New Colorado Law to Toughen Up Toxics Emissions Reporting

Some Colorado businesses will have to report toxics emissions data annually starting next year, with the state set to strengthen air toxics monitoring under a new state law.

H.B. 22-1244—signed Thursday by Gov. Jared Polis (D)—will require owners and operators of certain sources of pollution to submit annual toxic emissions reports starting with calendar year 2023. It also will require the state to set up a monitoring program and operate six toxics monitoring stations, up from Colorado’s lone station in Grand Junction.

“The true impact of HB22-1244 will be measured in its implementation,” Rebecca Curry, Colorado policy counsel at ...