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CO Code § 25-16.5-102 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 25 - Public Health and Environment|Article 16.5 - Pollution Prevention|§ 25-16.5-102. Legislative Declaration - State Policy on Pollution Prevention

  The general assembly hereby finds and declares that:   Colorado is blessed by natural beauty and an excellent quality of life, which should be maintained;    The prevention of pollution will assist in maintaining quality of life in our state;    There are resources and expertise in Colorado, including industry, government, and citizen groups, which can provide information and assistance to promote the cost-effective prevention of pollution;    There are opportunities to reduce or prevent pollution through voluntary changes in procurement, production, operations, and use of raw materials throughout the state;    The purpose of this article is to create a cooperative partnership among business, agriculture, the environmental community, and the department of public health and environment in which technical assistance, outreach, and education activities are coordinated and conducted to achieve pollution prevention and waste reduction and source reduction;    The prevention of pollution is preferable to treatment and disposal of toxic substances and is the cornerstone of the future of environmental management.       The general assembly, therefore, determines and declares that the state policy of Colorado shall be that pollution prevention is the environmental management tool of first choice. The state policy shall be that: Pollution should be prevented or reduced at the source by means including the reduction in the production or use of hazardous substances; pollution that cannot be prevented should be recycled in an environmentally safe manner; pollution that cannot be prevented or recycled should be treated in an environmentally safe manner; and disposal or other releases into the environment should be employed only as a last resort and should be conducted in an environmentally safe manner.     History. Source: L. 92: Entire article added, p. 1326, § 1, effective July 1. L. 94: (1)(e) amended, p. 2793, § 535, effective July 1.    Cross references:    For further provisions concerning the purchase of recycled paper and recycled products, see §§ 13-1-133, 24-103-903, and 30-11-109.5; for further provisions concerning the recycling of plastics and other materials, see article 17 of this title 25; for strategies for waste diversion of motor vehicle tires, see part 14 of article 20 of title 30.    For the legislative declaration contained in the 1994 act amending subsection (1)(e), see section 1 of chapter 345, Session Laws of Colorado 1994.
CO Code § 25-16.5-104 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 25 - Public Health and Environment|Article 16.5 - Pollution Prevention|§ 25-16.5-104. Pollution Prevention Advisory Board - Creation

  There is hereby created in the department of public health and environment a pollution prevention advisory board for the purposes of providing overall policy guidance, coordination, and advice to the department on pollution prevention activities and for carrying out the duties specified in section 25-16.5-105. The advisory board shall consist of fifteen members to be appointed by the governor. The members appointed shall include representatives of businesses, agriculture, environmental groups, academic institutions of higher education, community groups, and local governments. In addition, the governor shall appoint two representatives from state agencies to serve as ex-officio members of the advisory board, with at least one of such appointees to be from the department of public health and environment. In making the appointments, the governor shall provide for geographic diversity. The board shall elect its own chairperson. Members of the advisory board shall serve without compensation.    Repealed.     History. Source: L. 92: Entire article added, p. 1328, § 1, effective July 1. L. 95: (2) repealed, p. 116, § 3, effective March 31; (2) repealed, p. 181, § 2, effective April 7. L. 2005: (1) amended, p. 287, § 34, effective August 8.
CO Code § 25-16.5-106 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 25 - Public Health and Environment|Article 16.5 - Pollution Prevention|§ 25-16.5-106. Pollution Prevention Activities Program

  The advisory board shall contract with a provider or providers, which may include the department, to develop a pollution prevention activities program. The pollution prevention activities program shall be carried out to make pollution prevention the environmental management tool of first choice, and the provider which provides the services pursuant to contract shall have the following powers and duties:   To provide education and training about pollution prevention to businesses that use or produce hazardous substances and their employees, local and state governments, and the general public. Such education and training may include pollution prevention techniques, total cost analysis of toxics use and pollution prevention techniques, economic evaluation methods of such techniques, and management and employee involvement and public involvement.    To expand the pollution prevention technical library and resource center providing access to information on new products, production process techniques, and raw materials for production related to pollution prevention, technical reports, fact-sheets, case studies, articles, and other reference materials;    To collect and evaluate information on toxics use reduction and waste reduction and the amount of hazardous substances used in Colorado as the basis for establishing pollution prevention priorities and measuring progress in achieving pollution prevention program objectives;    To conduct an evaluation of pollution prevention activities in this state analyzing existing data to determine what priority should be given to different hazardous substances and production processes;    To prepare a report with data on the amount of hazardous substances, pollutants, and contaminants used in Colorado and the amount of pollution released in Colorado prior to recycling, treatment, or disposal. Such report shall be developed from existing sources and updated every two years and used as a tool to measure the success of the pollution prevention activities program and the technical assistance program in Colorado.    To develop other methods to measure the success of pollution prevention projects at facilities. Methods shall be developed to measure the use of hazardous substances for production processes and the amount of waste prior to waste management practices.    To cooperate with the advisory board in the performance of duties assigned to the board, including the review of environmental regulatory programs, laws, and policies for identifying pollution prevention opportunities and incentives;    To coordinate with any of the academic institutions or other recipients of grants under the technical assistance program pursuant to section 25-16.5-107.         (1)   History. Source: L. 92: Entire article added, p. 1329, § 1, effective July 1.
CO Code § 25-16.5-107 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 25 - Public Health and Environment|Article 16.5 - Pollution Prevention|§ 25-16.5-107. Technical Assistance Program

