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Gain insights into water quality permitting in Colorado, including CDPS permits, compliance, enforcement, application processes, and the importance of data and rationale in obtaining discharge permits.
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Permitting Workshop Water Quality Control Divisioncdphe.state.co.us/wqPueblo, ColoradoMay 18, 2005 `
Water Quality Permitting Perspective • Colorado Discharge Permit System (CDPS Permits) What is a discharge permit?
The Permit • It’s a legal document • Do I have to have a permit limit? • Permit limits vs monitoring only • Past compliance and enforcement • Compliance schedules • Public Notice • Issuance
Elements of Permitting • The Application • The Data • The Rationale • The Permit • Public Notice • Issuance
The Application • Gather your data • Any new Parameters of Concern? • Facility Information • Facility description • Maps and figures • Discharge point(s) • Signatures
The Rationale • What’s a Rationale?
The Data • The Water Quality Assessment • Effluent Data • Upstream Data