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MEMORANDUM
TO: Persons Interested in the Implementation of Amendment 14
Concerning Housed Commercial Swine Feeding Operations
FROM: Paul Frohar ministrator, Water Quality Control Commission
Doug Lem ,fdministrator, Air Quality Control Commission
DATE: November 20, 1998
SUBJECT: Amendment 14 Implementation Work Group Process
On November 3, 1998, the citizens of Colorado approved Amendment 14 concerning the
regulation of housed commercial swine feeding operations. A copy of the amendment can be
found on the Colorado State Government website at www.state.co.us, under 1998 Ballot
Analysis. Amendment 14 requires that the Air Quality Control Commission (AQCC) promulgate
air quality regulations concerning the control of odorous emissions from these operations by
March 1, 1999. The AQCC has scheduled a rulemaking hearing for February 18, 1999.
Amendment 14 also requires that the Water Quality Control Commission (WQCC) promulgate
water quality regulations concerning individual discharge permits for housed commercial swine
feeding operations by March 31, 1999. The WQCC has scheduled a rulemaking hearing for
February 8, 1999. The Department's goal is to develop air quality and water quality
requirements that are coordinated to the greatest extent possible, so that the oversight system
will be efficient and practical for all concerned.
The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (Department) is scheduling several
work group meetings to solicit comments from interested persons to facilitate a full
consideration of options for implementing Amendment 14. The work group is open to the public
and all interested parties are invited to attend and participate in this process. It is intended that
the work group will discuss the implementation issues and options, and provide advice to the
Department regarding how best to implement the requirements of Amendment 14 and how to
design regulatory language for consideration by the AQCC and WQCC.
The initial work group meeting will be held on Wednesday, December 2, 1998 from 11:00 a.m.
to 4:00 p.m. at the Landmark Best Western Inn, 455 S. Colorado Blvd., Denver, Colorado.
Additional work group meetings have tentatively been scheduled for:
• Wednesday, December 9, 1998 from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the Landmark Best
Western Inn, 455 S. Colorado Blvd., Denver, Colorado.
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• Tuesday, December 15, 1998 from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. in the Sabin Conference
Room at the Department, 4300 Cherry Creek Drive South, Denver, Colorado.
Please plan to bring a sack lunch and drink to each meeting, as we will work through the
noon hour. The current plan is that additional work group meetings will be scheduled for
January.
Rulemaking hearing notices and initial proposals for both the AQCC and WQCC hearings are
required to be filed by November 30, 1998. Copies of the notices and proposals will be
available at the December 2 work group meeting, and will be mailed to all persons on the
mailing list described below who do not attend that meeting. Because of the deadlines
established in Amendment 14 to complete rulemaking, the initial draft proposals included with
the hearing notices have been prepared without the benefit of significant external review and
comment. These initial proposals are not intended to limit the range of options considered by
the work group.
PLEASE NOTE that to facilitate public participation in the Amendment 14 implementation
rulemaking processes for both air quality and water quality, we plan to use the following
procedure:
1. CDPHE already has an extensive Confined Animal Feeding Operations (CAFO)
Mailing List, from the 1997 water quality CAFO work group process, to which we have
added those additional persons who have expressed specific interest in the
Amendment 14 rulemaking hearings. If you are on this CAFO Mailing List, you should'
receive a separate pink sheet of paper enclosed with this memorandum, confirming
that fact.
2. This memorandum regarding the Amendment 14 implementation work group process
is also being sent to persons on broader mailing lists maintained by the Water Quality
Control Commission and the Air Quality Control Commission. If you have received
this memorandum and have not received a separate enclosed pink sheet of paper,
confirming that you are on the CAFO Mailing List, and you would like to be added to
that list or have changes, please call or e-mail either Diana Glaser at 303-692-3469
(diana.glaser@state.co.us) or Jenifer Gurr at 303-692-3476 (jenifer.gurr@state.co.us).
3. Future major documents developed by CDPHE relating to the Amendment 14
rulemaking processes (e.g., the formal hearing notices and initial rulemaking
proposals, prehearing statements, written testimony, formal alternative proposals,
prehearing orders) will be sent to all persons on the CAFO Mailing List. Please note
that some interim drafts of the rulemaking proposals may be distributed only at the
work group meetings described in this letter, since the work group process will be
rapidly evolving.
4. Persons who wish to receive copies of documents generated by other parties
participating in the rulemaking processes will need to follow the procedures described
in the rulemaking hearing notices.
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