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2020 Colorado Revised Statutes
Title 25 - Public Health And Environment
Article 15. Hazardous Waste
Editor's note: This article was added in 1979 and was not amended prior to 1981. The substantive provisions of this article were repealed and reenacted in 1981, resulting in the addition, relocation, and elimination of sections as well as subject matter. For the text of this article prior to 1981, consult the Colorado statutory research explanatory note and the table itemizing the replacement volumes and supplements to the original volume of C.R.S. 1973 beginning on page vii in the front of this volume.
Cross references: For transportation of hazardous materials by motor vehicle, see article 20 of title 42.
Law reviews: For article, "Colorado Municipal Liability after Annexing a Potential Superfund Site", see 16 Colo. Law. 258 (1987).
PART 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS
- Section 25-15-101. Definitions.
- Section 25-15-102. Effective dates.
- Section 25-15-103. Technical assistance.
- Section 25-15-104. Disposal service.
Law reviews: For article, "Local Governments and the Environment: Part 1 CERCLA", see 17 Colo. Law. 1997 (1988); for article, "Local Governments and the Environment: Part II, RCRA", see 17 Colo. Law. 2159 (1988); for article, "Hazardous Waste Incinerator Siting in Colorado", see 22 Colo. Law. 1267 (1993).
- Section 25-15-200.1. Short title.
- Section 25-15-200.2. Legislative declaration.
- Section 25-15-200.3. Definitions.
- Section 25-15-201. Certificate required - disposal prohibited - exceptions.
- Section 25-15-202. Application for certificate - review by department and Colorado geological survey - hearing.
- Section 25-15-203. Grounds for approval.
- Section 25-15-204. Certificate.
- Section 25-15-205. Permit required for operation - burial of liquids prohibited.
- Section 25-15-206. Substantial change in ownership, design, or operation.
- Section 25-15-206.5. Revocation or suspension of certificate.
- Section 25-15-207. Judicial review.
- Section 25-15-208. Commission to promulgate rules and regulations - limitations.
- Section 25-15-209. Inventory required.
- Section 25-15-209.5. Inspection required.
- Section 25-15-209.6. Performance audits.
- Section 25-15-210. Sites deemed public nuisance - when.
- Section 25-15-211. Violation - criminal penalty.
- Section 25-15-212. Violation - civil penalty - reimbursement of costs.
- Section 25-15-213. County or municipal hazardous waste disposal site fund - tax - fees.
- Section 25-15-214. Hazardous waste disposal site fund - fees.
- Section 25-15-215. Contracts with governmental units authorized.
- Section 25-15-216. Colorado geological survey to designate optimally suitable areas.
- Section 25-15-217. Circumstances allowing state designation of a hazardous waste disposal site - conditions and limitations. (Repealed)
- Section 25-15-218. State hazardous waste siting council - composition. (Repealed)
- Section 25-15-219. Department to study need for disposal sites and feasibility of alternative technologies.
- Section 25-15-220. Effect of 1983 amendments. (Repealed)
Cross references: For the effective date of this part 3, see ยง 25-15-102 (2) and (3) in accordance with Senate Bill 81-519. For the effective date of this part 3 as amended by Senate Bill 83-282, see section 29(1) of chapter 322, Session Laws of Colorado 1983.
Law reviews: For comment, "Clean Up Your Federal Mess in My State: Colorado Has A State RCRA-Voice At The Rocky Mountain Arsenal", see 71 Den. U. L. Rev. 257 (1993).
- Section 25-15-301. Powers and duties of department.
- Section 25-15-301.5. Additional powers of department - legislative declaration - report.
- Section 25-15-302. Solid and hazardous waste commission - creation - membership - rules fees - administration - definition.
- Section 25-15-303. Requirements for hazardous waste treatment, storage, and disposal sites and facilities - permits.
- Section 25-15-304. Hazardous waste service fund created.
- Section 25-15-305. Judicial review.
- Section 25-15-306. Local control of facilities - authorization by department - allocation of fees.
- Section 25-15-307. Coordination with other programs.
- Section 25-15-308. Prohibited acts - enforcement.
- Section 25-15-309. Administrative and civil penalties.
- Section 25-15-310. Criminal offenses - penalties.
- Section 25-15-311. Disposition of fines and penalties.
- Section 25-15-312. Repeal. (Repealed)
- Section 25-15-313. Right to claim reimbursement.
- Section 25-15-314. Solid and hazardous waste commission funding.
- Section 25-15-315. Solid and hazardous waste commission fund - creation.
- Section 25-15-316. Prior acts validated and rules continued.
- Section 25-15-317. Legislative declaration.
- Section 25-15-318. Nature of environmental covenants.
- Section 25-15-318.5. Nature of a notice of environmental use restrictions.
- Section 25-15-319. Contents of environmental covenants and notices of environmental use restrictions.
- Section 25-15-320. Environmental covenants - when required - waiver.
- Section 25-15-321. Creation, modification, and termination of an environmental covenant.
- Section 25-15-321.5. Notice of environmental use restrictions - creation, modification, and termination.
- Section 25-15-322. Enforcement - remedies.
- Section 25-15-323. Registry of environmental covenants and notices of environmental use restrictions.
- Section 25-15-324. Coordination with affected local governments.
- Section 25-15-325. Other interests not impaired.
- Section 25-15-326. Validation.
- Section 25-15-327. Applicability.
- Section 25-15-328. Household medication take-back program - creation - collection and disposal of medication injection devices - liability - definitions - cash fund - rules.
- Section 25-15-401. Legislative declaration.
- Section 25-15-402. Infectious waste - definitions.
- Section 25-15-402.5. Disposition of fetal tissue.
- Section 25-15-403. Generator management plan.
- Section 25-15-404. On-site disinfection.
- Section 25-15-405. Appropriate treatment and disposal - nonliability.
- Section 25-15-406. Penalty.
- Section 25-15-407. Presumption of noninfectiousness.
- Section 25-15-501. Short title.
- Section 25-15-502. Definitions.
- Section 25-15-503. Certificate required - incineration or processing of hazardous waste prohibited - exceptions.
- Section 25-15-504. Application for certificate - review by governing body.
- Section 25-15-505. Grounds for approval.
- Section 25-15-506. Certificate.
- Section 25-15-507. Substantial change in ownership, design, or operation.
- Section 25-15-508. Revocation or suspension of certificate.
- Section 25-15-509. Judicial review.
- Section 25-15-510. Rules - limitations.
- Section 25-15-511. List of hazardous wastes - final inventory.
- Section 25-15-512. Inspections of hazardous waste incinerator or processor sites.
- Section 25-15-513. Violation - criminal penalty.
- Section 25-15-514. Violation - civil penalty - reimbursement of costs.
- Section 25-15-515. Annual fees - commercial hazardous waste incinerator or processor funds.
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