NEWS RELEASE
COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF REGULATORY AGENCIES
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The Colorado Public Utilities Commission will conduct a public comment hearing seeking comment on amending rules regulating Pipeline Operators and Gas Pipeline Safety.
Meeting Details:
- Public hearing to amend Rules Regulating Pipeline Operators and Gas Pipeline Safety, see Proceeding No. 22R-0491GPS.
- Thursday, Jan. 19, 2023
- 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
- Remote only via this link.
- Requests for language accommodations should be made at least one week prior to the event by completing the Language Access Form. Requests can also be made directly by contacting Holly Bise at 303.894.2024 or [email protected].
What You Need to Know
The Commission issued this Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to amend its Rules Regulating Pipeline Operators and Gas Pipeline Safety (Pipeline Safety Rules) to:
- Address the legislative declaration and rule changes outlined in Senate Bill 21-108, which strengthen and streamline Colorado's laws governing gas pipeline safety.
- Proposed rules intend on allowing innovations in technology, improving the rules in recognition of an aging infrastructure system, a growing population that increasingly encounters gas infrastructure, and climate change policy. The proposed amendments recognize a shared responsibility for pipeline safety oversight among other federal and state agencies, commissions, and regulatory bodies.
- The hearing will be presided over by an Administrative Law Judge.
Additional Information on this proceeding can be found by visiting Proceeding No. 22R-0491GPS.
Comment Process:
Details on how to access the public comment hearing can be found on the Commission’s Calendar of Events, or via Zoom here.
Public comments can also be provided by:
- Submitting written comments through the Commission’s Electronic Filing System (E-Filings)
- Submitting written comments using the Commission’s online form
- Submitting through email at [email protected].
- Mailing comments to the Commission’s offices at: Colorado Public Utilities Commission, 1560 Broadway, Suite 250, Denver, CO 80202
- Calling (303) 869-3490 to leave oral comments (English and Spanish options)
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