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Air Pollution Control Division: Data access

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Overview

The CDPHE Air Pollution Control Division’s data access web page hosts resources and guidance on  air quality information in Colorado. Specifically, this web page includes information about: 

  • Stationary sources of air pollution in Colorado.
    • Stationary sources of air pollution include industrial facilities, oil and gas operations, and power plants.
  • Data visualizations on stationary sources and air pollution in Colorado.

The division is creating more online tools and will add them to this page once complete.

 

The guidance document is intended to help users navigate the data visualization tool for stationary emission sources.

 

Provides information on data presented in the data visualization tool. Includes how the data is received, updated, and used.

 

Provides data on when Environmental Justice Summaries are verified by the division. It provides early notice of potential future air permits in your community. All applicable air permit applicants must submit an Environmental Justice Summary prior to submitting their permit application.

 

Allows users to navigate through the thousands of stationary emission sources in Colorado. Users can view the emission totals and facility records and download emission data.

 

View all current permits undergoing analysis by the CDPHE Air Pollution Control Division. These permits may be new sources to the state or modifications to existing sources.

 

Access data related to COVID-19, Education, Public Safety, and more.

The air division is implementing a multi-year project to improve and update Colorado’s data system for stationary sources of air pollution. The new data system will support numerous division activities including: 

  • Billing.
  • Compliance and enforcement.
  • Inspections.
  • Inventory.
  • Monitoring, progress, and performance.
  • Permitting.
  • Reporting. 

The new data system will include detailed information about specific sources of air pollution and those sources’ operations. The new data system also:

  • Eliminate a number of paper-based processes.
  • Increase transparency.
  • Improve processing times.
  • Improve public access to information.
  • Update and streamline processes.

The data system will include information from many industries, such as:

  • Agriculture.
  • Construction.
  • Landfills.
  • Manufacturing.
    Mining.
  • Oil and gas.
  • Power utilities.
  • Retail, such as gas stations and dry cleaners.

The data gathered from these businesses will be used to regulate air pollution. Many processes in the new data system will apply complex science and engineering; other processes are more administrative in nature.

The goals of the stationary sources data modernization project include making important air information easier for:

  • Businesses to input their data correctly and act in a timely manner on any needed corrections or follow-up.
  • Division staff to process new actions, supporting the timeliness of public health and environmental protections.
  • The public to access online. 
    Publicly-accessible information will include:
    Data visualizations such as GIS maps and dashboards.
    Facility-specific data.

Starting in 2022, the air division hosted public meetings to share information, answer questions, and collect feedback on the data modernization project. These public meetings helped to inform ongoing and future work related to the data modernization project.

Feedback received from public meeting participants and stakeholder conversations include interest in the following:

  • Ability to locate information.
  • Access to data the division uses when making decisions.
  • Entering data correctly the first time.
  • Information available for timely permitting decisions.
  • Knowing when and why the division engages stakeholders.
  • Understanding the basis for division decisions.

Contact us

Questions? Email the CDPHE Air Pollution Control Division at cdphe.commentsapcd@state.co.us.

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