5 Colo. Code Regs. § 1002-55.1
House Bill 06-1337 created the Water Quality Improvement Fund codified in section 25-8-608, C.R.S., of the Colorado Water Quality Control Act. House Bill 11-1026 amended the statute to authorize grants for stormwater management training and best practices training to prevent or reduce the pollution of state waters. Section 25-8-608 (1.7)(c), C.R.S. provides the Water Quality Control Commission ("commission") with the authority to promulgate, implement and administer this regulation.
Funding is dependent upon annual appropriations by the Colorado General Assembly and is based on violations that were committed on or after May 26, 2006. The resulting penalties collected by the Water Quality Control Division ("division") are transmitted to the state treasurer for deposit to the credit of the fund.
The purpose of the fund is to improve water quality in Colorado by providing grant funds for water quality improvement projects and stormwater management training and best practices using civil penalties from water quality violations.
House Bill 14-1002 created the Natural Disaster Grant Fund to be codified in section 25-8-608.7, C.R.S. - concerning the establishment of a grant program under the Colorado Water Quality Control Act to repair water infrastructure impacted by a natural disaster. The purpose of the fund is to award grants to local governments, including local governments accepting grants on behalf of and in coordination with not-for-profit public water systems, under rules promulgated by the commission for the planning, design, construction, improvement, renovation or reconstruction of domestic wastewater treatment works and public drinking water systems that have been impacted, damaged or destroyed in connection with a natural disaster. The division may only award grants to be used in counties for which the governor has declared a disaster emergency by executive order or proclamation under section 24-33.5-704, C.R.S.
Section 25-8-608.7(3), C.R.S. provides the Water Quality Control Commission with the authority to promulgate rules necessary to implement and administer the Natural Disaster Grant Fund.
Senate Bill 14-025 revised and consolidated the Small Communities Water and Wastewater Grant Fund to be codified in section 25-1.5-208, C.R.S. - concerning the establishment of a grant program under the Colorado Water Quality Control Act to assist suppliers of water and domestic wastewater treatment works that serve a population of not more than five thousand people with meeting their responsibilities with respect to the protection of public health and water quality.
Continuous funding for the Small Communities Water and Wastewater Grant Fund is provided in section 39-29-109(2)(a)(III) C.R.S., through money transferred to the fund pursuant to section 39-29-109(2)(a)(II) C.R.S. and any other moneys transferred to the fund by the General Assembly. Moneys for the fund originate from the severance tax perpetual base fund, up to $10 million, and will be applied to both drinking water projects and wastewater projects.
Section 25-1.5-208(2), C.R.S. provides the commission with the authority to promulgate rules necessary to implement and administer the Small Communities Water and Wastewater Grant Program.
5 CCR 1002-55.1