Code of Colorado Regulations
1000 - Department of Public Health and Environment
1002 - Water Quality Control Commission (1002 Series)
5 CCR 1002-21 - REGULATION NO. 21 - PROCEDURAL RULES
Section 5 CCR 1002-21.2 - Scope and Purpose
Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 17, September 10, 2024
A. This regulation shall govern all procedures and hearings before the Colorado Water Quality Control Commission ("the Commission") and the Colorado Water Quality Control Division ("the Division"). They are intended to assure that all such procedures and hearings will be fair and impartial.
B. This regulation does not apply to interpretive rules or general statements of policy, which are not meant to be binding except as provided herein.
C. Except when necessary to comply with applicable statutes, the requirements of this regulation may be waived whenever it is determined that strict adherence to the rules is not in the best interests of fairness or impartiality. In any such instance appropriate justification shall be provided to all interested persons or parties.
D. In the event of a conflict between this regulation and the APA, the Act, the OWTS Act or the drinking water statutes, the statutes shall prevail.