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<br />AREAWIDE (208) PLANNING PROGRAM <br /> <br />SECTION 25-8-703 OF THE COLORADO WATER QUALITY CONTROL ACT <br />STATES. "THE DIVISION SHALL ESTABLISH AND CONDUCT A CONTINUING PLANNING <br />PROCESS FOR COORDINATED WASTE TREATMENT MANAGEMENT AS REQUIRED BY <br />SECTIONS 303(E) AND 208 OF THE FEDERAL ACT, AND THE DIVISION SHALL <br />FROM TIME TO TIME SUBMIT ITS PROPOSALS TO THE COMMISSION FOR HEARING <br />AND APPROVAL." <br /> <br />TilE FEDERAL ACT REFERRED TO IN THE STATE ACT IS THE FEDERAL WATER <br />POLLUTION CONTROL ~CT AMENDMENTS OF 1972 WHICH WERE ENACTED AS PUBLIC <br />LAw 92-500. ALTHOUGH PL 92-50rJ CONTAINS ~'ANY ~IATER QUALITY PLANNING <br />REQUIREr4ENTS ONE OF THE CHIEF VEHICLES FOR ATTAINING SUCCESSFUL WATER <br />QUALITY MANI!\GEMENT IS THROUGH SECTION 208 I'lHICH IS ENTITLED, "AREAWIDE <br />WASTE TREATMENT r1ANAC;Er4ENT, " Till S I 5 GENERALLY REFERRED TO AS 1/208 <br />PLANNING," <br /> <br />(\1 <br />Q:) <br />00 THE SECTION 208 AREAWIDE PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT PROGRAM FOR <br />C\l <br />SOLVING WATER POLLUTION PROD LENS IS PERHAPS THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE <br />PROGRAI'~ nlAT THE CONGRESS HAS ESTABLISHED TO BRINe; ABOUT ENVIRONMENTAL <br />QUALITY. THIS PROGRAM TIES TOGETHER THE VARIOUS FEDERAL WATER <br />POLLUTION ABATEMENT REQUIREMENTS (U-lCLlIDING ~'UNICIPAL., INDUSTRIAL, <br />RESIDUAL WASTE, RUNOFF, AND GROUND WATER POLLUTION ABATEMENT) AND <br />PLACES THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTING THESE PRO- <br />VISIONS ~IITH STATE, REGIONAL, AND LOCAL AGENCIES. <br /> <br />~IITH THE ENACTMENT OF P,L. 92-500 ArID UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF <br />SECTION 208, THE GOVERNOR OF EACH STATE WAS TO IDENTIFY EACH AREA <br />WITHIN THE STATE WHICH, AS A RESULT OF URBAN-INDUSTRIAL CONCENTRATIONS <br />