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What is the Environmental Leadership Program?
2nd time winning the award (2009)
➔ CDPHE voluntary program (NO cost)
➔ Available to any Colorado business
(industry, government, non-profit)
➔ Focused on recognizing excellence in sustainable
operations, equity, and resource management
➔ Currently boasting 150 member businesses
➔ Has served thousands since its founding
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✔Reduce impacts to the environment
✔Implement continual improvement
✔Increase regulatory compliance integration
✔Innovate & anticipate trends in industry
✔Increase productivity & reduce costs
✔Improve financial & investment
opportunities
✔Attract employees and investors
✔Improve corporate social
responsibility
✔Learn from ELP experts
✔Receive recognition from the state
✔Training & mentorship
opportunities
✔Priority Permitting
Encore–Annual Cleanup
Karen Montanya with Montanya
DistilleryVR controller_LIDARdata
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Benefits of Joining ELP
Credit to Suzanne
Shelton, 2021
ELP is a community of passionate organizations committed to
limiting their impact through constant innovation and community action.
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Benefits of Joining ELP
258 Million Gal.
of Water
Prevented the creation of
61 Thousand Lbs.
Hazardous Waste
169 Million Lbs.
Diverted from Landfills
667 Thousand kWh of
renewable energy generated“The program provides businesses the opportunity to network and strive for
continued environmental stewardship.”
Program StructureGoals:
1 Create consistency in the application of best
practices.
2 Support businesses in creating, tracking and
ultimately
achieving their sustainability goals.
3 Provide a structure that businesses can use as a
guiding path toward sustainable operations.
4 Serve as a training program for other third party
certification / recognition programs.
Planning, Implementation, and Recognition
Program Structure
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Application with a points-based rubric
provides many “paths” to Gold
Technical Assistance Offered
Connected to Community
Mentoring / Speaking Opportunities
Connection to state programs
Letters of Recommendation
Provides Recognition
Unscored, baseline metrics tracking
“Reporting” level within the ELP
Technical Assistance Offered
Connected with community
Program Structure: Environmental Compliance
**If violations or lapses in required permits are found, the applicable compliance division is asked to
weigh in on the severity of the violation and recommend next steps.
**Organizations renew every 3 years, with an additional compliance check completed at each renewal.
RequirementPeriod of Time
Bronze Silver Gold
No serious violations - including compliance advisories or notices of violation
- of applicable local, state and federal environmental laws and permits for a
period of time prior to the date of application submission.
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year
1
year
3
years
No settlement agreement has been entered into and no compliance or
consent order has been issued for serious violations of environmental laws
and permits for a period of time immediately prior to the date of application
submission.
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year
1
year
3
years
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GOLD LEADERS - 2021
Denver Zoological Foundation
EMS + OHS MS = CMS
Denver Zoo's Safety & Sustainability Team
Denver Zoo is
Inspiring communities to save wildlifefor future generations.
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The sounds of wildlife
are being silenced.
Click to watch video
Denver Zoo
Envisions a world where wildlife thrives.
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THE EMS'S GRASSROOTS HISTORY
John Azua: Curator of Birds
Employee Since 1997
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Green AwardTop Honors
2011
2011 Customer of the Year
Sustainability Team
Award
AWARD
2013
DENVER ZOO IS A RECOGNIZED LEADER
Why the Campus Management System (CMS)?
Safety(OHS MS)
Environmental Protection & Compliance
(EMS)
Sustainability(EMS)
Denver
Zoo
Activities
Campus
Management
System
Denver Zoo's Campus Management System
The Campus Management System encompasses our EMS and OHS MS.
• ISO 14001 Certified Environmental Management System
• First certified in 2008 - August 2021
• ISO 45001 Certified Occupational Health & Safety Management System
• First certified in 2015 (OHSAS 18001) -August 2021
The Previous Statement (Pre August 2021):
Denver Zoo is 3rd Party Certified toISO 14001 – Standards for
Environmental Management Systems
ISO 45001 – Standards forOccupational Health and Safety
Management Systems
Encompassed in Denver Zoo's"Campus Management System"
ISO 3rd Party Certifications --> Denver Zoo Campus Management System
NOW, August 2021 and Beyond:
Denver Zoo's Campus Management SystemIs a robust, programmatic approach to protecting
the health and safety of its employees, animals and our environment. The CMS combines Denver Zoo's
Environmental Management System and Occupational Health and Safety Management
System.
