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<br />REGULATIONS WHICH WILL REQUIRE THE STATES TO DEVELOP AREAWIDE WASTE <br />TREATMENT MANAGEMENT PLANS FOR ALL NON-DESIGNATED AREAS IN THE STATE. <br />THIS WILL PLACE A CONSIDERABLE BURDEN ON THE STATES TO COMPLY WITH <br />THE COURT DECISION AND THE FORTHCOMING REGULATIONS. <br /> <br />IN COLORADO} PRIOR TO THE ENACTMENT OF P.L. 92-500, THE WATER <br />QUALITY CONTROL DIVISION HAD ANTICIPATED THERE WOULD BE AREAWIDE <br />PLANNING FOR URBAN-INDUSTRIAL AREAS WHICH ~IOULD BE FUNDED BY THE <br />FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. THIS WAS A PROVISION OF THE EXISTING FEDERAL <br />WATER POLLUTION CONTROL ACT. THEREFORE, TO PREVENT A DUPLICITY OF <br />FUNDING AND EFFORT THE THREE S.i1.S.A.'s IN COLORADO WERE OMITTED <br />FROM THE BASIN PLANNING PROCESS, THE THREE AREAS OMITTED WERE THE <br />METROPOLITAN AREAS OF DENVER, COLORADO SPRINGS, AND PUEBLO. AFTER <br />THE ENACTMENT OF P. L 92-500 I N OCTOBER, 197L LETTERS WERE SENT <br />TO THE GOVERNOR RECOMt1ENDI NG THE THREE METROPOLITAN AREAS BE <br />DESIGNATED AS f20gnAAEAS" AND THE RESPECTIVE COUNCILS OF GOVERNMENTS <br />BE DESIGNATED AS THE PLANNING AGENCIES. LETTERS WERE ALSO SENT TO <br />THE THREE COUNCILS OF GOVERNMENTS REQUESTING THEM TO APPLY TO THE <br />GOVERNOR FOR DESIGNATION. IN DUE COURSE THE THREE AREAS WERE <br />C) DESIGNATED AND THEIR APPLICATION FOR FUNDS APPROVED BY REGION VIII <br />QJ <br />0Cl OF E. P. A. <br />C\J <br /> <br />SUBSEQUENT TO THE DECISION TO DESIGNATE THE THREE METROPOLITAN <br />AREAS REFERRED TO PREVIOUSLY, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT RELEASED <br />ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR AREAWIDE PLANNING. WITH THE RELEASE OF ADDITIONAL <br />FUNDS OTHER STATE PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT AREAS AND ORGANIZATIONS WERE <br />RECOMMENDED FOR DESIGNATION. THE COUNCILS OF GOVERNMENTS FOR THESE <br />PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT REGIONS MADE APPLICATION TO THE GOVERNOR AND <br /> <br />- 3 - <br />