  The advisory board shall develop guidelines on how to allocate the portion of and shall select grant recipients for the moneys in the pollution prevention fund created in section 25-16.5-109 which is available under said section for making grants for the purpose of providing technical assistance to small and medium-sized businesses and to other generators or users of hazardous and toxic substances. Grants may be made to academic institutions, trade associations, and environmental or engineering firms with knowledge of pollution prevention techniques and processes. The advisory board shall develop guidelines for awarding grants to provide technical assistance. In developing such guidelines, the advisory board shall determine priorities for such assistance, including an emphasis on reducing the production processes that use the largest amounts of hazardous substances and an emphasis on assisting small businesses. The advisory board shall select the grant recipients and shall determine the amount of the grant awarded to each recipient. The department shall then award the grants pursuant to this section through a contract entered into between the department and the grant recipient which details the conditions of the grant and the requirements and responsibilities of the grant recipient.    For the purposes of this article, “technical assistance program” means the following types of activities:   Providing technical assistance and outreach on pollution prevention to small and medium-sized businesses and to other generators or users of toxic substances;    Providing on-site toxics use reduction and waste reduction assistance to small and medium-sized businesses and to other generators or users of toxic substances;    Providing to businesses, trade associations, public entities, and to other generators or users of toxic substances information on the annual toxics use reduction and waste reduction that could be achieved by using pollution prevention techniques, the annual savings and implementation costs of such techniques, and the period of time necessary to recoup the money spent to implement the pollution prevention techniques;    Providing on-site pollution prevention assessments of industrial plant production processes and waste generation, upon request of the affected businesses.       Technical assistance programs shall be offered to small and medium-sized businesses and to public generators or users of toxic substances without charge.    It is the intent of the general assembly that the technical assistance program not be used to document violations of or used in the enforcement of state laws or regulations.     History. Source: L. 92: Entire article added, p. 1331, § 1, effective July 1.
CO Code § 25-16.5-108 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 25 - Public Health and Environment|Article 16.5 - Pollution Prevention|§ 25-16.5-108. Pollution Prevention Fees

     The department shall charge and collect pollution prevention fees from any reporting facility which is required to file a report with the department pursuant to the federal act as follows:   Facilities required to report pursuant to section 11002 of the federal act shall pay an annual fee not to exceed ten dollars per reporting facility.    Each facility required to report pursuant to section 11022 of the federal act shall be required to pay an annual fee not to exceed ten dollars for every hazardous substance located at the facility in excess of the thresholds adopted by the United States environmental protection agency.    Each facility required to report pursuant to section 11023 of the federal act shall pay an annual fee not to exceed twenty-five dollars for every extremely hazardous substance located at the facility in excess of the thresholds adopted by the United States environmental protection agency.  (a.5) The department shall charge and collect pollution prevention fees from any federal agency from which, pursuant to federal Executive Order No. 12856, as published in 58 Fed. Reg. 41981 (1993), the department has the authority to collect pollution prevention fees.        Any retail motor fuel outlet which is required to report pursuant to the federal act shall pay one-half of the fee set forth in paragraph (a) of this subsection (1).    Any single reporting organization which owns or operates multiple reporting facilities shall not be required to pay more than a total of one thousand dollars for all pollution prevention fees required by this section.    Agricultural businesses which are required to report under the federal act are not required to pay the pollution prevention fees set forth in this subsection (1).    It is the intent of the general assembly that the department of public health and environment collect all fees from any reporting facility required to report under the federal act, including the pollution prevention fee, in a single, centralized billing procedure.       Any moneys collected pursuant to subsection (1) of this section shall be transmitted to the treasurer and credited to the pollution prevention fund created in section 25-16.5-109.    (Deleted by amendment,L. 95, p. 182, § 4, effective April 7, 1995.)     History. Source: L. 92: Entire article added, p. 1332, § 1, effective July 1. L. 94: (1)(e) amended, p. 2793, § 537, effective July 1. L. 95: (1)(a) and (3) amended and (1)(a.5) added, p.182, § 4, effective April 7.    Cross references:   For the legislative declaration contained in the 1994 act amending subsection (1)(e), see section 1 of chapter 345, Session Laws of Colorado 1994.
CO Code § 25-16.5-109 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 25 - Public Health and Environment|Article 16.5 - Pollution Prevention|§ 25-16.5-109. Pollution Prevention Fund - Created

