WSP04580

• File Number: 8272.500
• Description: Colorado River Basin Salinity Control - Colo Dept of Public Health - WQCC and WQCD
• Basin: Colorado Mainstem
• Water Division: 5
• Date: 7/1/1984
• Author: CDH
• Title: Annual Work Plan 1984-1985 - For The Office of Health Protection - Colorado Department of Health
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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4. To increase awareness of environmental/health protection issues among affected groups, businesses.. and citizens throughout the state.

5. To develop and maintain CDn capability to perforDI envJ.ronmental assessments, predict health impacts and develop policies to deal with
energy and mineral development projects 1n cooperation with the Department of Natural Resources and other state agencies.

6. To institutionalize comprehensive and integrated state groundwater quality protection programs.

7. To oversee the development and performance of a comprehensive program to control contamination fro. Rocky Mountain Arsenal.

8. To develop and promote the use of standards aJ the state and local level for the purpose of assessing preventable health and environmental
problems and preventive services in communities as typified by such documents as -Model Standards for Community Preventive Health
Services."

V. PRINCIPAl. F. Y. 1984-1985 GOAl's RANKED IN PRIORITY ORDER

1. To provide requested assistance to all six OHP divisions In achieving their most important principal F.Y. 1984-1985 goals including the
following;

* Air Pollution Control Division--"To reduce the population exposure levels of carbon monoxide in the Denver metropolitan area froll 420,000
person days to 210,000 person days and reduce population exposure by an equivalent percentage in Colorado Springs, Ft... Collins, and Greeley
by June 30, 1985."

* Consumer Protection Division--"To obtain the resources necessary to conduct statutorily mandated programs in a manner that will afford
consumers in Colorado adequate public health protection."

* Diseas~ Control and Epidemiology Division--"To reduce hypertension-related cardiovascular disease in Colorado from a crude mortality rate of
2]3/100,000 by 1% to 231/100,000 by June, 1985 and to reduce hypertension-related cerebrovascular disease in Colorado from a crude mortality
rate of 46/100,000 by 3% to 47/100,000 by June, 1985."

* Radiation Control Division--"To carry out legislative mandate for control of radioactive materials and other sources of ~onizlng radiation
through the issuance of licenses, environmental surveillance, evaluation, and emergency response."

* Waste ~~nagement Division--NTo implement the RCRA Subtitle C hazardous waste regulatory program in lieu of EPA by August, 1984.-

* Water Quality Control Division--"To maintain prevaIling stream standards on tllree priority stream segments by conducting w8steload alloca-
tion studies to determine the allocation of pollutant reductions among contributing dischargers and sources."

2. To assist the Water Quality Control Division and Water Quality Control Commission in adopting a coordinated framework for state agencies
to utilize groundwater quality protection programs.

3. To initiate development of an integrated taxies management program within the OHP.

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