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Pub. Date
2010.
Description
The management of Colorado's water quality is crucial to the continued development of the State, and to the quality of life the state offers to its citizens. The Water Quality Control Division plays an important role in the protection and restoration of the State's streams, lakes and reservoirs and in assuring that the citizens of Colorado have safe water to drink.
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Pub. Date
2011.
Description
The management of Colorado's water quality is crucial to the continued development of the State, and to the quality of life the state offers to its citizens. The Water Quality Control Division plays an important role in the protection and restoration of the State's streams, lakes and reservoirs and in assuring that the citizens of Colorado have safe water to drink.
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Pub. Date
2012.
Description
The need to permit discharges associated with pesticide applications evolved from national litigation. The courts decided that an exemption EPA had adopted in 2006 was invalid in that only Congress has the authority to exempt pesticides from Federal Clean Water Act (CWA) permitting. The court decision required discharges associated with pesticide applications to have CWA permit coverage beginning October 31, 2011.
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Pub. Date
2013.
Description
This document is provided as an update to the 2012 Request for Information (RFI) Report and supplemental information provided on November 1, 2012. The 2012 RFI provided detailed information on the Water Quality Control Division's authority, responsibilities, workload, and demands. The 2013 RFI provides (A) 2013 Legislative Session Status including the status of the additional resources provided, (B) Federal Funding Reduction Impacts, (C) Flood Response...
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Pub. Date
2011.
Description
Request for Information # 44: the Department is requested to submit a report on the Air Pollution Control Division (APCD or the Division). This report is requested to include a summary of the Division's current and anticipated workload, including the impact of existing and proposed federal and state program requirements, as well as the associated funding and staffing needs. This report is requested to include information on the upcoming fiscal year...
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Commission policy volume 10-1
Pub. Date
2010.
Description
Direct measurement and characterization of the health and well being of the aquatic community in surface water are critical to determining how effectively Colorado is achieving the ultimate goals of the Colorado Water Quality Control Act ("CWQCA") and the federal Clean Water Act ("CWA"), which are to restore, maintain, protect, and improve the quality of our water resources. These legislative policy statements highlight the importance of having tools...
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Special report volume no. 16
Pub. Date
[2008?]
Description
The Agricultural Chemicals and Groundwater Protection Act took effect on July 1, 1990, and established the Groundwater Protection Program. Its purpose is to reduce agricultural chemicals' negative impacts on groundwater and the environment. Agricultural chemicals covered under this legislation include commercial fertilizers and all pesticides. The goal is to prevent groundwater contamination before it occurs by improving agricultural chemical management....
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