Code of Colorado Regulations
1000 - Department of Public Health and Environment
1002 - Water Quality Control Commission (1002 Series)
5 CCR 1002-11 - REGULATION NO. 11 - COLORADO PRIMARY DRINKING WATER REGULATIONS
Section 5 CCR 1002-11.63 - STATEMENT OF BASIS, SPECIFIC STATUTORY AUTHORITY AND PURPOSE: November 13, 2023, rulemaking; Final Action November 13, 2023; Effective Date January 14, 2024

The Water Quality Control Commission revised the following section in this rulemaking hearing: Section 11.2(6) - Materials Incorporated by Reference. The provisions of the Colorado Revised Statutes (CRS), sections 25-1.5-202, and 25-8-202(1), CRS, provide specific statutory authority for adoption of these regulatory amendments. The Commission also adopted, in compliance with section 24-4-103(4), CRS, the following statement of basis and purpose.

BASIS AND PURPOSE

The Commission recently adopted the Lead and Copper Rule Revisions as required to retain Colorado's primacy under the Safe Drinking Water Act. Those revisions incorporate by reference a number of federal regulations. Pursuant to 24-4-103(12.5), CRS, incorporations by reference must identify the version of regulations adopted by including a date. This rulemaking amends the incorporation by reference date in Regulation 11.2(6) from April 8, 2018 to November 13, 2023 in order to include recent changes to the federal regulations relevant to the Lead and Copper Rule Revisions.