The CMS was built around the ISO 14001 and ISO 45001 framework, through which it was 3rd party
certified for a cumulative 15 plus years. Though it is no longer 3rd party certified, the CMS continues to be inspired by the ISO framework and supported by
Denver Zoo leadership and employees.
ISO Framework
ISO Framework
▪ Understanding full reach of impacts of the organization
▪ Identifies clear roles and responsibilities
▪ Requires buy in and support from top management
▪ Requires COMPLIANCE. Keeps you honest!
▪ Evaluation, Measurement, Analysis
▪ Breaks down silos
Denver Zoo Campus Management System: What we will continue
Annual-ish Processes:
- Needs & Expectations
- AIRO
- Compliance Obligations
- Internal Audit
- Management Review
Continual Processes:
- CAPA
- Competence and Awareness
- Communication
- Operational Planning & Control
- Monitoring, Measurement, Analysis & Evaluation
- Resources
- Management of Change
Core Conservation Focus Areas
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Field Conservation
Wild Animals in Our Care at
DZ
Operations and Supply
Chain
Inspiring Communities
STRATEGIC PRIORITIES
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WILDLIFE
COMMUNITY
RESOURCES
ONE ZOO TEAM
To save wildlife we
Build and strengthen foundations for wildlife conservation action on our campus and in our communities by:• Advancing our animal facilities, management and
collection• Fostering extraordinary zoo experiences and lifelong
human-wildlife connections• Facilitating meaningful, accessible, nature-based
learning• Developing inclusive conservation capacities through
trusting partnerships• Nurturing healthy ecosystems in and around the zoo's
physical campus
Apply integrated, science-based conservation solutions that mitigate threats to wildlife by:• Supporting sound pro-wildlife policy, legislation and
management• Protecting and restoring priority habitats and
waterways• Breeding, rescuing, and reintroducing wildlife• Promoting broad adoption of sustainable best
practices• Empowering pro-conservation behavior change and
lifelong learning
Environmental Protection & Compliance, and Other
Obligations
Compliance and Other Obligations
Federal & State
• EPA
• CDPHE
• CDLE
• OSHA
Local & Municipal
• CCD
• DDPHE:
• Environmental
• Concessions
• Denver Metro Water Recovery
• DFD
• Executive Order 123
• Denver Water
• ELP
Unique to Denver Zoo
• AZA
• USDA
• Veterinary Medicine
• Communities
Denver Zoo Environmental Compliance
Water Quality (Permits, MS4,
SPCC)
Water (Recycled
Water Reg 84)
Denver Metro Water
Recovery
Waste and Hazardous
Waste
Air Quality / Emissions
Fire / HMIS
Wastewater
Asbestos and Lead
CDLE OPS
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Energy
Water
Waste
Sourcing & Materials
Social Leadership
Biodiversity
Resilience
Responsible Economic Growth
Denver Zoo Sustainability Objectives
5 Year Operational Sustainability PlanProtecting clean land, air and water tosave wildlife and protect biodiversity ofwild places.
Waste and MaterialsQualitative: Protecting clean land, air and water through responsible product purchasing, use and management.
KPI: 90% Diversion Rate by 2025
WaterQualitative: Protecting clean water through stormwater protection and management.
KPI: 50% reduction in annual water consumption by 2025 from a 2018 baseline, removing 72,000,000 gallons from annual operations
EnergyQualitative: Protecting clean air through ghg and other air pollutant reductions by focusing on energy conservation, responsible transportation and management of refrigerants and other chemicals.
