2017 Colorado Revised Statutes
Title 29 - Government - Local
Hazardous Substance Incidents
Article 22 - Hazardous Substance Incidents
§ 29-22-107. Legislative finding - hazardous substance listing required
(1) The general assembly finds, determines, and declares:
(a) That the protection of the public from the dangers of hazardous substance incidents occurring on private property, other than residential or agricultural property, is a matter of statewide concern;
(b) That, without the provisions of this section, such protection is inadequate; and
(c) That the provisions of this section are enacted in the exercise of the police powers of this state for the purpose of protecting the peace, health, safety, and welfare of the people of this state.
(2) (a) Upon the request of the designated emergency response authority, the department of public health and environment, or the local fire department, any person who, in accordance with the following table, possesses the specified quantity, or a quantity in excess of that specified, of any hazard type of hazardous substance on private property shall provide the designated emergency response authority and the waste management division of the department of public health and environment and, when requested, the local fire department with a listing of the maximum quantity of each such hazard type reasonably anticipated to be present on the property at any time:
| Hazard type | Quantity |
|---|---|
| Class A or B explosive | Any quantity |
| Class C explosive | 50 pounds |
| Etiological agent | Any quantity |
| Water reactive flammable solid | 5 pounds |
| Pyrophoric material | 5 pounds |
| Organic/inorganic peroxide | 50 pounds |
| Poison A or poison B | 100 pounds or 15 gallons |
| Flammable liquid other than a | 700 pounds or 120 gallons |
| pyrophoric liquid | |
| Compressed flammable gas other than | 3,000 cubic feet or more |
| liquefied petroleum gases | at one atmosphere at |
| seventy degrees Fahrenheit | |
| Liquefied petroleum gases | Any installation exceeding |
| 18,000 gallon water capacity | |
| Oxidizer | 200 pounds or 120 gallons |
| Combustible liquid | |
| Class I | 120 gallons |
| Class II | 240 gallons |
| Class III | 500 gallons |
| Corrosive material | 200 pounds or 120 gallons |
| (unless a lesser amount is specified | |
| in 49 Code of Federal Regulations | |
| Part 172.101) | |
| Irritating material | 200 pounds or 120 gallons |
(b) With respect to the terms listed as hazard types in the table in paragraph (a) of this subsection (2):
(I) "Pyrophoric material" means any material which ignites spontaneously in dry or moist air at or below one hundred thirty degrees Fahrenheit.
(II) The remaining terms shall have the meanings ascribed to them in 49 Code of Federal Regulations Subchapter C as in effect on July 1, 1983.
(c) (I) Any person requested to list pursuant to this subsection (2) shall update such list annually unless the designated response authority, the department of public health and environment, or the local fire department requests an updated list prior to the annual update.
(II) Except as to those authorities designated in paragraph (a) of this subsection (2), all information required to be provided under this subsection (2) shall be deemed privileged and shall not be released to any person or organization without the express written consent of the person providing the information.
(III) The person who, without the express written consent required in subparagraph (II) of this paragraph (c), releases information required to be provided by this subsection (2) commits a class 3 misdemeanor and shall be punished as provided in section 18-1.3-501, C.R.S.
(d) The requirements of this subsection (2) do not apply to:
(I) Motor fuel products in quantities less than forty-two thousand gallons in underground storage or less than six hundred twenty gallons in one tank or less than one thousand three hundred forty gallons in combination in above ground storage;
(II) Hazardous substances in typical consumer-sized packaging or when being stored or used by a farmer or rancher at a facility used in active agricultural production;
(III) Any person who has specific arrangements with a designated emergency response authority for responding to hazardous substance incidents;
(IV) Hazardous materials in transportation which are subject to the provisions of parts 1, 2, and 3 of article 20 of title 42, C.R.S.;
(V) The armed forces of the United States or the state militia;
(VI) Explosives in forms prescribed by the official United States pharmacopoeia;
(VII) The sale, possession, or use of fireworks;
(VIII) The possession, transportation, and use of small arms ammunition;
(IX) The possession, storage, and transportation of not more than fifty pounds of black powder and two thousand small arms primers for hand-loading of small arms ammunition for personal use unless otherwise regulated by the local jurisdiction;
(X) The transportation and use of explosives or blasting agents by the United States bureau of mines, the federal bureau of investigation, the United States secret service, the United States department of the treasury, or a police or fire department acting in its official capacity;
(XI) Special industrial explosive devices which in the aggregate contain less than fifty pounds of explosives.
(3) On or after October 1, 1983, any person failing to comply with the provisions of subsection (2) of this section shall be subject to a civil penalty of not more than one hundred dollars per day for each day during which said violation occurs. Such penalty shall be determined and collected by a court of competent jurisdiction upon an action instituted by the district attorney. Civil penalties collected shall be transmitted to the state treasurer, who shall credit the same to the general fund.
