2021 Colorado Code
Title 25 - Public Health and Environment
Article 15 - Hazardous Waste
Part 2 - Hazardous Waste Disposal Sites
§ 25-15-219. Department to Study Need for Disposal Sites and Feasibility of Alternative Technologies

Universal Citation: CO Code § 25-15-219 (2021)
  1. The department shall conduct a study assessing the need for hazardous waste disposal sites in this state. Such study shall identify the volumes and types of hazardous wastes generated in this state and the appropriateness and feasibility of treatment and disposal technologies as alternatives to land disposal. To offset the cost of such study, the department is authorized to expend a maximum of sixty thousand dollars out of the annual appropriation to the department from the hazardous waste service fund pursuant to section 25-15-304.
  2. The department may also develop and submit to the general assembly proposed legislation to encourage the development and utilization of alternative technologies for hazardous waste management, which may include, by way of example, tax incentives for the purchase of equipment to implement alternative technologies.

History. Source: L. 83: Entire section added, p. 1100, § 18, effective June 3.


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