KPI: 25% reduction in annual consumption by 2025 from a 2018 baseline, 100% renewable electricity by 2030
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Waste and MaterialsGoal: 90% Diversion Rate by 2025
EnergyGoal: 25% reduction in annual consumption by 2025 from a 2018 baseline.
100% renewable energy by 2030.
WaterGoal: 50% reduction in annual consumption by 2025 from a 2018 baseline.
WaterGoal: 50% reduction in annual consumption by 2025 from a 2018 baseline.
Denver Zoo ISO ---> CMS
Questions?
Rayna Oliker
[email protected](720)213-8198
cdphe.colorado.gov/sustainability-programs/environmental-leadership-program
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Megan Jorgensen
[email protected](720)337-1723
“Regulation 85 & Nonpoint Nutrient Sources: Perspectives from the Agricultural
Community”
Colorado Environmental Management SocietySeptember 14, 2021
Westminster, CO
Greg Peterson, Executive DirectorColorado Ag Water Alliance
Regulation 85
Starting in 2012, Regulation 85 began more stringent regulation of “point source” nutrient dischargers, such as wastewater treatment plants. Nonpoint sources, including most of agriculture, are discussed in the regulation, but mandatory requirements are currently not implemented. Instead, nonpoint sources are encouraged to adopt best management practices that can help reduce nutrient pollution in surface waterways.
Questions I ask at every meeting….
• Who here has heard of Reg 85?
• Who here farms the same way they did 10 years ago? 5 years ago?
Questions I am asked at every meeting….
• What does regulation look like?
• What about the quality of water I am diverting downstream of municipalities?
• How can we show “them” what we are doing?
Questions I am asked at every meeting….
• What does regulation look like?
• What about the quality of water I am diverting downstream of municipalities?
• How can we show “them” what we are doing?
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Polyacrylamide (PAM)
Edge of Field Studies
CSU/CDA partnership
South Platte
All voluntary participants
Collecting baseline data
EQIP Modeling Study2008-2018
Reduced tillage, no-till, sprinklers, drip, & field borders and buffer strips
Total Nitrogen: 8.2% decrease
Total Phosphorus: 27.7% decrease
CAWA’s High Elevation Irrigation Study
2022 - 2024
Baseline data on irrigated hay meadows
Ranchers from Gunnison, Routt, and Mesa County
Fall vs. Spring fertilization
Reg 85 an opportunity?
More modeling studies-other practices and pollutants-specific regions and districts
More edge-of-field studies
Greg Peterson, Executive DirectorColorado Ag Water Alliance
An Ounce of Prevention
Mahesh Albuquerque
Director
“Will our state provide funds to help replace aging USTs?”Aging USTs affect all PEI members involved with retail fueling systems. That’s why PEI’s convention session on aging USTs drew 500 attendeesand PEI/RP1700: Recommended Practices for the Closure of Underground Storage Tank and Shop-Fabricated Aboveground Storage Tank Systems has become such an important industry resource.
Nevertheless, so far, state financial assistance for tank removals remains spotty. At this point, Colorado wins the gold medal for shifting the focus of its petroleum storage tank fund from cleanup to release prevention. Among other benefits, owners and operators replacing USTs in the Centennial State can receive grants of$1 per gallon of tank volume removed.
How can Colorado be that generous? Three reasons top the list: the state’s fund is healthy; the Department of Oil and Public Safety has excellent aging data for the state’s UST population; and the regulatory authorities have adopted a long-term perspective.
States without one or more of these characteristics might not be as generous.
Storage Tanks Program
PST Regulations
• Since 2007 increased emphasis on properly operating and maintaining equipment
• 2019 revisions enhance tank installer and servicetechnician qualifications and pay for tank removals
OUTCOME:
• Correlation between Significant Operational Compliance and ability to detect releases earlier
• Earlier detection usually resulted in smaller, quicker and cheaper cleanups
• Aging UST infrastructure equates to higher risk
Cleanups and Closures
OPS Risk-Based Closure Tiers
Closure Distribution since 2014
Outstanding Public Service
Many experts – Many theories
Leading the Way
Question the Status Quo
PST Program - Status quo
• Very successful tanks program,
fully funded and staffed
• Periodic inspection intervals better
than most states
• All releases being addressed, no
cleanup backlog
• Solvent fund, over $36 million per
year on cleanup reimbursement
• No one is complaining…
Are we using resources wisely?
