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<br />6r'G;; <br />\ <br /> <br />-X>etl~e.'C' "(osT t /tI113 <br /> <br />- Environment Policy Act <br />Up Before Senate Again <br /> <br />A bill which would give the highways. airports or sid areas; vironment of other persons." <br />Colorado Land Use Commission construction of dams or reseT. $en John Bermingham. R- <br />authority to enforce environ- voirs; location or relocation of Denver, prime sponsor of the <br />men t a I guidelines was in+ private or public enterprises bill. explained that the measure <br />troducro Wednesday in the Col- employing more than 100 per- died in the 1m session in the <br />orado Senate. sons, new residential develop- House alter It passed the <br />The measure-called the Col- ments including rrI(I1"e than 500 Senate. <br />Grado Environmental Policy home sites or such locations E.,,\'IRO~"}IE.'OTAL GROUP <br />Act-is almost idenlical to one requiring use of more than It is the work of an envirOn- <br />which was introduced but failed 200.000 gallons of water or mental group which was at. <br />in the 1972 legislative session. 100.000 gallons of waste treat. tempting 10 implement a ree: <br />This }'ear, given a stamp of ap- ment per day. ommenclation by a 55-member <br />proval by the interim Commit- The bill would gi\'e the Land environmental commission. I <br />tee on Ba]anced Population, the Use Commission power to seek Bill sponsors in addition to <br />measure will be tried again. court orders 10 prohibit such Bermingham i n c Iud e Seni <br />The bill. Senate Bill -13, would actions if they weren't state. Hugh F 0 w I e r, R-Littleton; <br />require the filing of environ- approved. Court review of com. Roger Cisneros, D.Denver, and <br />mental impact statements for mission decisions is provided, Richard Plock, R-Denver, and <br />"major actions." ~ith a requirement that viola- R e p s. Richard Lamm. D- <br />':\IAJOR ,\crlO~S' lots of court orders be [med up Denver. and Charles DeMoulin, <br />Listed as among "major ac- to $2.500 a day for each day of D-Denver. I <br />tlons" are diversions of surface violation. Sen. Fowler also Introduced 1!I <br />water among drainage: basins. The measure slates as a poI- bill Wednesday to prohibit the <br />oil shale development. clear- icy that "no person has any use of drink rontainets that 3Tf <br />cutting operations. strip mining, absolute: or unrestrictable rigbt not recyclable:. The same mea- <br />nuclear detonations, lOcation, lor prhilege to use his property sure has failed in two prt!vious <br />relocation or enlargement of in a way Ihat degrades the en. sessions. <br /> <br />00'0 0'00 QQQ <br />