Colorado regulators appear to reach consensus on cumulative-impacts regulations
After four weeks of testimony and debate, Colorado regulators seem to have aligned on new cumulative-impacts rules that will require more protections from oil and…
Regulatory Issues
Legislators considering bills to reduce “trigger audits”
Multiple medium- to large-sized companies say that they’ve been targeted for audits over and over by groups of a dozen or more municipalities in recent…
Packaging producers face deadline to register for new recycling program
In just two weeks, any substantially sized company that produces packaging sold within Colorado — from plastic to glass to wood — must be registered…
Could an election-reform initiative really help the business community?
To the average business owner struggling to keep up with inflation and new regulations, electoral reform may not seem like an issue that should be…
State regulators on verge of passing new cumulative-impact requirements on oil-and-gas projects
Colorado regulators are debating an “enormous” set of regulations that will require consideration of the cumulative impacts of any new or expanded oil-and-gas project on…
Colorado offers proposed emissions-cutting rules for key energy sector
Colorado officials are advancing rules to cut carbon emissions in yet another sector — this time in the midstream sector of the oil and gas…
New Colorado privacy laws to impact “broad swath” of companies
Companies that collect biometric or biological data on customers and certain employees must put new guidelines in place around that data, thanks to a pair…
AQCC to remove regulations after Colorado maintains attainment of one EPA standard
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is ending mandates on Colorado regarding one hazardous substance — albeit not the high-profile one that has garnered the attention…
Colorado regulators offer proposal for manufacturers’ credit-trading program
Colorado’s largest manufacturing facilities would be allowed to trade carbon credits next year not just with each other but also with energy-intensive cement and steel…
Colorado alcohol-sales laws are changing in August; here’s a primer
Next month, Colorado alcohol-sales law will undergo some 30 changes affecting everyone from liquor stores to distilleries to caterers. But after a final month of…