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Committee advances bill to streamline water-quality permitting after testimony from utilities and industry
Summary
Senate Bill 305, aimed at reducing permit backlogs for wastewater and water-quality permits, advanced unanimously after testimony from municipal utilities, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, mining interests and water districts outlining benefits and concerns.
The Senate Committee on Appropriations unanimously advanced Senate Bill 305 after a series of stakeholder witnesses described permit backlogs for domestic wastewater and water-quality permits and urged the committee to approve measures to accelerate permitting.
Witnesses who testified in favor included Mark Marlowe (Castle Rock Water), Nicole Rowan (director of the Water Quality Control Division, Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment), Diana Orf (Colorado Mining Association) and Mike Smith (attorney representing Parker Water and Sanitation District). Testimony said many municipal permits…
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