2021 Colorado Code
Title 25 - Public Health and Environment
Article 15 - Hazardous Waste
Part 2 - Hazardous Waste Disposal Sites
§ 25-15-216. Colorado Geological Survey to Designate Optimally Suitable Areas

Universal Citation: CO Code § 25-15-216 (2021)

Subject to available appropriations, the Colorado geological survey shall conduct a study of the geological suitability of areas of the state for hazardous waste disposal sites. Such study shall designate those areas of the state which the Colorado geological survey finds to be optimally suitable for hazardous waste disposal based upon detailed criteria relating to hydrology, geology, geochemistry, structural geology, geomorphology, climatology, and mineral resources. The designation of optimally suitable areas and the criteria utilized shall be produced in a publication available to the public at a reasonable cost.

History. Source: L. 83: Entire section added, p. 1096, § 18, effective June 3. L. 2012: Entire section amended, (HB 12-1355), ch. 247, p. 1197, § 5, effective June 4.


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