| Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Colorado Newsletter for Tuesday May 23, 2023 ( 2 items ) |
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Air Quality Control Commission, State Fail Disproportionately Impacted Communities on Permitting Rule
DENVER, Colorado, May 23 (TNSgov) -- Earthworks issued the following news release on May 22, 2023:
Community and conservation groups expressed disappointment in a rule adopted by the Colorado Air Quality Control Commission yesterday related to polluter permitting in disproportionately impacted communities (DICs). The final rule, which was required as part of the Colorado Environmental Justice Act, divides DICs into two classes, fails to monitor for a sufficient number of toxic air pollutants, a
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Food & Water Watch: Judge Rules Colorado Failed to Protect Waterways From Factory Farm Pollution
DENVER, Colorado, May 23 (TNSgov) -- The Food and Water Watch issued the following news release:
A Colorado court has ruled that the state's Department of Public Health & Environment violated state and federal laws by failing to protect waterways with essential monitoring provisions in a statewide general water-pollution permit for concentrated animal feeding operations.
The decision could have broad repercussions: Of the 100 factory farms in Colorado that maintain a Clean Water Act permit, 99
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