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BILL SUMMARY For PRESENTATION FROM THE COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT AND THE ENERGY & CARBON MANAGEMENT COMMISSION, DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES
INTERIM COMMITTEE LEGISLATIVE INTERIM COMMITTEE ON OZONE AIR QUALITY
Date Aug 25, 2023
Location Old State Library
Presentation from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment and the Energy & Carbon Management Commission, Department of Natural Resources - Committee Discussion Only
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09:20:14 AM |
Trisha Oeth, Director
of Environmental Health and Protection, Colorado Department of Public Health
and Environment (CDPHE), introduced herself and gave some brief opening
remarks. She gave an overview of the ozone challenge in Colorado and the
regulatory environment. Mimi Larsen, Deputy Director of Policy & Administration,
Energy & Carbon Management Commission (ECMC), Department of Natural
Resources introduced herself and gave opening remarks on the ECMC's regulatory
processes and their partnership with CDPHE. CDPHE's opening remarks are
included as Attachment A and ECMC's opening remarks are included as Attachment
B.
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09:40:38 AM |
Garrison Kaufman,
Air Pollution Control Division Deputy Director of Regulatory Affairs, CDPHE,
introduced himself and began his presentation. CDPHE's presentation is
included as Attachment C. He discussed what composes ozone and why it matters,
ozone formation, and National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS). Mr.
Kaufman went over the current status of the Denver metro/ North Front Range
nonattainment area, with it being in severe nonattainment for the 75 ppb
2008 standards and moderate for the 70 ppb 2015 standards. He next
went over the State Implementation Plan (SIP) process, the Air Quality
Control Commission (AQCC) is scheduled to hold a hearing on the 2008 NAAQS
Severe SIP in December 2023 and the 2015 Moderate SIP in 2025. Mr. Kaufman
answered questions from the committee. Ms. Larsen answered questions from
the committee.
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10:30:19 AM |
Mr. Kaufman went
over long term ozone trends, the average contribution of different causes
across all the monitors, the total ozone precursor emissions inventory,
and reduction strategies in place or coming soon. He also discussed AQCC
rulemaking from 2019-2022, AQCC rulemaking in 2023, the Governor's Directive
to CDPHE and ECMC to reduce NOx emissions from the oil and gas sector,
and recent legislation to improve air quality.
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11:07:15 AM |
Michael Ogletree, Director the the Air Pollution Control Division, introduced himself and gave closing comments, including building capacity at CDPHE to address air quality challenges.
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11:10:46 AM |
Division Director
Ogletree, Deputy Director Kaufman, Director Oeth, and Deputy Director Larsen
answered questions from the committee.
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11:24:33 AM |
The CDPHE and ECMC continued to answer questions from the committee.
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