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Second Regular Session

Sixty-first General Assembly

LLS NO. 98­0737.01D DHG HOUSE BILL 98­1379

STATE OF COLORADO

BY REPRESENTATIVES Anderson and McPherson;

also SENATORS Schroeder and Lamborn.

REREVISED

HEWI

A BILL FOR AN ACT

CONCERNING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL RELATING TO APPROVAL OF AIR QUALITY CONTROL COMMISSION REVISIONS TO THE AIR QUALITY STATE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.

Bill Summary

(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced and does not necessarily reflect any amendments that may be subsequently adopted.)

Legislative council state implementation plan reviews (SIP). Extends the following revisions to the SIP, thereby permitting their submission to the federal environmental protection agency for final approval and incorporation in the SIP:



Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:

SECTION 1.  25­7­133.5 (2), Colorado Revised Statutes, is amended BY THE ADDITION OF THE FOLLOWING NEW PARAGRAPHS to read:

25­7­133.5.  Extension or rescission of specific revisions to the state implementation plan (SIP) after 1996. (2)  Pursuant to section 25­7­133, the following revisions to the state implementation plan (SIP), which were adopted by the air quality control commission on the dates indicated and received by the legislative council for review, are approved for incorporation into the state implementation plan:

(o)  AMENDMENTS ADOPTED BY THE AIR QUALITY CONTROL COMMISSION ON APRIL 17, 1997, TO THE MOTOR VEHICLE EMISSIONS INSPECTION PROGRAM IN ALL CARBON MONOXIDE NONATTAINMENT AREAS IN THE STATE (BOULDER, COLORADO SPRINGS, DENVER, AND GREELEY) UNDER THE CARBON MONOXIDE NONATTAINMENT AREA ELEMENT OF THE SIP;

(p)  AMENDMENTS ADOPTED BY THE AIR QUALITY CONTROL COMMISSION ON JANUARY 15, 1998, REDESIGNATING COLORADO SPRINGS AS AN ATTAINMENT AREA FOR CARBON MONOXIDE AND ADOPTING A CORRESPONDING MAINTENANCE PLAN;

(q)  AMENDMENTS ADOPTED BY THE AIR QUALITY CONTROL COMMISSION ON DECEMBER 18, 1997, TO THE LONGMONT CARBON MONOXIDE MAINTENANCE PLAN;

(r)  AMENDMENTS ADOPTED BY THE AIR QUALITY CONTROL COMMISSION ON APRIL 17, 1997, CONCERNING LONG­TERM STRATEGY FOR THE ELEMENT OF THE SIP RELATING TO VISIBILITY IN CLASS I AREAS; AND

(s)  AMENDMENTS ADOPTED BY THE AIR QUALITY CONTROL COMMISSION ON NOVEMBER 21, 1996, TO REGULATIONS NUMBER 3, 7, AND 8 AND COMMON PROVISIONS, CONCERNING NEGLIGIBLY REACTIVE VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS AND REGULATED HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANTS.

SECTION 2.  25­7­133.5, Colorado Revised Statutes, is amended BY THE ADDITION OF A NEW SUBSECTION to read:

25­7­133.5.  Extension or rescission of specific revisions to the state implementation plan (SIP) after 1996. (4)  IF THE DIVISION AND THE DESIGNATED ORGANIZATION FOR AIR QUALITY PLANNING IN THE COLORADO SPRINGS AREA REQUEST REMOVAL OF MANDATORY CONTROL MEASURES THAT HAVE BEEN ADEQUATELY DEMONSTRATED TO BE UNNECESSARY TO ACHIEVE AND MAINTAIN COMPLIANCE WITH THE FEDERAL AMBIENT AIR QUALITY STANDARDS AND REQUEST CORRESPONDING MODIFICATIONS TO THE MOBILE SOURCE EMISSION BUDGET, THE COMMISSION SHALL ADOPT SUCH REVISIONS TO THE CARBON MONOXIDE MAINTENANCE PLAN FOR THE COLORADO SPRINGS AREA APPROVED PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (p) OF SUBSECTION (2) OF THIS SECTION. NOTWITHSTANDING SECTION 25­7­133, SUCH REVISIONS SHALL BE SUBMITTED TO THE FEDERAL ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY FOR INCORPORATION INTO THE STATE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN AS EXPEDITIOUSLY AS POSSIBLE AND SHALL NOT BE SUBJECT TO FURTHER REVIEW AND APPROVAL PURSUANT TO SECTION 25­7­133.

SECTION 3.  Safety clause. The general assembly hereby finds, determines, and declares that this act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, and safety.