State welcomes community involvement in developing a plan to advance environmental justice
Health department to create more protective requirements for sources of air pollution in disproportionately impacted communities
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State implements additional permit requirements for minor sources of air pollution
Health department establishes more protective modeling provisions for new general permit applications
Air and climate challenges facing region focus of annual Four Corners Air Quality Group meeting
In person and online meeting taking place in Farmington on Sept. 21 & 22, 2022
CDPHE seeks new round of public feedback on environmental justice recommendations
REMOTE (Aug. 31, 2022): The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment wants additional feedback from community members on the Environmental Justice Action Task Force’s third draft of recommendations that it will send to the legislature, governor, and CDPHE in the fall.
Public health officials urge parents to get their children up-to-date on back-to-school vaccinations
CDPHE releases 2021-2022 school and child care immunization rates
STATEWIDE (Aug.
CDPHE to send vaccine reminder texts and emails to parents and guardians
Stress importance of staying up to date on routine childhood and adolescent vaccines
STATEWIDE (Aug.
State issues cease and desist order for Prospect Energy Krause site
Health department cites risk to public welfare
REMOTE (August 25): The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment’s Air Pollution Control Division is ordering Prospect Energy to immediately cease operations at its Krause site north of Fort Collins because of repeated violations that endanger public welfare. The division’s decision comes after it exhausted other options to correct those violations, including initiating several enforcement actions.
New EMS task force will evaluate services statewide, recommend new standards
REMOTE (Aug. 23, 2022): The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment has established a 20-member EMS system sustainability task force to evaluate medical services and systems throughout the state.
CDPHE adds Multidisciplinary Center on Aging at the University of Colorado as a Recognized Health Navigator Training Program
Denver, (August 22, 2022): The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment is pleased to add the Multidisciplinary Center on Aging at the University of Colorado as a Recognized Health Navigator Training Program. Recognized programs must demonstrate that their training curricula meet the entry-level core competencies for individuals to become credentialed health navigators in Colorado.