  There is hereby created in the state treasury the pollution prevention fund. Any moneys collected pursuant to section 25-16.5-108 shall be credited to such fund. In accordance with section 24-36-114, C.R.S., all interest derived from the deposit and investment of moneys in the fund shall be credited to the general fund. At the end of any fiscal year, all unexpended and unencumbered moneys in the fund shall remain therein and shall not be credited or transferred to the general fund or any other fund.    The moneys generated from the pollution prevention fees pursuant to section 25-16.5-108 shall be annually appropriated to the department of public health and environment for allocation to the pollution prevention advisory board created in section 25-16.5-104 for contracting for pollution prevention activities programs as set forth in section 25-16.5-106 and for the purpose of making grants under the technical assistance program as set forth in section 25-16.5-107 and as directed by the pollution prevention advisory board created in section 25-16.5-104. None of the moneys in the fund shall be used for the enforcement of any state law or regulation.     History. Source: L. 92: Entire article added, p. 1333, § 1, effective July 1. L. 94: (2) amended, p. 2793, § 538, effective July 1.    Cross references:   For the legislative declaration contained in the 1994 act amending subsection (2), see section 1 of chapter 345, Session Laws of Colorado 1994.
CO Code § 25-16.5-113 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 25 - Public Health and Environment|Article 16.5 - Pollution Prevention|§ 25-16.5-113. Producer Responsibility Literature Review - Report - Repeal

  The department shall conduct a literature review of what industry and other states are doing around the country regarding producer responsibility and create policy and legislative recommendations regarding the feasibility of requiring producers to design, manage, and finance programs for end-of-life management of their products and packaging, including the potential impact on end markets for the materials, as a condition of sale.    By July 1, 2021, the department shall report to the general assembly's committees with jurisdiction over solid waste regarding its policy and legislative recommendations based on the literature review.    This section is repealed, effective September 1, 2022.     History. Source: L. 2020: Entire section added, (SB 20-055), ch. 289, p. 1430, § 1, effective September 14.
CO Code § 25-18.5-101 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 25 - Public Health and Environment|Article 18.5 - Illegal Drug Laboratories|§ 25-18.5-101. Definitions

 As used in this article, unless the context otherwise requires:    “Board” means the state board of health in the department of public health and environment.    “Certified industrial hygienist” means an individual who is certified by the American board of industrial hygiene or its successor.    “Clean-up standards” means the acceptable standards for the remediation of an illegal drug laboratory involving methamphetamine, as established by the board under section 25-18.5-102.    “Consultant” means a certified industrial hygienist or industrial hygienist who is not an employee, agent, representative, partner, joint venture participant, or shareholder of the contractor or of a parent or subsidiary company of the contractor, and who has been certified under section 25-18.5-106.    “Contractor” means a person:   Hired to decontaminate an illegal drug laboratory in accordance with the procedures established by the board under section 25-18.5-102; and    Certified by the department under section 25-18.5-106.       “Department” means the Colorado department of public health and environment.    “Governing body” means the agency or office designated by the city council or board of county commissioners where the property in question is located. If there is no such designation, the governing body shall be the county, district, or municipal public health agency, building department, and law enforcement agency with jurisdiction over the property in question.    “Illegal drug laboratory” means the areas where controlled substances, as defined by section 18-18-102, C.R.S., have been manufactured, processed, cooked, disposed of, used, or stored and all proximate areas that are likely to be contaminated as a result of the manufacturing, processing, cooking, disposal, use, or storage.    “Industrial hygienist” has the same meaning as set forth in section 24-30-1402 (2.2), C.R.S.    “Property” means anything that may be the subject of ownership, including land, buildings, structures, and vehicles.    “Property owner”, for the purposes of real property, means the person holding record fee title to real property. “Property owner” also means the person holding title to a manufactured home.     History. Source: L. 2004: Entire article added, p. 532, § 1, effective April 21. L. 2005: (2.5) added, p. 1495, § 1, effective June 9. L. 2009: (2) amended and (2.7) added, (SB 09-060), ch. 140, p. 600, § 1, effective April 20. L. 2010: (2.5) amended, (HB 10-1422), ch. 419, p. 2106, § 125, effective August 11. L. 2013: Entire article amended, (SB 13-219), ch. 293, p. 1564, § 1, effective August 7.
CO Code § 25-18.5-102 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 25 - Public Health and Environment|Article 18.5 - Illegal Drug Laboratories|§ 25-18.5-102. Illegal Drug Laboratories - Rules

