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BILL SUMMARY For COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT (CDPHE) SMART ACT PRESENTATION

JOINT COMMITTEE COMMITTEE ON JOINT SENATE TRANSPORTATION & ENERGY AND HOUSE ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT
Date Jan 13, 2023      
Location Old Supreme Court



Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) SMART Act Presentation - Committee Discussion Only
01:42:20 PM  
Jill Hunsaker Ryan,
Executive Director of the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
(CDPHE), introduced herself as well as Trisha Oeth, Director of Environmental
Health and Protection, and Erick Scheminske, Chief Operating Officer.  Executive
Director Hunsaker Ryan gave an overview of the department, its responsibilities,
their diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives, environmental
justice work, performance management system, FY 22-23 wildly important
goals (WIGs), and 2023-2026 strategic plan priorities.  Director Oeth
further discussed the departments WIGs, specifically the air quality goals.
CDPHE's presentation is included as Attachment A.
01:53:44 PM  
Director Oeth went
into details on each of the air quality WIGs and upcoming work in 2023
regarding air quality. Mr. Scheminske went over CDPHE's FY 2023-24 budget
request.  Mr. Scheminske went into detail on CDPHE's key FY 23-24
budget requests around water quality, fee relief, and radon mitigation.
 
02:02:58 PM  
Mr. Scheminske also discussed the investment of CDPHE's federal stimulus dollars.
02:10:23 PM  
Executive Director
Hunsaker Ryan went over CDPHE's legislative agenda for the 2023 legislative
session and its regulatory proceedings for the year.
02:17:14 PM  
Executive Director
Hunsaker Ryan, Director Oeth, and Mr. Scheminske responded to questions
from the committee.
02:27:50 PM  
Nicole Rowan, Director
of the Water Quality Control Division at CDPHE, introduced herself and
answered questions from the committee.
02:28:45 PM  
Director Oeth and
Mr. Scheminske continued to answer questions from the committee.
02:45:48 PM  
Jeff Lawrence, Director of the Division of Environmental Health and Sustainability, CDPHE, answered questions from the committee.






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