[CPEO-MEF] Colorado Adopts Institutional Control Legislation

[Aimee Houghton <aimeeh@cpeo.org>]

[The following comes from Energy Communities Alliance
(ECA).  --Aimee]


> Colorado
> Adopts Institutional Control Legislation:
> On April 20, Governor Owens signed SB01-145 into law.  This bill,
> which was one of the top items on Attorney General Ken Salazar's
> legislative agenda, creates an "environmental covenant," an
> enforceable mechanism for implementing institutional controls imposed in
> connection with cleanups of contaminated sites.  SB01-145 also
> contains several innovative provisions intended to address many of the
> inherent difficulties of implementing institutional controls.  For
> example, the law provides for multiple enforcers, and allows the state
> environmental regulatory agency to enforce local zoning ordinances under
> certain circumstances.  
>  
> The final text of the legislation can be found
> at
> http://www.leg.state.co.us/2001/inetcbill.nsf/fsbillcont/094BCE24011E65C7872569C10051C008?Open&file=145_enr.pdf
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Aimee R. Houghton                                 

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