Reimbursed almost a billion dollars in cleanup costs
• Are we protecting the public and the environment?
• Who is benefiting?
• Are cleanup costs going down?
• Are we preventing releases?
• What if you are not covered by the Fund?
What could we improve?
• Incentivize Release Prevention
• Funding for Petroleum Brownfields
“Enable cleanup and redevelopment of sites
not eligible to petroleum storage tank fund”
Strategic Considerations
Legitimacy and
Support
Operational Capacity
PublicValue
Approval or endorsement
by authorizing stakeholders ?
(Public, legislature, Industry)
Available resources across
organizational boundaries ?
(FTEs and $$$)
Better social outcomes ?
Improved conditions ?
Improve Satisfaction ?
(Environmental Protection,
Economic Development)
Strategic Legislation
• House Bill 15-1299 – Incentives for Significant
Operational Compliance
• House Bill 13-1252 – Petroleum Cleanup and
Redevelopment Fund
An Ounce of Prevention…
• Energy Policy Act of 2005 and EPA’s 2015 UST
regulations increased emphasis on properly
operating and maintaining equipment
• Correlation between Significant Operational
Compliance and ability to detect releases earlier
• Earlier detection usually resulted in smaller,
quicker and cheaper cleanups
• Aging UST infrastructure equates to higher risk
Aging UST Infrastructure
USTs staying in ground longer
~ 30+ years before removal
Average age of Colorado’s USTs in use is 24.5 years
Varying Interests
State – Environmental Protection, maintain SPA
Industry – An even playing field, a solvent PST fund
OPS – Better release prevention – quicker, cheaper cleanups
Senate Bill 07-247
• Authorized PST Fund monies
to be used as incentives for
UST upgrades
• Colorado adopted EPAct
provisions requiring secondary
containment on new
installations after Fall 2008
• Good timing for incentives ...
• Have authority to do incentives, but no buy-in to implement
• Proactive owners who had already invested in upgraded
equipment did not want their competitors to now benefit
Solution – Try Again…
• House Bill 15-1299 authorized
PST Fund monies to be used
as incentives for SOC and
upgrades
• Colorado adopted EPA’s 2015
regulations in Jan 2017 with a
three year implementation
timeline – by Jan 1, 2020
• Good timing for incentives ..
industry was ready this time..
Success – Incentives in place
A dollar per gallon of
tank volume removed
Waive cleanup deductible
for certain secondarily
contained upgrades
or UST removals
“Will our state provide funds to help replace aging USTs?”Aging USTs affect all PEI members involved with retail fueling systems. That’s why PEI’s convention session on aging USTs drew 500 attendeesand PEI/RP1700: Recommended Practices for the Closure of Underground Storage Tank and Shop-Fabricated Aboveground Storage Tank Systems has become such an important industry resource.
Nevertheless, so far, state financial assistance for tank removals remains spotty. At this point, Colorado wins the gold medal for shifting the focus of its petroleum storage tank fund from cleanup to release prevention. Among other benefits, owners and operators replacing USTs in the Centennial State can receive grants of$1 per gallon of tank volume removed.
How can Colorado be that generous? Three reasons top the list: the state’s fund is healthy; the Department of Oil and Public Safety has excellent aging data for the state’s UST population; and the regulatory authorities have adopted a long-term perspective.
States without one or more of these characteristics might not be as generous.
