As used in this article 8, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1.1) "Agricultural management area" means a designated geographic area defined by the commissioner of agriculture that includes natural or man-made features where there is a significant risk of contamination or pollution of state waters from agricultural activities conducted at or near the land surface.
(1.2) "Agricultural management plan" means any activity, procedure, or practice adopted as a rule by the commissioner of agriculture pursuant to article 4 of title 24, in consultation with the Colorado cooperative extension service established pursuant to part 7 of article 31 of title 23 and the water quality control division, to prevent or remedy the introduction of agricultural chemicals into state waters to the extent technically and economically practical.
(1.3) "Best management practices" means any voluntary activity, procedure, or practice established by the department of agriculture, in consultation with the Colorado cooperative extension service established pursuant to part 7 of article 31 of title 23 and the water quality control division, to prevent or remedy the introduction of agricultural chemicals into state waters to the extent technically and economically practical.
(1.4) "Biosolids" means the accumulated residual product resulting from a domestic wastewater treatment works or other domestic sources. "Biosolids" does not include grit or screenings from a wastewater treatment works or commercial and industrial septage or on-site wastewater treatment systems regulated by article 10 of this title.
(1.5) "Commission" means the water quality control commission created by section 25-8-201.
(1.7) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of agriculture.
(8.4) "Graywater treatment works" means an arrangement of devices and structures used to:
(8.5) "Industrial discharger" means any entity which introduces pollutants into a domestic wastewater treatment works from any nondomestic source subject to regulation under section 307 (b), (c), or (d) of the federal act.
(16.5) "Pretreatment requirement and standard" means any requirement, prohibition, standard, concentration, or effluent limitation described in enforceable pretreatment requirements by the commission pursuant to section 25-8-205 (1)(b), (1)(c), or (1)(d).
(17.5) "Reclaimed domestic wastewater" means wastewater that has received treatment in accordance with section 25-8-205.7, 25-8-205.8, or 25-8-205.9 and that enables the wastewater to meet the requirements, prohibitions, standards, and concentration limitations adopted by the commission for subsequent reuses other than drinking.
Source: L. 81: Entire article R&RE, p. 1311, § 1, effective July 1. L. 90: (1) R&RE and (1.1) to (1.3), (1.5), (1.7), (8.5), and (16.5) added, pp. 1329, 1337, §§ 1, 2, 1, effective July 1. L. 93: (1.4) added, p. 1578, § 1, effective July 1. L. 94: (4) and (7) amended, p. 2789, § 517, effective July 1. L. 2000: (17.5) added, p. 252, § 1, effective March 31. L. 2012: (1.4) amended, (HB 12-1126), ch. 137, p. 494, § 3, effective August 8. L. 2013: (8.3) and (8.4) added, (HB 13-1044), ch. 228, p. 1088, § 2, effective May 15. L. 2017: IP and (8.3) amended, (HB 17-1008), ch. 199, p. 722, § 1, effective August 9. L. 2018: (17.5) amended, (SB 18-038), ch. 400, p. 2365, § 1, effective August 8; (17.5) amended, (HB 18-1069), ch. 179, p. 1220, § 1, effective August 8; (17.5) amended, (HB 18-1093), ch. 171, p. 1197, § 1, effective August 8. L. 2019: (1.1), (1.2), and (1.3) amended, (SB 19-186), ch. 422, p. 3688, § 1, effective August 2.
Editor's note: Amendments to subsection (17.5) by SB 18-038, HB 18-1069, and HB 18-1093 were harmonized.
Cross references: (1) For the "Federal Water Pollution Control Act" or "Clean Water Act", see 33 U.S.C. § 1251 et seq.
(2) For the legislative declaration contained in the 1994 act amending subsections (4) and (7), see section 1 of chapter 345, Session Laws of Colorado 1994. For the legislative declaration in the 2013 act adding subsections (8.3) and (8.4), see section 1 of chapter 228, Session Laws of Colorado 2013.