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Rule 5 CCR 1002-37 - REGULATION NO. 37 - CLASSIFICATIONS AND NUMERIC STANDARDS FOR LOWER COLORADO RIVER BASIN
Section 5 CCR 1002-37.34 - STATEMENT OF BASIS, SPECIFIC STATUTORY AUTHORITY AND PURPOSE; DECEMBER 8, 2014 RULEMAKING; FINAL ACTION JANUARY 12, 2015; EFFECTIVE DATE JUNE 30, 2015

5 Colo. Code Regs. § 1002-37.34

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Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 11, June 10, 2024
Section 5 CCR 1002-37.34 - STATEMENT OF BASIS, SPECIFIC STATUTORY AUTHORITY AND PURPOSE; DECEMBER 8, 2014 RULEMAKING; FINAL ACTION JANUARY 12, 2015; EFFECTIVE DATE JUNE 30, 2015

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

Pursuant to the requirements in the Basic Standards (at 31.7(3)), the Commission reviewed the status of temporary modifications scheduled to expire before December 31, 2016, to determine whether the temporary modification should be modified, eliminated or extended. Temporary modification of a standard on one segment was reviewed.

Lower Colorado segment 4e, extend the temporary modification of the iron standard: The Commission reviewed the plan to resolve uncertainty about the iron standards for Dry Creek (Lower Colorado River Segment 4e) submitted by Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association, Inc. The Commission approved Tri-State's implementation plan as modified in the hearing and extended the temporary modification to December 31, 2017. Progress on the plan will be reviewed by the Commission in December 2015.

PARTIES TO THE RULEMAKING HEARING

1. Pioneer Natural Resources USA, Inc. and XTO Energy, Inc.
2. U.S. Energy Corp.
3. Plum Creek Water Reclamation Authority
4. Upper Clear Creek Watershed Association
5. Upper Thompson Sanitation District
6. Colorado Parks and Wildlife
7. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
8. High Country Conservation Advocates
9. Metro Wastewater Reclamation District
10. Climax Molybdenum Company
11. Rio Grande Silver, Inc.
12. City of Pueblo
13. Tri-State Generation and Transmission, Inc.
14. Centennial Water and Sanitation District
15. Xcel Energy
16. MillerCoors
17. Seneca Coal Company
18. Peabody-Sage Creek Mining, LLC
19. City of Boulder

5 CCR 1002-37.34

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