The Environmental Protection Agency found “important concerns” with the way Colorado regulators review and issue permits to minor polluters such as mines, asphalt plants and oil and gas drilling ri…
by employees at the state’s Air Pollution Control Division — determined those charged with regulating how much pollution spews into the state’s air were lax in how they assessed the potential for emissions and that they failed to properly document how they made their decisions.
The EPA’s report listed six recommendations for improvement while acknowledging that the Air Pollution Control Division already has started making some changes. The EPA wants the Air Pollution Control Division, which falls under the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, to keep more complete records and better document how it makes decisions on its permitting standards.
Foul air continues to cause health problems, especially for people with asthma and other respiratory problems. Already this year, the EPA announced plans to downgrade Denver and the northern Front Range to, which would mean higher gas prices and more permitting for industries such as oil and gas, trucking and mining.
The three employees said the division had an official policy that prevented them from properly analyzing potential emissions and issuing the correct permits.
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