sewers and treatment plants, pollution of state waters, interference with the operation of treatment plants or increased expense to dispose of sludges, damage to the pipes and equipment that may occur from pollutants, and the potential for explosion caused by highly volatile wastes. The program shall be adopted by the commission pursuant to section 25-8-205 and shall be adequate to comply with requirements set forth in section 307   , (b), and (c) of the federal act.       The division is authorized to require compliance with applicable pretreatment requirements and standards by any domestic wastewater treatment works or by any industrial user of such treatment works. The division may grant a variance from applicable requirements only to the extent authorized in the federal act or implementing regulations.     History. Source: L. 90: Entire section added, p. 1337, § 2, effective July 1.
CO Code § 25-8-509 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 25 - Public Health and Environment|Article 8 - Water Quality Control|Part 5 - Permit System|§ 25-8-509. Permit Conditions Concerning Use and Disposal of Biosolids

 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 (1)(e) . The requirements, prohibitions, standards, and concentration limitations imposed by the division shall not be more restrictive than the requirements adopted for the solid wastes disposal sites and facilities pursuant to part 1 of article 20 of title 30, C.R.S., except as necessary to be consistent with section 405 of the federal act.   History. Source: L. 93: Entire section added, p. 1579, § 4, effective July 1.
CO Code § 25-8-602 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 25 - Public Health and Environment|Article 8 - Water Quality Control|Part 6 - Violations, Remedies, and Penalties|§ 25-8-602. Notice of Alleged Violations

  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 requested, upon the alleged violator or his agent for service of process. The notice shall state the provision alleged to be violated and the facts alleged to constitute a violation, and it may include the nature of any corrective action proposed to be required.    Each cease-and-desist and clean-up order issued pursuant to sections 25-8-605 and 25-8-606 shall be accompanied by or have incorporated in it the notice provided for in subsection (1) of this section unless such notice has been given prior to issuance of such cease-and-desist or clean-up order.     History. Source: L. 81: Entire article R&RE, p. 1333, § 1, effective July 1.
CO Code § 25-8-603 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 25 - Public Health and Environment|Article 8 - Water Quality Control|Part 6 - Violations, Remedies, and Penalties|§ 25-8-603. Hearing Procedures for Alleged Violations

  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 days after service of the notice; except that the division may set an earlier date for hearing if it is requested by the alleged violator.    If the division does not require an alleged violator to appear for a public hearing, the alleged violator may request the division to conduct such a hearing. Such request shall be in writing and shall be filed with the division no later than thirty days after issuance of a notice under section 25-8-602. If such a request is filed, a hearing shall be held within a reasonable time.    If a hearing is held pursuant to the provisions of this section, it shall be public and, if the division deems it practicable, shall be held in any county in which the violation is alleged to have occurred. The division shall permit all parties to respond to the notice served under section 25-8-602, to present evidence and argument on all issues, and to conduct cross-examination required for full disclosure of the facts.    Hearings held pursuant to this section shall be conducted in accordance with section 24-4-105, C.R.S.     History. Source: L. 81: Entire article R&RE, p. 1333, § 1, effective July 1.
CO Code § 25-8-604 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 25 - Public Health and Environment|Article 8 - Water Quality Control|Part 6 - Violations, Remedies, and Penalties|§ 25-8-604. Suspension, Modification, and Revocation of Permit

 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 by the commission.   History. Source: L. 81: Entire article R&RE, p. 1333, § 1, effective July 1.
CO Code § 25-8-605 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 25 - Public Health and Environment|Article 8 - Water Quality Control|Part 6 - Violations, Remedies, and Penalties|§ 25-8-605. Cease-and-Desist Orders

 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 set forth the provision alleged to be violated, the facts alleged to constitute the violation, and the time by which the acts or practices complained of must be terminated.   History. Source: L. 81: Entire article R&RE, p. 1333, § 1, effective July 1.
CO Code § 25-8-606 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 25 - Public Health and Environment|Article 8 - Water Quality Control|Part 6 - Violations, Remedies, and Penalties|§ 25-8-606. Clean-Up Orders

