Major Colorado commission will hold hearings under new procedural rules
In an effort to create more public participation in rulemaking and to improve transparency in the process, the Colorado Air Quality Control Commission voted Friday…
Regulatory Issues
Regulators’ coming decisions could determine future of carbon capture in Colorado
Colorado is about to begin setting rules for companies seeking to pump carbon dioxide underground — a new technology that state leaders call necessary to…
Five air contaminants singled out for additional regulation
Colorado air-quality regulators have identified five priority toxic air contaminants for which they will propose more stringent regulations, including ones emitted from combustion engines, medical-device…
New rules would limit use of fresh water in oil-and-gas operations
To reduce the amount of fresh water used in oil-and-gas drilling, operators must ensure a certain percentage of water they are using in extraction is…
Proposed state-law changes boost disability-discrimination lawsuits
A quartet of legislatively created committees has offered a wide range of suggestions to improve the lives of Coloradans with disabilities — including the revival…
Both industry, environmentalists frustrated with final cumulative-impacts rules
Colorado regulators officially enacted new rules this week to limit the cumulative impacts of multiple emissions-producing projects on a single area — and, in doing…
Legislators favor lighter touch to regulating business audits contracted by cities
Given the options of taking an aggressive or conservative approach to combatting “trigger audits,” Colorado legislators appear to have chosen the latter. The Sales and…
Report on hospital facility fees could stir new health-care regulatory efforts
A legislatively mandated report on hospital-system facility fees that was released Tuesday appears likely to spark a new round of debate on whether the state…
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…
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…