  The board shall promulgate rules in accordance with section 24-4-103, C.R.S., as necessary to implement this article, including:   Procedures for testing contamination, evaluating contamination, and establishing the acceptable standards for cleanup of illegal drug laboratories involving methamphetamine;    Procedures for a training and certification program for people involved in the assessment, decontamination, and sampling of illegal drug laboratories. The board may develop different levels of training and certification requirements based on a person's prior experience in the assessment, decontamination, and sampling of illegal drug laboratories.    A definition of “assessment”, “decontamination”, and “sampling” for purposes of this article;    Procedures for the approval of persons to train consultants or contractors in the assessment, decontamination, or sampling of illegal drug laboratories; and    Procedures for contractors and consultants to issue certificates of compliance to property owners upon completion of assessment, decontamination, and sampling of illegal drug laboratories to certify that the remediation of the property meets the clean-up standards established by the board under paragraph (a) of this subsection (1).       The board shall establish fees for the following:   Certification of persons involved in the assessment, decontamination, and sampling of illegal drug laboratories;    Monitoring of persons involved in the assessment, decontamination, and sampling of illegal drug laboratories, if necessary to ensure compliance with this article; and    Approval of persons involved in training for consultants or contractors under paragraph (d) of subsection (1) of this section.       The board shall adopt rules for determining administrative penalties for violations of this article, based on the factors enumerated in section 25-18.5-107 (2)(g).     History. Source: L. 2004: Entire article added, p. 533, § 1, effective April 21. L. 2009: Entire section amended, (SB 09-060), ch. 140, p. 600, § 2, effective April 20. L. 2013: Entire article amended, (SB 13-219), ch. 293, p. 1565, § 1, effective August 7.
CO Code § 25-18.5-103 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 25 - Public Health and Environment|Article 18.5 - Illegal Drug Laboratories|§ 25-18.5-103. Discovery of Illegal Drug Laboratory - Property Owner - Cleanup - Liability

     Upon notification from a peace officer that chemicals, equipment, or supplies of an illegal drug laboratory are located on a property, or when an illegal drug laboratory is otherwise discovered and the property owner has received notice, the owner of any contaminated property shall meet the clean-up standards for property established by the board in section 25-18.5-102; except that a property owner may, subject to paragraph (b) of this subsection (1), elect instead to demolish the contaminated property. If the owner elects to demolish the contaminated property, the governing body or, if none has been designated, the county, district, or municipal public health agency, building department, or law enforcement agency with jurisdiction over the property may require the owner to fence off the property or otherwise make it inaccessible for occupancy or intrusion.    An owner of personal property within a structure or vehicle contaminated by illegal drug laboratory activity has ten days after the date of discovery of the laboratory or contamination to remove or clean the property according to board rules and paragraph (c) of this subsection (1). If the personal property owner fails to remove the personal property within ten days, the owner of the structure or vehicle may dispose of the personal property during the clean-up process without liability to the owner of the personal property for the disposition.    A person who removes personal property or debris from a drug laboratory shall secure the property and debris to prevent theft or exposing another person to any toxic or hazardous chemicals until the property and debris is appropriately disposed of or cleaned according to board rules.         Except as specified in paragraph (b) of this subsection (2), once a property owner has received certificates of compliance from a contractor and a consultant in accordance with section 25-18.5-102 (1)(e), or has demolished the property, or has met the clean-up standards and documentation requirements of this section as it existed before August 7, 2013, the property owner:   Shall furnish copies of the certificates of compliance to the governing body; and    Is immune from a suit brought by a current or future owner, renter, occupant, or neighbor of the property for health-based civil actions that allege injury or loss arising from the illegal drug laboratory.       A person convicted for the manufacture of methamphetamine or for possession of chemicals, supplies, or equipment with intent to manufacture methamphetamine is not immune from suit.       (Deleted by amendment, L. 2013.)      History. Source: L. 2004: Entire article added, p. 533, § 1, effective April 21. L. 2005: Entire section amended, p. 1495, § 2, effective June 9. L. 2010: (1)(a) amended, (HB 10-1422), ch. 419, p. 2106, § 126, effective August 11. L. 2013: Entire article amended, (SB 13-219), ch. 293, p. 1566, § 1, effective August 7.