5 Colo. Code Regs. § 1002-36.21
The provisions of C.R.S. 25-8-202(1)(a), (b) and (2); 25-8-203; 25-8-204; and 25-8-402; provide the specific statutory authority for adoption of these regulatory 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 Commission has recently approved a new schedule for triennial reviews of water quality classifications and standards for all river basins in Colorado. In this hearing the Commission has extended the expiration dates of temporary modifications [and, for the Animas Basin, the effective dates of underlying standards] without substantive review, so that the next substantive review of the temporary modifications can occur as part of the overall triennial review of water quality standards for the particular watershed. This will avoid the need for multiple individual hearings that would take staff resources away from implementation of the new triennial review schedule.
For segments 9a and 9b of the Closed Basin (Kerber Creek) the Commission has readopted water quality standards revisions approved as a result of a May, 1997 rulemaking hearing, along with its Statement of Basis, Specific Statutory Authority and Purpose, that were inadvertently excluded from the current published version of this regulation.
5 CCR 1002-36.21