 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 proceed and take appropriate action under section 16-13-305 and sections 16-13-307 to 16-13-315 , C.R.S., or section 18-4-511 , C.R.S.   History. Source: L. 81: Entire article R&RE, p. 1334, § 1, effective July 1.    ANNOTATION   Law reviews. For article, “Liabilities of Nonoperating Mineral Interest Owners”, see 51 U. Colo. L. Rev. 153 (1980).
CO Code § 25-8-607 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 25 - Public Health and Environment|Article 8 - Water Quality Control|Part 6 - Violations, Remedies, and Penalties|§ 25-8-607. Restraining Orders and Injunctions

  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 for a temporary restraining order, preliminary injunction, or permanent injunction to prevent any threatened violation of this article or any order, permit, or control regulation issued or promulgated pursuant to this article which violation poses imminent and substantial endangerment to the beneficial uses of state waters and which cannot be timely prevented by a permit modification or permit enforcement action, or any continued violation of this article, or any order, permit, or control regulation issued or promulgated pursuant to this article. In any suit for a violation of an order, the final findings of the division, after opportunity for a hearing, based upon evidence in the record, shall be prima facie evidence of the facts found in such record.    Suits under this section shall be brought in the district or county court for the district or county in which the violation or threatened violation occurs. Emergencies shall be given precedence over all other matters pending in such court. The institution of such injunction proceeding by the division shall confer upon such court exclusive jurisdiction to determine finally the subject matter of the proceeding; except that the exclusive jurisdiction of the court shall apply only to such injunctive proceeding and shall not preclude assessment of civil penalties or any other enforcement action or sanction authorized by this article.     History. Source: L. 81: Entire article R&RE, p. 1334, § 1, effective July 1. L. 94: Entire section amended, p. 643, § 1, effective April 14; (1) amended, p. 1650, § 96, effective May 31.
CO Code § 25-8-608.7 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 25 - Public Health and Environment|Article 8 - Water Quality Control|Part 6 - Violations, Remedies, and Penalties|§ 25-8-608.7. Natural Disaster Grant Fund - Creation - Rules

  The natural disaster grant fund is hereby created in the state treasury. Moneys in the fund, including interest earned on the investment of moneys in the fund, are continuously appropriated to the department of public health and environment for the purpose specified in subsection (2) of this section.      The division shall expend moneys in the fund to award grants to local governments, including local governments accepting grants on behalf of and in coordination with not-for-profit public water systems, for the planning, design, construction, improvement, renovation, or reconstruction of domestic wastewater treatment works or public drinking water systems that have been impacted, damaged, or destroyed in connection with a natural disaster, as defined in section 24-33.5-703 (3), C.R.S. The division may also award grants to local governments to assist with the repair and restoration of on-site wastewater treatment systems, as defined in section 25-10-103 (12), that have been impacted, damaged, or destroyed in connection with a natural disaster. The division may only award grants to be used in counties for which the governor has declared a disaster emergency by executive order or proclamation under section 24-33.5-704, C.R.S.    Grant recipients may use the grant moneys to provide a portion of any matching funds required to secure federal or state funding for the planning, design, construction, improvement, renovation, or reconstruction of drinking water and wastewater infrastructure.    For the 2014-15 fiscal year and, as needed, the 2015-16 fiscal year, the division shall award grants to local governments that are eligible under paragraph (a) of this subsection (2) and have domestic wastewater treatment works, public drinking water systems, or on-site wastewater treatment systems that have been impacted, damaged, or destroyed in connection with the flood of September 2013 to restore the facilities' compliance with this article or the Colorado primary drinking water regulations.    The division may retain up to one hundred thousand dollars per fiscal year of the moneys in the fund to cover the cost of administering projects or grants under this section.    Repealed.       The commission shall promulgate rules in accordance with article 4 of title 24, C.R.S., as necessary to administer this section, including rules defining who is eligible to apply for grants and the criteria to be used in awarding grants. The criteria must give priority to applicants that have the lowest financial ability to pay for the necessary construction, improvements, renovation, or reconstruction.      History. Source: L. 2014: Entire section added, (HB 14-1002), ch. 223, p. 834, § 1, effective May 17. L. 2017: (2)(e) repealed, (SB 17-294), ch. 264, p. 1409, § 90, effective May 25.
CO Code § 25-8-610 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 25 - Public Health and Environment|Article 8 - Water Quality Control|Part 6 - Violations, Remedies, and Penalties|§ 25-8-610. Falsification and Tampering - Penalties

