COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT
WATER QUALITY CONTROL COMMISSION
5 CCR 1002-35
REGULATION NO. 35
CLASSIFICATIONS AND NUMERIC STANDARDS
FOR
GUNNISON AND LOWER DOLORES RIVER BASINS

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35.38	STATEMENT OF BASIS SPECIFIC STATUTORY AUTHORITY AND PURPOSE DECEMBER 9, 2013 RULEMAKING; FINAL ACTION MARCH 11, 2014, EFFECTIVE DATE JUNE 30, 2014
The provisions of C.R S. 25-8-202(1)(a), (b) and (2); 25-8-203; 25-8-204; and 25-8-402; provide the specific statutory authority for adoption of these regulatory amendments.  The Commission also adopted in compliance with 24-4-103(4) C.R.S. the following statement of basis and purpose.
BASIS AND PURPOSE
Pursuant to the requirements in the Basic Standards (at 31.7(3)), the Commission reviewed the status of temporary modifications scheduled to expire before December 31, 2015, to determine whether the temporary modification should be modified, eliminated or extended.  
No Action:  Temporary modifications of the uranium standards on Upper Gunnison segment 20 were reviewed.  Homestake Mining Company presented evidence that progress is being made on the plan to resolve uncertainty.  Homestake is on schedule to make a water quality standards proposal for consideration by the Commission at the annual Temporary Modification hearing in December 2014.
PARTIES TO THE RULEMAKING HEARING
1.	Rio Grande Silver, Inc.
2.	Black Hawk/Central City Sanitation District and City of Black Hawk
3.	Centennial Water & Sanitation District, City of Littleton, City of Englewood
4.	Colorado Parks and Wildlife
5.	Homestake Mining Company of California
6.	Metro Wastewater Reclamation District
7.	South Platte Coalition for Urban River Evaluation (SP CURE)
8.	City of Boulder
9.	Seneca Coal
10.	Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association
11.	City of Fort Collins
12.	MillerCoors, LLC
13.	Environmental Protection Agency
14.	Barr Lake and Milton Reservoir Watershed Association
15.	Plum Creek Water Reclamation Authority