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Montezuma County seeks party status in state landfill rulemaking after consultants warn of millions in compliance costs
Summary
County staff and consultants told commissioners Colorado's proposed Regulation 31 would force local landfills to install costly gas-collection systems or begin expensive quarterly air monitoring; the board approved submitting a deadline-driven letter to obtain party status in the rulemaking so the county can participate.
Montezuma County agreed to seek formal party status in a Colorado rulemaking after staff and consultants said a proposed update to state landfill rules (referred to in the packet as Regulation 31) could require either large gas-collection systems or regular, costly monitoring — both potentially unaffordable for rural landfills.
At a briefing, landfill staff and a consultant warned the rule, as proposed, could apply to landfills that fall within new waste-in-place thresholds and impose either quarterly air-monitoring programs or installation of a gas collection system. “There's no way we can comply with these rules,” one landfill staff speaker said in the…
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