Redevelopment Fund
Double Dip Settlements
Recovery Considerations
• Millions back into Petroleum Storage Tank Fund
• High cash balance eliminates fuel surcharge
• Recovering from the Great Recession
• Budget shortfalls
• Risk of legislature raiding fund
Eisenhower Johnson Tunnel
• Interstate 70 (I-70) major east west transportation route
• Critical infrastructure for commerce
• Disruption can be devastating
• Need a fire suppression system in tunnel
Loveland Pass – Haz Mat route
Varying Interests
State – Needs $20 million for fire sprinkler system in
tunnel
Industry – Wants an Alternate Haz Mat route
OPS – Ensure money stays in program and used for
public good
Solution - House Bill 13-1252
Redevelopment Fund
• Storage Tank Removal
• Site Assessment
• Site Characterization
• Site Cleanup
Redevelopment Fund
River North District (RiNo)
Site cleanups funded by OPS
New Opportunity
• Colorado adopted Low Emission Vehicle (LEV)
and Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) standards
• Growth estimates of 1 million EVs by 2030
• Expected demand for EV charging stations
• Multiple funding sources available
• Minimal redevelopment infrastructure cost
Multiple Funding Sources
• Up to $30,000 per site for UST removal
• Up to $2,000,000 per site for cleanup
• Up to $30,000 for a Level 3 (fast) charger
• Up to $9,000 for a Level 2 charger
• Enterprise zone credits
• Opportunity zone credits
• Other..
Success Stories
Fuel Taxes
Fuel Tax Revenue
The taxes and other fees on retail gasoline and diesel fuel, in cents per gallon, as of July 1, 2020
Gasoline Diesel 18.40 24.40Federal
Average state tax 29.86 31.76
Federal taxes include excises taxes of 18.3 cents per gallon on gasoline and 24.3 cents per gallon on diesel fuel, and a Leaking Underground Storage Tank fee of 0.1 cents per gallon on both fuels.State taxes include rates of general application including, but not limited to, excise taxes, environmental taxes, special taxes, and inspection fees, but they exclude state taxes based on gross or net receipts. State taxes do not include county and local taxes.
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Dilemma in April 2020
• Environmental Response Surcharge (ERS) on sliding scale
• PSTF receives ~ $3 million/month in ERS fuel tax revenue.
• PSTF pays out ~ $3 million/month on reimbursement claims
• Expected to receive only $2 million in March and $1M inApril revenue
• If we did nothing PSTF would go broke within 3 months (by end of FY)
In addition ….• Legislature was in session and State was facing a $3
billion budget shortfall so scrutinized all cash funds, and
“raided” larger cash funds
• Our PST Fund had a low cash balance so was not on their
radar
• Our Petroleum Cleanup and Redevelopment Fund (PCRF)
for brownfields had a $7.5 million cash balance, so we
were asked to transfer $6.7 million transfer to the states
General Fund
• A bill that would enable us to use $2 million from our PCRF
for infrastructure development grants was postponed
indefinitely
What we did…• Slowed down reimbursement – sent out payments closer
to the statutory deadline (90 days) instead of the typical45 days
• Eliminated second quarter monitoring on most “state lead” sites
• Realized some cost savings from limited inspector travel in March-April
• Engaged with Colorado Wyoming Petroleum MarketersAssociation to introduce a bill to allow us to “borrow” $4million of our own money from the PCRF before being transferred to the States General Fund
Outcomes….• HB20-1406 was introduced, passed by legislature and
signed by our Governor – allowed a $4 million loan transfer
to shore up our PSTF
• We were effective in controlling costs by slowing down
payments to statutory deadlines, while continuing our tank
incentives programs
• Pleasantly surprised by only a 20% reduction in ERS
revenue
• Weathered the storm, and now paying back $0.5 million
per month to our states General Fund..
Future Tax Revenue Impacts
• Working, studying, shopping from home – travelling less
• Fuel efficiency standards
• Population growth
• Greenhouse gas reduction targets
• Zero Emission Vehicle goals
23 states and DC adopted specific
Greenhouse Gas Reduction targets to
address Climate Change
15 States Agree to Work Togetherfor All Heavy Trucks to Be Electricby 2050
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Will trend affect UST program?
Future Considerations
What are societies funding priorities?
• Public services meet peoples needs
Who pays for cleanup?
• State Fund or Private Insurance
Who conducts inspections?
• State or 3rd party inspectors
What's does your crystal ball tell you?
• Change creates opportunities for improvement