Colorado § 8-20.5-302 Duties of director of division of oil and public safety - rules

Colorado Statutes

§ 8-20.5-302 — Duties of director of division of oil and public safety - rules

Colorado § 8-20.5-302

Title 08Labor and

Art.Petroleum Storage Tanks

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Bluebook

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-20.5-302 (2026).

Text

(1)The director of the division of oil and public safety shall make, promulgate, and enforce rules for aboveground storage tanks installed before July 1, 1993, which rules shall be no more stringent than the rules in place on the date of installation, except as mandated by federal spill prevention, control, and countermeasures regulations promulgated by the United States environmental protection agency.

(2)The director of the division of oil and public safety shall make, promulgate, and enforce rules concerning the design, construction, installation, and operation of aboveground storage tanks permitted to be used and installed on or after July 1, 1993, which rules shall be no more stringent, either substantially or procedurally, than the requirements contained in the current e

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(1)
The director of the division of oil and public safety shall make, promulgate, and
enforce rules for aboveground storage tanks installed before July 1, 1993, which
rules shall be no more stringent than the rules in place on the date of installation,
except as mandated by federal spill prevention, control, and countermeasures
regulations promulgated by the United States environmental protection agency.

(2) The director of the division of oil and public safety shall make,
promulgate, and enforce rules concerning the design, construction, installation, and
operation of aboveground storage tanks permitted to be used and installed on or
after July 1, 1993, which rules shall be no more stringent, either substantially or
procedurally, than the requirements contained in the current edition of the national
fire code published by the national fire protection association, as revised by the
association from time to time, and in spill prevention control and countermeasures
regulations promulgated by the United States environmental protection agency.

(3) Within one hundred twenty days after January 1, 2008, the director of the
division of oil and public safety shall promulgate, and the division shall enforce,
rules concerning the placement of aboveground storage tanks that contain
renewable fuels. Such rules shall be promulgated with the purpose of developing a
uniform statewide standard of issuing permits for aboveground storage tanks to
promote the use of renewable fuels so that the process of obtaining a permit for an
aboveground storage tank that contains renewable fuels may be more efficient and
affordable.

Legislative History

Source: L. 95: Entire article added, p. 411, � 1, effective July 1. L. 2001: Entire section amended, p. 1132, � 53, effective June 5. L. 2007: (3) added, p. 1760, � 6, effective June 1.