5 Colo. Code Regs. § 1001-31-A-I

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 24, December 25, 2024

Section 5 CCR 1001-31-A-I - Purpose and Applicability

I.A. The purpose of this regulation is to require manufacturing stationary sources to reduce greenhouse gas emissions pursuant to § 25-7-105(1)(e), C.R.S., (2023).

I.B. This regulation applies to manufacturing stationary sources with annual direct emissions equal to or greater than 25,000 metric tons of CO2e per year, as reported pursuant to Regulation Number 22, Part A. Once a manufacturing stationary source reports annual direct GHG emissions equal to or greater than 25,000 metric tons of CO2e per year, as reported pursuant to Regulation Number 22, Part A, or U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program (Title 40, Part 98, of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)) (Part 98), on or after the year 2015, the requirements of Regulation Number 27 continue to apply even if the source reports less than 25,000 metric tons of CO2e in direct GHG emissions for any year thereafter.

I.C. If any section, clause, phrase, or standard contained in this regulation is for any reason held to be inoperative, unconstitutional, void, or invalid, the validity of the remaining portions thereof will not be affected and the Commission declares that it severally passed and adopted these provisions separately and apart.

5 CCR 1001-31-A-I

46 CR 10, May 25, 2023, effective 6/14/2023

46 CR 21, November 10, 2023, effective 12/15/2023