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Colorado's Changing Regulatory Environment

6/25/2019

 
Colorado's Air Quality Control Commission (AQCC) is the governing body "appointed by the governor and authorized by the Colorado General Assembly to oversee Colorado’s air quality program"¹ and responsible for implementing policy. Four state bills from the 2019 legislative session² require the AQCC to promulgate additional emission control regulations.

The most recent AQCC meeting was held in Lamar, CO on June 20, 2019. According to Garry Kaufman of the CDPHE-APCD, there are three immediate (within one year) priorities for rulemaking that originate from this legislature. The three AQCC rulemakings that have been scheduled (which are separate from the forthcoming COGCC rulemakings) are below with associated approximate rulemaking hearing dates. The fourth rulemaking below is estimated from the AQCC long term calendar as of August 2019.

  1. Reg 3 & Reg 7 Revisions - Oil & Gas (December 2019)
  2. Regional Haze, Part One (March 2020)
  3. GHG Emissions Reporting & Reductions (May 2020)
  4. Region Haze, Part Two (November 2020)

Altogether, these efforts will help with our next iteration of the ozone SIP. This could be finished by the second half of 2020, but there are differing opinions on that timeline.

​One of the issues that we've been closely tracking is new regulation for continuous methane monitoring, as required by SB 19-181. As of now, it is expected to undergo rulemaking sometime in 2020, but no firm schedule has been set.
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If you have any questions, please feel free to email me.

Nate

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²​ SB19-181 - Protect Public Welfare Oil And Gas Operations
  HB19-1261 - Climate Action Plan To Reduce Pollution
  SB19-096 - Collect Long-term Climate Change Data
  SB19-236 - Sunset Public Utilities Commission

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