  [ ] 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 any monitoring device or method required to be maintained under this article 8 is guilty of a class 5 felony and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished as specified in section 18-1.3-401.    Prosecution under this section shall be commenced upon request by the division or a peace officer, who must present evidence based on reasonable suspicion to either the attorney general or a district attorney for the district in which an alleged violation occurs. No criminal violation will be charged without probable cause.    [ ] If two separate offenses under this section occur in two separate occurrences during a period of two years, notwithstanding section 18-1.3-401, the maximum fine and period of imprisonment for the second offense are double the amounts specified in section 18-1.3-401.    Any penalty collected under this section shall be credited to the general fund.    Editor's note: This version of subsection (1) is effective until March 1, 2022.  (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 any monitoring device or method required to be maintained under this article 8 commits a class 2 misdemeanor.  Editor's note: This version of subsection (1) is effective March 1, 2022. Editor's note: This version of subsection (3) is effective until March 1, 2022.  (3) [ ] If two separate offenses under this section occur in two separate occurrences during a period of two years, notwithstanding section 18-1.3-501 , the maximum fine and period of imprisonment for the second offense are double the amounts specified in section 18-1.3-501 .  Editor's note: This version of subsection (3) is effective March 1, 2022.  History. Source: L. 81: Entire article R&RE, p. 1335, § 1, effective July 1. L. 83: (2) amended, p. 1080, § 7, effective July 1. L. 2020: Entire section amended,(HB 20-1143), ch. 219, p. 1083, § 4, effective July 2. L. 2021: (1) and (3) amended,(SB 21-271), ch. 462, p. 3238, § 467, effective March 1, 2022.    Editor's note:   Section 803(2) of chapter 462 (SB 21-271), Session Laws of Colorado 2021, provides that the act changing this section applies to offenses committed on or after March 1, 2022.
CO Code § 25-8-611 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 25 - Public Health and Environment|Article 8 - Water Quality Control|Part 6 - Violations, Remedies, and Penalties|§ 25-8-611. Proceedings by Other Parties

  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 rights or to enlarge existing private rights. A determination that water pollution exists or that any standard has been disregarded or violated, whether or not a proceeding or action may be brought by the state, shall not create any presumption of law or finding of fact which shall inure to or be for the benefit of any person other than the state.    A permit issued pursuant to this article may be introduced in any court of law as evidence that the permittee's activity is not a public or private nuisance. Introduction into evidence of such permit and evidence of compliance with the permit conditions shall constitute a prima facie case that the activity to which the permit pertains is not a public or private nuisance.     History. Source: L. 81: Entire article R&RE, p. 1335, § 1, effective July 1.    ANNOTATION   Neither this section nor § 25-8-612 authorizes injunctions or creates a private cause of action or right to proceed in the public interest. Nor do they explicitly dispense with the requirements for a preliminary injunction as set forth in C.R.C.P. 65. Baseline Farms Two, LLP v. Hennings, 26 P.3d 1209 (Colo. App. 2000).
CO Code § 25-8-612 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 25 - Public Health and Environment|Article 8 - Water Quality Control|Part 6 - Violations, Remedies, and Penalties|§ 25-8-612. Remedies Cumulative

