5 Colo. Code Regs. § 1002-51.5

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 11, June 10, 2024
Section 5 CCR 1002-51.5 - PROCEDURES FOR IDENTIFYING PROJECTS AND ESTABLISHING THE PROJECT ELIGIBILITY LIST
(1) Each year the Division shall, after consultation with interested persons and entities, including but not limited to the DLG, the Authority, designated regional water quality planning organizations, watershed planning organizations, and nonpoint source management interests, review, update, and compile a Project Eligibility List that contains a project description that will improve or benefit water quality which may include, but is not limited to, the following examples: impact on public health; impact on fish and wildlife; impact on the ecosystem; improving water quality to meet applicable standards for streams, lakes, and ground water; and protection of classified uses.

This Project Eligibility List shall be included in the IUP as an Appendix and, after a public notice and comment period, shall be presented to the Commission for final agency action at a public hearing.

(2) The Project Eligibility List shall be comprised of five types of projects:
(a) Type A includes those projects that correct a documented public health hazard as defined in the WPCRF Rules.
(b) Type B includes those projects that improve water quality in an impaired water body; contribute to the prevention of a public health hazard; enable an entity to maintain permit compliance; or enable an entity to address a possible future effluent limit or emerging water quality issue.
(c) Type C includes those projects that implement a watershed/nonpoint source management plan.
(d) Type D includes those projects that implement a source water protection plan.
(e) Type E includes those projects that enable an entity to achieve permit compliance.

The project types will be determined based on information provided in the Annual Eligibility Survey. This information will not be used to prioritize projects.

5 CCR 1002-51.5

38 CR 17, September 10, 2015, effective 9/30/2015