The Rail Communication Handbook is intended to be a helpful resource for CDOT personnel, our rail partners from private industry, concerned parties, and public entities when addressing activities near freight rail operations. This handbook identifies rail related resources within CDOT and rail partners, outlining the roles, responsibilities, and expectations of each party; creates channels to disseminate rail information quickly and efficiently; ensures consistency of information throughout the organization; and encourages early dialog, partnerships, and cooperation for all freight rail activities.
This Action Guide is intended to help local public health agencies and community partners identify strategies and action steps that will assist them in collaborating with schools as partners to increase physical activity, improve nutrition and implement comprehensive health education for students.
The Water Quality Control Division (the Division) in the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment is tasked with administering water quality control programs to protect waters of the state. The Division provides education, compliance assistance, permits, inspections and enforcement to promote prevention, control and abatement of water pollution. Per HB121119, the Division has been meeting since June (a total of 10 meetings) with stakeholders in the construction industry and other interested parties to develop a more responsive, streamlined process to improve compliance, reduce violations and provide timely enforcement. This report includes the results of this collaborative effort, including actions to develop more streamlined and responsive processes and recommendations for moving forward.
In 2009, The Governor's Energy Office (GEO)1 received an American Reinvestment and Recovery Act (ARRA) allocation of $49,222,000 through the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) State Energy Program (SEP). The DOE stated goals for the SEP-ARRA grant were: to increase energy efficiency to reduce energy costs and consumption for consumers, businesses and government reduce the U.S. reliance on imported energy; improve the reliability of electricity and fuel supply and the delivery of energy services; and reduce the impacts of energy production and use on the environment. The GEO viewed this allocation as an important one-time opportunity to remove market barriers to the development of energy efficiency and renewable energy resources statewide.