5 Colo. Code Regs. § 1002-32.5

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 20, October 25, 2024

Section 5 CCR 1002-32.5 - [Effective until 12/31/2024] BASIC STANDARDS

(1)Temperature

All waters of the Arkansas River Basin are subject to the following standard for temperature. (Discharges regulated by permits, which are within the permit limitations, shall not be subject to enforcement proceedings under this standard). Temperature shall maintain a normal pattern of diurnal and seasonal fluctuations with no abrupt changes and shall have no increase in temperature of a magnitude, rate, and duration deemed deleterious to the resident aquatic life. This standard shall not be interpreted or applied in a manner inconsistent with section 25-8-104, C.R.S.

(2)Qualifiers

See Basic Standards and Methodologies for Surface Water for a listing of organic standards at 31.11 Table B and metal standards found at 31.16 Table III. The column in the tables headed "Water + Fish" are presumptively applied to all aquatic life class 1 streams which also have a water supply classification, and are applied to aquatic life class 2 streams which also have a water supply classification, on a case-by-case basis as shown in Appendix 32-1. The column in the tables at 31.11 and 31.16 Table III headed "Fish Ingestion" is presumptively applied to all aquatic life class 1 streams which do not have a water supply classification, and are applied to aquatic life class 2 streams which do not have a water supply classification, on a case-by-case basis as shown in Appendix 32-1.

(3)Uranium

(a) All waters of the Arkansas River Basin are subject to the following basic standard for uranium, unless otherwise specified by a water quality standard applicable to a particular segment. However, discharges of uranium regulated by permits which are within these permit limitations shall not be a basis for enforcement proceedings under this basic standard.

(b) Uranium levels in surface waters shall be maintained at the lowest practicable level.

(c) In no case shall uranium levels in waters assigned a water supply classification be increased by any cause attributable to municipal, industrial, or agricultural discharges so as to exceed 16.8-30 µg/L or naturally-occurring concentrations (as determined by the State of Colorado), whichever is greater.

(i) The first number in the 16.8-30 µg/L range is a strictly health-based value, based on the Commission's established methodology for human health-based standards. The second number in the range is a maximum contaminant level, established under the federal Safe Drinking Water Act that has been determined to be an acceptable level of this chemical in public water supplies, taking treatability and laboratory detection limits into account. Control requirements, such as discharge permit effluent limitations, shall be established using the first number in the range as the ambient water quality target, provided that no effluent limitation shall require an "end-of-pipe" discharge level more restrictive than the second number in the range. Water bodies will be considered in attainment of this standard, and not included on the Section 303(d) List, so long as the existing ambient quality does not exceed the second number in the range.

(4)Nutrients

Prior to December 31, 2022 for chlorophyll a and prior to December 31, 2027 for total phosphorus, interim nutrient values will be considered for adoption only in the limited circumstances defined at 31.17(e) and (f). These circumstances include headwaters, Direct Use Water Supply (DUWS) Lakes and Reservoirs, and other special circumstances determined by the Commission. Additionally, prior to December 31, 2027, only total phosphorus and chlorophyll a will be considered for adoption. After December 31, 2027, total nitrogen will be considered for adoption per the circumstances outlined in 31.17(g).

Prior to December 31, 2027, nutrient criteria will be adopted for headwaters on a segment by segment basis for the Arkansas River Basin. Moreover, pursuant to 31.17(e) nutrient standards will only be adopted for waters upstream of all permitted domestic wastewater treatment facilities discharging prior to May 31, 2012 or with preliminary effluent limits requested prior to May 31, 2012, and any non-domestic facilities subject to Regulation 85 effluent limits and discharging prior to May 31, 2012. The following is a list of all permitted domestic wastewater treatment facilities discharging prior to May 31, 2012 or with preliminary effluent limits requested prior to May 31, 2012, and any non-domestic facilities subject to Regulation 85 effluent limits and discharging prior to May 31, 2012 in the Arkansas River Basin:

