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Increase Air Pollution Fees

Our Position: support
Bill Number: SB055
Sponsor: Representative Madden and Senator Hagedorn
Legislative Session: 2008

This bill would increase fees for 1) the registration of sources of ozone-depleting compounds, 2) emissions of regulated and hazardous air pollutants, 3) the filing of air pollutant emission notices, and 4) significant users of prescribed fires. It also makes an appropriation.

Status

01/14/2008 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health and Human Services Committee 

02/06/2008 Senate Committee on Health and Human Services Refer Amended to Senate Appropriations Committee

03/14/08 Passed by the Senate Appropriations Committee

03/20/08 Passed Senate Second Reading - Amended

03/25/08 Passed Senate Third Reading

03/25/08 Introduced in House - assigned to Health and Human Services and the appropriations committees

04/07/08 Passed the House Health and Human Services Committee

04/16/08 Passed the House Appropriations Committee

04/22/08 Passed House Second Reading

04/23/08 Passed House Third Reading

Action Needed

Contact Colorado Governor Ritter and ask him to sign SB 055.

Mail
Bill Ritter, Governor
136 State Capitol
Denver, CO 80203-1792

Phone
(303) 866-2471

Fax
(303) 866-2003

Contacting the Governor is easier than ever!

Write to the Governor here 

To see a full copy of the bill as a PDF, go to SB 055.

Background

Taking care of our air quality with proper legislation and regulation is a necessity to breathing in clean air. Our current fees for the emissions of hazardous air pollutants are not sufficient to cover all of the associated costs of air quality programs. Paul Tourangeau from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment supported this bill at the Senate Committee on Health and Human Services. He stated that even with an increase in fees as a result of this legislation, Colorado’s fees “will still be lower than fees charger by other states and those recommended by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) . . . The increase will generate an additional $1.75 million.” Air pollution should be a top priority, as it affects everybody, and we need to do everything we can to help keep our air breathable.