Stationary Sources Program

Regulatory and Compliance Support Unit

The Regulatory and Compliance Support Unit is responsible for developing regulations for adoption by the Air Quality Control Commission to ensure that Colorado meets clean air goals and federal requirements. Our team develops stationary source emission control regulations to ensure reasonable further progress toward attainment and maintenance of National Ambient Air Quality Standards in areas not meeting those standards and to protect against deterioration of air quality in areas currently meeting the standards (the Prevention of Significant Deterioration program).  Our regulatory development efforts include:

• Construction Permit Program (New Source Review)
• Operating Permit Program
• Maximum Achievable Control Technology (MACT) Standards
• New Source Performance Standards (NSPS)

The Regulatory and Compliance Support Unit provides assistance to businesses in complying with air quality regulations, houses the Small Business Assistance Program , and assists the public in developing new rules or revising existing rules. 

For more detailed information on the division's comprehensive compliance efforts, please see the Compliance Assurance and Mutual Settlement Agreement Program Procedures and Guidelines Handbook . (162 pages, PDF format, 311KB)

Regulatory Development

The Regulatory and Compliance Support Unit provides information about upcoming state regulatory issues for each stationary source regulation, including listings of current stationary source program regulatory actions, and information on workgroups and subcommittees formed to assist the Air Pollution Control Division in developing new rules and revising existing rules. The Air Pollution Control Division wants to improve its rules to meet Colorado's clean air goals. It is interested in rule suggestions that:

• produce beneficial environmental outcomes,
• make compliance with rule requirements easier,
• clarify confusing rule language,
• correct errors,
• eliminate or revise outdated rules.

The  Colorado Air Quality Control Commission's Regulations are found in the Colorado Code of Regulations, 5 CCR 1001 through 1023. We ask that you consider the following before requesting a change to a rule:

• Can the problem be addressed outside of a rulemaking?
• What is the authority of the Air Quality Control Commission to address your concern? Are there other governmental rules at the state or federal level that impact your concerns? Is your concern more properly addressed by another governmental body (for example, is local zoning a more appropriate route to address your concern)?

Our goal is to respond to your suggestion within two to four weeks. We may ask you to clarify your suggestions. Not all suggestions will result in a rule change, but all will be considered. We hope this process will promote a continuing dialogue on rules and a cooperative approach to improve them.

Rulemaking is a process that is designed by statute and is required to have many steps to ensure public participation and reasoned deliberation by the Air Quality Control Commission. Once a rule development process is initiated, it can take anywhere from six months to more than a year to complete, depending on the complexity. Patience is required. For your assistance, we have developed a Guidebook to the commissions rule-making process.

Staff Contacts

e-mail: comments.apcd@state.co.us  

Joni Canterbury, (303) 692-3175, Areas of expertise: Small Business Assistance.

Dena Wojtach, (303) 692-3147, Areas of expertise: Enforcement, compliance, supplemental environmental projects, hazardous waste, legal interpretations, public/private initiatives.

Reference Links

Colorado Air Quality Regulations

Stationary Sources I Air Pollution Control Division

Suggestions and comments regarding the Air Quality Control Division can be forwarded to comments.apcd@state.co.us