Segment	Permittee	Facility name	Permit No.
COARUA02b	Leadville MHC LLC	Lake Fork MHP	COG588060
COARUA03	Buena Vista Sanitation District	Buena Vista San Dist WWTF	CO0045748
COARUA03	Salida City of	Salida WWTF	CO0040339
COARUA04a	Fremont Sanitation District	Rainbow Park WWTF	CO0039748
COARUA05	Young Life Campaign Inc	Frontier Ranch	CO0034304
COARUA05	Moose Haven Condominiums	Moose Haven Condominums	CO0047279
COARUA05	Mountain View Villages Water & Sanitation District	Mountain View Villages	CO0048372
COARUA06	Leadville Sanitation District	Leadville San Dist WWTF	CO0021164
COARUA12a	Mount Princeton Hot Springs Resort	Mount Princeton Hot Springs Resort WWTF	COG588017
COARUA12a	Christian Mission Concerns	Silver Cliff Ranch	COG588102
COARUA13	Monarch Mountain Lodge	Garfield WWTF	CO0028444
COARUA13	PowderMonarch LLC	Monarch Ski Area	CO0031399
COARUA14d	Penrose Sanitation District	Penrose WWTF	CO0046523
COARUA14d	Royal Gorge Company of Colorado	Royal Gorge	CO0029033
COARUA21a	Cripple Creek City of	Cripple Creek WWTF	CO0039900
COARUA23	Victor City of	Victor WWTF	CO0024201
COARMA04a; COARMA04g	Pueblo West Metro District	Pueblo West Metro District WWTF	CO0040789
COARMA04c	Sunset Metropolitan District	Ellicott Springs WWTF	CO0047252
COARMA04c	Woodmen Hills Metropolitan District	Woodmen Hills Metro Dist WWTF	CO0047091
COARMA04d	Avondale Water and Sanitation District	Avondale and Fort Reynolds WWTF	CO0021075
COARMA04f	Cherokee Metropolitan District	Cherokee Metropolitan District WRF	COX048348
COARMA09	Colorado City Metropolitan District	Colorado City Metro Dist WWTF	CO0021121
COARMA13b	Cucharas Sanitation and Water District	Cucharas WWTF	CO0043745
COARMA14	La Veta Town of	La Veta WWTF	CO0032409
COARMA14	City of Walsenburg	Walsenburg City of	CO0020745
COARFO02a	Fountain Sanitation District	Fountain Sanitation District WWTF	CO0020532
COARFO02a	Colorado Springs Utilities	Las Vegas Street WWTF	CO0026735
COARFO02a	Security Sanitation District	Security Sanitation District WWTF	CO0024392
COARFO02a	Widefield Water and Sanitation District	Widefield WSD WWTF	CO0021067
COARFO04	Academy Water and Sanitation District	Academy Water and San Dist WWTF	COG589020
COARFO04	Broadmoor Park Properties	Broadmoor Park Properties	COG589021
COARFO04	Academy School Dist 20	Edith Wolford Elem School	CO0048429
COARFO04	Lower Fountain Metropolitan Sewage Disposal District	HDTRWRF	CO0000005
COARFO06	Colorado Springs Utilities	J D Phillips Water Reclamation Facility	CO0046850
COARFO06	Tri-Lakes Wastewater Treatment Facility	Tri-Lakes WWTF	CO0020435
COARFO06	Donala Water and Sanitation District	Upper Monument Crk Reg WWTF	CO0042030
COARLA01a	Pueblo City of	James R DiIorio WRF	CO0026646
COARLA01a	Meadowbrook MHP LLC	Meadowbrook MHP	COG588022
COARLA01b	Crowley County Correctional	Crowley Correctional Facility	CO0046795
COARLA01b	Colorado Dept of Corrections	Fort Lyon Correctional Facility WWTF	CO0046311
COARLA01b	Colorado Dept of Corrections	Fort Lyon Correctional Facility WWTF	CO0048801
COARLA01b	Fowler Town of	Fowler WWTF	CO0021571
COARLA01b	Las Animas City of	Las Animas WWTF	CO0040690
COARLA01b	North La Junta Sanitation District	North La Junta San Dist WWTF	CO0039519
COARLA01b	Rocky Ford City of	Rocky Ford WWTF	CO0023850
COARLA02a	Boone Town of	Boone WWTF	COG589116
COARLA02a	Calhan Town of	Calhan WWTF	COG589018
COARMA13c	Country Host Motel	Country Host Motel	COG589038
COARLA02a	Crowley Town of	Crowley WWTF	CO0041599
COARLA02a	Eads Town of	Eads WWTF	COG589016
COARLA02d	Limon, Town of	Limon WWTF	COG589023
COARLA02a	Simla Town of	Simla WWTF	COG589031
COARLA02d	Springfield Town of	Springfield WWTF	COG589102
COARLA02d	Colorado Dept of Corrections	Trinidad Correctional Facility	CO0046094
COARLA02b	La Junta City of	La Junta WWTF	CO0021261
COARLA05b	Trinidad City of	Trinidad WWTF	CO0024015
COARLA05b; COARLA06a	Cokedale Town of	Cokedale WWTF	CO0048461
COARLA07	Hoehne School District R-3	Hoehne School	COG588110
COARLA07	Trinidad City of	Trinidad WWTF	CO0031232
Unclassified	Colorado Dept of Natural Resources	Arkansas Point WWTF	COG589008
Unclassified	Manzanola, Town of	Manzanola WWTF	COG589012
Unclassified	Wiley Sanitation District	Wiley San Dist WWTF	COG589007

Prior to May 31, 2022:

* For segments located entirely above these facilities, nutrient standards apply to the entire segment.

* For segments with portions downstream of these facilities, nutrient standards apply only above these facilities. A note was added to the total phosphorus and chlorophyll a standards in these segments. The note references the table of qualified facilities at 32.5(4).

* For segments located entirely below these facilities, nutrient standards do not apply.

A note was added to the total phosphorus and chlorophyll a standards in lakes segments as nutrients standards apply only to lakes and reservoirs larger than 25 acres surface area.

5 CCR 1002-32.5

38 CR 03, February 10, 2015, effective 6/30/2015

39 CR 03, February 10, 2016, effective 3/1/2016

39 CR 03, February 10, 2016, effective 6/30/2016

39 CR 23, December 25, 2016, effective 12/30/2016

40 CR 03, February 10, 2017, effective 6/30/2017

41 CR 01, January 10, 2018, effective 1/31/2018

41 CR 03, February 10, 2018, effective 6/30/2018

41 CR 17, September 10, 2018, effective 12/31/2018

42 CR 04, February 25, 2019, effective 6/30/2019

43 CR 03, February 10, 2020, effective 6/30/2020

44 CR 01, January 10, 2021, effective 2/14/2021

44 CR 05, March 10, 2021, effective 6/30/2021

44 CR 17, September 10, 2021, effective 12/31/2021

45 CR 17, September 10, 2022, effective 9/30/2022

46 CR 10, May 25, 2023, effective 6/14/2023