(1)Any final rule, order, or determination by the
division or the commission, including but not limited to classification of state
waters, approval of areawide waste treatment management plans, water quality
standards, site approvals, permits, control regulations, enforcement orders, cease-and-desist orders, and clean-up orders, shall be subject to judicial review in
accordance with the provisions of this article and article 4 of title 24, C.R.S. All
regulations, orders, and determinations of the commission or division shall be
adopted, promulgated, or issued in accordance with the provisions of said article 4
of title 24.
(2)Any proceeding for judicial review of any final order or determination of
the commission or division shall be filed in the district court for the district
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(1) Any final rule, order, or determination by the
division or the commission, including but not limited to classification of state
waters, approval of areawide waste treatment management plans, water quality
standards, site approvals, permits, control regulations, enforcement orders, cease-and-desist orders, and clean-up orders, shall be subject to judicial review in
accordance with the provisions of this article and article 4 of title 24, C.R.S. All
regulations, orders, and determinations of the commission or division shall be
adopted, promulgated, or issued in accordance with the provisions of said article 4
of title 24.
(2) Any proceeding for judicial review of any final order or determination of
the commission or division shall be filed in the district court for the district in which
the pollution source affected is located.
(3) Any proceeding for judicial review of any final rule, order, or
determination of the commission or division shall be filed within thirty days after
said rule, order, or determination has become final. Rule-making determinations
shall become final in accordance with the State Administrative Procedure Act.
Quasi-judicial determinations shall become final upon issuance of such
determinations to those parties to the proceedings. The period for filing the action
for judicial review shall be stayed while any application for a hearing, rehearing, or
reconsideration is pending pursuant to section 25-8-403, and the period during
which any such application is pending shall extend the time for filing a proceeding
for judicial review an equal length of time.
(4) (a) Except with respect to emergency orders issued pursuant to section
25-8-307, any person to whom a cease-and-desist order, clean-up order, or other
order has been issued by the division or commission, or against whom an adverse
determination has been made, may petition the district court for a stay of the
effectiveness of such order or determination. Such petition shall be filed in the
district court in which the pollution source affected is located.
(b) Such petitions may be filed prior to any such order or determination
becoming final or during any period in which such order or determination is under
judicial review.
(c) Such stay shall be granted by the court if there is probable cause to
believe that refusal to grant a stay will cause serious harm to the affected person
or any other person, and:
(I) That the alleged violation or activity to which the order or determination
pertains will not continue, or if it does continue, any harmful effects on state waters
will be alleviated promptly after the cessation of the violation or activity; or
(II) That the refusal to grant a stay would be without sufficient
corresponding public benefit.
(5) Any party may move the court to remand the case to the division or the
commission in the interests of justice, for the purpose of adducing additional
specified and material evidence, and findings thereon; but such party shall show
reasonable grounds for the failure to adduce such evidence previously before the
division or the commission.
(6) If the court does not stay the effectiveness of an order of the commission
or division, the court shall enforce compliance with that order by issuing a
temporary restraining order or injunction at the request of the commission or
division.