C.R.S. Section 8-20.5-302
Duties of director of division of oil and public safety

rules

(1)

The director of the division of oil and public safety shall make, promulgate, and enforce rules for aboveground storage tanks installed before July 1, 1993, which rules shall be no more stringent than the rules in place on the date of installation, except as mandated by federal spill prevention, control, and countermeasures regulations promulgated by the United States environmental protection agency.

(2)

The director of the division of oil and public safety shall make, promulgate, and enforce rules concerning the design, construction, installation, and operation of aboveground storage tanks permitted to be used and installed on or after July 1, 1993, which rules shall be no more stringent, either substantially or procedurally, than the requirements contained in the current edition of the national fire code published by the national fire protection association, as revised by the association from time to time, and in spill prevention control and countermeasures regulations promulgated by the United States environmental protection agency.

(3)

Within one hundred twenty days after January 1, 2008, the director of the division of oil and public safety shall promulgate, and the division shall enforce, rules concerning the placement of aboveground storage tanks that contain renewable fuels. Such rules shall be promulgated with the purpose of developing a uniform statewide standard of issuing permits for aboveground storage tanks to promote the use of renewable fuels so that the process of obtaining a permit for an aboveground storage tank that contains renewable fuels may be more efficient and affordable.

Source: Section 8-20.5-302 — Duties of director of division of oil and public safety - rules, https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/images/olls/crs2023-title-08.pdf (accessed May 26, 2025).

8–20.5–101
Definitions 8–20.5–102
Registration - fees 8–20.5–103
Petroleum storage tank fund - petroleum cleanup and redevelopment fund - creation - rules - repeal 8–20.5–104
Rules - petroleum storage tank committee 8–20.5–105
Confidentiality 8–20.5–106
Injunctions 8–20.5–107
Enforcement orders - civil penalties 8–20.5–108
Petroleum storage tank administration - transfer to department of labor and employment - legislative declaration 8–20.5–201
Legislative declaration 8–20.5–202
Duties of director of division of oil and public safety - rules 8–20.5–203
Performance of duties by owner or operator 8–20.5–204
Installation and upgrading of underground storage tanks 8–20.5–205
More stringent requirements prohibited 8–20.5–206
Financial responsibility for petroleum underground storage tanks - rules 8–20.5–207
Financial responsibility for regulated substances other than petroleum 8–20.5–208
Reporting of releases - investigation 8–20.5–209
Regulated substances releases - corrective actions 8–20.5–301
Legislative declaration 8–20.5–302
Duties of director of division of oil and public safety - rules 8–20.5–303
Financial responsibility for aboveground storage tanks - rules 8–20.5–304
Regulated substances releases - corrective actions

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C.R.S. Section 8-20.5-302 Duties of director of division of oil and public safety

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C.R.S. Section 8-20.5-302
Duties of director of division of oil and public safety