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DENVER — Colorado
has taken the unusual step
of inviting the U.S. Environ-
mental Protection Agency to
downgrade the air quality
rating of the state’s biggest
population center, and not
everyone thinks that was a
good idea.
The EPA held a hearing
Friday on whether to lower
the ozone status of Denver
and eight other northern
Colorado counties from
“moderate” to “serious.”
That would force the state to
work harder to reduce harm-
ful pollution but also bring
tougher and more costly
regulations for businesses.
The agency expects to
decide by the end of the
year.
The EPA acted after
Democratic Gov. Jared Polis
said in March that Colorado
would no longer ask for an
exemption from EPA stand-
ards by claiming some of the
pollution was drifting into
the state from elsewhere.
It’s time to stop “sugar-
coating” Colorado’s air
problems, he said last
month. “Moving to ‘serious’
status finally helps us stop
sweeping our air quality cri-
sis under the rug and gives
us additional tools to move
urgently to make our air
cleaner,” he said.
But business groups say
the state’s own data show
Colorado would meet EPA
standards if not for pollution
from other states and conti-
nents. Lowering the air rat-
ing would hurt the economy
by increasing the cost of do-

ing business, they say.

“We’re talking about tens

of millions of dollars in direct

and indirect costs,” Paul

Seby, an attorney represent-

ing Defend Colorado, said in

an interview before the hear-

ing. Defend Colorado advo-

cates for business and in-

dustry on state and federal

regulation.

Denver and the rest of the

northern Colorado urban

corridor has struggled to

meet EPA ozone standards

for 15 years. Ground-level

ozone can aggravate asthma

and contribute to early

deaths from respiratory dis-

ease. It’s the main compo-

nent of smog, and it’s cre-

ated from pollution emitted

by vehicles, industries, sol-

vents and other sources.

Clean air advocates wel-

comed Polis’ decision to

withdraw the state’s request

for an exemption.

“It’s a big deal,” said

Christine Berg, Colorado

field consultant for Moms

Clean Air Force. “We know

ozone pollution is particu-

larly harmful for children.”

At Friday’s hearing, sev-

eral people told the EPA

they blame ozone for their

health problems.

“I’m someone who never

used to have breathing prob-

lems,” said Marie Venner,

who lives in the Denver sub-

urb of Lakewood. Now, it

sometimes hurts to take a

breath, she said.

Seby said Polis’ decision

was based on politics, not

facts.

Polis’ predecessor, Dem-

ocratic Gov. John Hicken-

looper — who ended his

presidential bid last month

and is now running for the

U.S. Senate — had asked for

the exemption based on

data showing that pollution

elsewhere and forest fire

smoke from other states had

pushed Colorado over the

limit, Seby said.

“Gov. Polis came into of-

fice and the exact opposite

came about,” Seby said.

“The data didn’t change, the

science didn’t change — ex-

cept for the politics.”

Seby said hundreds of

businesses and institutions

could be affected if Col-

orado’s air rating is down-

graded: oil and gas drilling,

refineries, large breweries,

print shops, wastewater

treatment plants and hospi-

tals.

Anna Unruh, an air qual-

ity consultant for Trinity

Consultants, which helps

businesses get environmen-

tal permits and comply with

regulations, agreed that a

lower rating would compli-

cate life for businesses and

industry.

New businesses and ex-

pansion projects might have

to go through a longer, more

rigorous process to get per-

mits, she said. Existing oper-

ations might have to get an

additional permit. More

businesses would have to de-

vote employee time to moni-

toring and reporting on their

pollution.

“Permitting definitely

will get more difficult,” she

said in an interview.

Failing to act on dirty air

also has economic costs, es-

pecially to Colorado’s vital

tourism economy, said

Robert Ukeiley, an attorney

for the Center for Biological

Diversity. Nitrogen and

other pollutants affect the

environment and the views

in Rocky Mountain National

Park, the third-most-visited

park in the nation, about 60

miles northwest of down-

town Denver.

“People don’t want to go

to a national park and look

at smog,” Ukeiley told the

EPA at the hearing.

In addition to Denver,

counties affected by the

change are Adams, Arapa-

hoe, Boulder, Broomfield,

Douglas, Jefferson, Larimer

and Weld.

Colorado rethinking

its air quality rating

State requests a lower

EPA score to spur

antipollution efforts,

including increased

regulation on industry.

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