  It is the purpose of this article to provide additional and cumulative remedies to prevent, control, and abate water pollution and protect water quality.    No action pursuant to section 25-8-609 shall bar enforcement of any provision of this article or of any rule or order issued pursuant to this article by any authorized means.    Nothing in this article shall abridge or alter rights of action or remedies existing on or after July 1, 1981, nor shall any provision of this article or anything done by virtue of this article be construed as estopping individuals, cities, towns, counties, cities and counties, or duly constituted political subdivisions of the state from the exercise of their respective rights to suppress nuisances.     History. Source: L. 81: Entire article R&RE, p. 1336, § 1, effective July 1.    ANNOTATION   Neither this section nor § 25-8-611 authorizes injunctions or creates a private cause of action or right to proceed in the public interest. Nor do they explicitly dispense with the requirements for a preliminary injunction as set forth in C.R.C.P. 65. Baseline Farms Two, LLP v. Hennings, 26 P.3d 1209 (Colo. App. 2000).
CO Code § 25-8-701 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 25 - Public Health and Environment|Article 8 - Water Quality Control|Part 7 - Domestic Wastewater Treatment Works|§ 25-8-701. Definitions

 As used in this part 7, unless the context otherwise requires:    “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.    “Eligible project” means a project for the planning, design, or construction of domestic wastewater treatment works or of facilities for the discharge of wastewater or backwash water from public water treatment plants that is, in the judgment of the division, necessary for the accomplishment of the state water quality control program and that conforms with applicable rules of the commission.    Repealed.     History. Source: L. 81: Entire article R&RE, p. 1336, § 1, effective July 1. L. 2014: (2) amended and (3) repealed, (SB 14-025), ch. 9, p. 93, § 2, effective August 6.
CO Code § 25-8-702 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 25 - Public Health and Environment|Article 8 - Water Quality Control|Part 7 - Domestic Wastewater Treatment Works|§ 25-8-702. Approval for Commencement of Construction

  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 division.    In evaluating the suitability of a proposed site location for a domestic wastewater treatment works, the division shall:   Consider the local long-range comprehensive plan for the area as it affects water quality and any approved regional wastewater management plan for the area;    Determine that the plant on the proposed site will be managed to minimize the potential adverse impacts on water quality; and    Encourage the consolidation of wastewater treatment facilities whenever feasible.       Ninety days prior to commencement of construction of an interceptor line, the entity responsible for that line shall notify the planning agency and the division of such construction. This notification shall be accompanied with a certification by the agency receiving the wastewater for treatment that it has or will have the capacity to treat the projected wastewater from that interceptor line in accordance with the treatment agency's site approval and discharge permit. Within thirty days of receipt of notification, the planning agency, or the division, if a planning agency does not exist, shall certify that the proposed interceptor line has the capacity to carry the projected flow. In the event the entity responsible for an interceptor line does not have the said certification from the treatment agency and the planning agency, the entity shall be required to apply for a site location approval prior to commencement of construction.    The decision of the division concerning approval of the site location or design may be appealed to the commission. The commission shall hold a hearing on the site location or design in accordance with the provisions of section 24-4-105, C.R.S., and the decision of the commission shall be final administrative action for the purposes of section 24-4-106, C.R.S.     History. Source: L. 81: Entire article R&RE, p. 1336, § 1, effective July 1. L. 88: (1) R&RE and (2)(a) amended, p. 1021, §§ 8, 9, effective July 1.    ANNOTATION   Law reviews. For article, “Synthetic Fuels -- Policy and Regulation”, see 51 U. Colo. L. Rev. 465 (1980).   Rule providing that a site approval will expire one year from its approval date and that reapplication or request for an extension must be made if construction has not been commenced is well within the powers conferred upon the commission and the division to regulate approval as to location, construction, and remodeling of domestic wastewater treatment facilities. Barr Lake Vill. Metro. District v. Colo. Water Quality Control Comm'n, 835 P.2d 613 (Colo. App. 1992).   Applied in Colo. Water Quality Control Comm'n v. Town of Frederick, 641 P.2d 958 (Colo. 1982).