The provisions of 25-8-202(1)(a), (b) and (2); 25-8-203; 25-8-204: and 25-8-402, C.R.S. provide the specific statutory authority for adoption of these regulation amendments. The Commission also adopted in compliance with 24-4-103(4), C.R.S., the following statement of basis and purpose.
BASIS AND PURPOSE:
The Arkansas River mainstem segment temporary modifications (Segments 2a and 2b) were originally established to accommodate a Superfund cleanup schedule. The Iowa Gulch temporary modification (Segment 9) was to facilitate Asarco treatment process scheduling. Changes in the expiration dates for temporary modifications on these three segments were necessary to facilitate the scheduled rulemaking hearings for the Arkansas Basin without overextending the expiration date beyond the required three-year maximum. The basin hearing is scheduled for November, 1994. New data will likely be presented at that hearing which will result in either altered, new, or eliminated temporary modifications. Extending the current temporary modifications will accommodate that schedule without disrupting the regulatory decisions that are based on the current modifications.
5 CCR 1002-32.20