Colorado Air Permitting: How CPI Supports Your Compliance Process
CPI designs and builds oxidizer systems — we are not a permitting firm, and every Colorado facility's permit obligations depend on details specific to that site. Engaging an air permitting professional who is familiar not just with federal requirements, but with Colorado's air permitting rules, is strongly recommended.
Here's how CPI fits into that process:
- Technical data your permit application will need. Emission rates, destruction/removal efficiency, stack parameters, fuel usage, and control technology specifications, delivered as part of every proposal.
- A design matched to your compliance target. Our applications engineering team coordinates with the parties responsible for your permitting so the oxidizer is sized to meet your permit's destruction efficiency and reporting requirements from day one.
- Ongoing support once you're operating. Equipment performance data for emissions reporting or agency inspections, whenever your compliance team needs it.
- A track record Colorado regulators already recognize. CPI oxidizer systems are permitted and operating across Colorado, helping our customers stay in compliance with their permit obligations.
Colorado Air Permitting Rules for Oxidizers
- Permitting authority: Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE), Air Pollution Control Division (APCD) — statewide authority, centralized with no county delegation
- EPA region: U.S. EPA Region 8
- Starting point for most projects: an Air Pollutant Emission Notice (APEN), used to report emissions and initiate a new permit, modification, or permit application
- Permit types: Construction Permits prior to building or modifying a source, Title V Operating Permits for major sources, and General Permits for certain standardized source categories
- Enhanced requirements near disproportionately impacted communities: facilities emitting VOCs, particulate matter, NOx, benzene, or related pollutants near a community that scores above the 80th percentile on Colorado EnviroScreen face additional environmental justice permitting requirements, including a required EJ summary in the application, source-specific air monitoring plans, and Reasonably Available Control Technology (RACT) obligations — see Colorado's disproportionately impacted community permitting rule
Supporting Your Project Team
Whether your Colorado project runs through an outside environmental consultant, an in-house EHS group, or your engineering team, CPI works alongside them, offering:
- BACT/MACT analysis support, with the technical data needed to weigh control technology options.
- A real installation history in Colorado that regulators have already reviewed and accepted.
- Turn-key project support spanning evaluation through commissioning, including installation estimates.
- A 24-hour Technical Service Group standing by well after startup.
Environmental consultants can find CPI's dedicated resources, including project support details and client examples, here: Environmental Consultant Resources →
"CPI has scored very highly across the board on our projects — they've had the best combination of everything." — Project Manager, Engineering Design Firm (Food & Beverage)
Aftermarket Service & Support — Colorado
CPI's aftermarket service is performed by direct CPI employees — not third-party contractors — so Colorado facilities get factory-trained technicians who know CPI equipment inside and out.
- Service performed by CPI's own technicians
- Preventive maintenance
- Emergency service, including 24/7 phone support
- Annual inspections and testing support, helping facilities meet inspection or maintenance requirements that may be specified in their air permit
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Frequently Asked Questions
Can CPI manufacture a regenerative thermal oxidizer for a Colorado facility?
Yes. CPI designs and manufactures custom RTOs, catalytic oxidizers, and thermal oxidizers for Colorado manufacturers, built on successful implementations throughout Colorado and nationwide.
Are there CPI oxidizers already running in Colorado today?
Yes — CPI oxidizer systems are installed and operating at Colorado facilities, permitted and accepted by CDPHE. That in-state history means Colorado regulators are already familiar with how CPI designs and documents its systems.
Does my facility need to consider the disproportionately impacted community permitting rule?
Possibly, since it applies specifically to VOC and related pollutant sources located near communities that score above the 80th percentile on Colorado EnviroScreen. Applicants use CDPHE's Environmental Justice Report Tool to check before submitting a permit application. Your permitting consultant, EHS team, or engineering group can confirm whether it applies to your project.
Will CPI service equipment it didn't originally manufacture?
Yes. CPI services most makes and models of regenerative thermal oxidizers, catalytic oxidizers, and thermal oxidizers, not only the systems we built ourselves.
Does CPI manage CDPHE permitting on our behalf?
No. CPI is not a permitting firm. We recommend confirming your specific requirements with an environmental consultant, EHS resource, or engineering team - CPI's role is supplying the oxidizer information that process depends on.
Is CPI a resource for environmental consultants working on Colorado projects?
Yes. CPI works closely with environmental consultants on BACT/MACT analysis and project support, backed by a proven track record of oxidizers already operating in Colorado.
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See where CPI provides oxidizer aftermarket service by state: CPI RTO Nationwide Support — All Locations
CPI's Core Technology:
Regenerative Thermal Oxidizers | Thermal Oxidizers | Catalytic Oxidizers
For Environmental Consultants, EHS & Engineering Teams:
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