Colorado § 25-5-1302 - Definitions.

§ 25-5-1302. Definitions.

As used in this part 13, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) "Chemical plant" means a large integrated plant or that portion of such a plant, other than either a plant in which flammable liquids are produced on a commercial scale from crude petroleum, natural gasoline, or other hydrocarbon sources or a plant or that portion of a plant where flammable liquids produced by fermentation are concentrated and where the concentrated products may also be mixed, stored, or packaged, where flammable liquids are produced by chemical reactions or used in chemical reactions.

(1.5) "Class B fire" means a fire involving flammable liquids or gases, including petroleum, paint, alcohol, solvent, oil, and tar.

(2) "Class B firefighting foam" means foam designed for flammable liquid fires.

(3) "Department" means the department of public health and environment.

(3.3) "Eligible entity" means an entity identified by the department as an entity that may qualify for the grant program.

(3.5) "Eligible material" means a material containing perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances that is identified by the department as eligible for purchase under the take-back program.

(3.6) "Executive director" means the executive director of the department or the executive director's designee.

(3.7) "Fees" means the fees imposed by section 8-20-206.5 (6).

(4) "Fire department" means the duly authorized fire protection organization of a town, city, county, or city and county, a fire protection district, a metropolitan district or county improvement district that provides fire protection, or a volunteer fire department organized under section 24-33.5-1208.5.

(5) "Firefighting personal protective equipment" means any clothing, including jackets, pants, shoes, gloves, helmets, and respiratory equipment, designed, intended, or marketed to be worn by firefighting personnel in the performance of their duties.

(5.5) "Fund" means the perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances cash fund created in section 8-20-206.5 (7).

(5.7) "Grant program" means the perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances grant program created in section 25-5-1310.

(5.8) "Intentionally added PFAS chemicals" has the meaning set forth in section 25-15-603 (12).

(6) "Manufacturer" means a person or entity that manufactures firefighting agents or firefighting equipment and any agents of that person or entity, including an importer, a distributor, an authorized servicer, a factory branch, and a distributor branch.

(7) "Perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances" or "PFAS chemicals" means a class of fluorinated organic chemicals containing at least one fully fluorinated carbon atom.

(7.5) "Release" means any spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring, emptying, discharging, injecting, escaping, leaching, dumping, or disposing of a chemical into the environment.

(8) "Take-back program" means the program created in section 25-5-1311 that allows the department to purchase and dispose of materials that contain perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances.

(9) "Terminal" means a facility that engages in the wholesale distribution of crude petroleum and petroleum products, including liquified petroleum gas from bulk liquid storage facilities.

(10) "Water quality spills hotline" means the phone system created and maintained by the department for the reporting of spills or discharges into state waters to the department.

Source: L. 2019: Entire part added, (HB 19-1279), ch. 427, p. 3725, § 3, effective August 2. L. 2020: (3.3), (3.5), (3.7), (5.5), (5.7), and (8) added, (SB 20-218), ch. 141, p. 615, § 2, effective June 29. L. 2022: (1.5), (3.6), (5.8), (7.5), (9), and (10) added, (HB 22-1345), ch. 338, p. 2433, § 3, effective June 3.

ANNOTATION

Law reviews. For article, "PFAS Regulation in Colorado", see 54 Colo. Law. 30 (Nov. 2025).