Colorado Revised Statutes

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-15-208 (2026)

Commission to promulgate rules and regulations - limitations

✓ current as of July 2026

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(1) The commission may promulgate rules and regulations establishing criteria for the engineering design of hazardous waste disposal sites and for the location of such sites to the extent that site characteristics are integrally related to the safe engineering design of such sites. Such rules and regulations shall take into account at least the following: Protection of surface and subsurface waters, suitable physical characteristics, distance from waste generation centers, access routes, distance from water wells, and final closure.

(2) The commission may also promulgate rules and regulations establishing what constitutes a substantial change in ownership, design, or operation of a hazardous waste disposal site under section 25-15-206.

(3) The rules and regulations promulgated by the commission pursuant to this section shall be based upon generally accepted scientific data.

Source: L. 81: Entire article R&RE, p. 1349, § 1, effective July 1. L. 83: Entire section R&RE, p. 1094, § 12, effective June 3. L. 92: Entire section amended, p. 1260, § 22, effective August 1.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 1 case, 2009–2009 · leading case: Bd. of Cnty. Commissioners v. Colorado Dep't of Pub. Health & Env't, 218 P.3d 336 (Colo. 2009).

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Bd. of Cnty. Commissioners v. Colorado Dep't of Pub. Health & Env't, 218 P.3d 336 (Colo. 2009). · cites it 2× “In deciding whether to issue a CD, the county must consider, for example, whether the proposed use of the facility complies with land use plans and regulations, § 25-15-208(1)(f), C.R.S. (2009), and whether *343 the proposed use "would not pose a significant threat to the safety…”

— Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-15-208(1)(f) — 1 case

Bd. of Cnty. Commissioners v. Colorado Dep't of Pub. Health & Env't, 218 P.3d 336 (Colo. 2009). “In deciding whether to issue a CD, the county must consider, for example, whether the proposed use of the facility complies with land use plans and regulations, § 25-15-208(1)(f), C.R.S. (2009), and whether *343 the proposed use "would not pose a significant threat to the safety…”

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