Using gasoline-powered lawn and garden equipment during the summer is now banned in the Denver Metro/North Front Range Ozone Nonattainment Area, but only for government entities — for now.
The Regional Air Quality Control Commission enacted a rule in 2024 banning the use of small gas-powered equipment by the government. This rule requires agencies and private commercial contractors working for state and local governments to use non-polluting electric or hand-powered equipment from June 1 through Aug. 31 as part of the state’s effort to reduce summer ozone pollution in the ozone nonattainment area that includes Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Denver, Douglas, Jefferson, Larimer and Weld counties
The restriction applies to federal, state and local governments, as well as special districts…