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WY Stat § 35-11-207 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 35 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 11 - Environmental Quality|Article 2 - Air Quality|Section 35-11-207 - Notification to the Environmental Protection Agency and Contiguous States.

35-11-207. Notification to the environmental protection agency and contiguous states.| (a) The department shall transmit to the environmental protection agency:  (i) A copy of each permit application and any application for a permit modification or renewal or any portion thereof including any compliance plan, as the environmental protection agency may require to effectively review the application and otherwise carry out its responsibilities under the Clean Air Act; and  (ii) A copy of each permit proposed to be issued and issued as a final permit.  (b) The department shall provide notice of each permit application or proposed permit forwarded to the environmental protection agency under this section, to all states:  (i) Whose air quality may be affected and that are contiguous to this state; or  (ii) That are within fifty (50) miles of the source.  (c) The department shall provide an opportunity for states notified pursuant to subsection (b) of this section to submit written recommendations respecting the issuance of the permit and its terms and conditions. If any part of those recommendations are not accepted by the department it shall notify the state submitting the recommendations and the environmental protection agency in writing of its failure to accept those recommendations and the reasons therefor.  (d) Upon receipt of timely objection by the environmental protection agency under title V of the Clean Air Act the department shall not issue any permit under the operating permit program unless it is revised and issued in accordance with section 505(c) of the Clean Air Act. Any permit issued under the operating permit program shall be subject to revocation or revision by the department throughout the period of time that EPA may object under title V of the Clean Air Act.
WY Stat § 35-11-208 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 35 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 11 - Environmental Quality|Article 2 - Air Quality|Section 35-11-208 - Review of Actions on Applications.

35-11-208. Review of actions on applications.| (a) An applicant may seek relief pursuant to W.S. 35-11-802 on any final action taken on a permit including the director's refusal to grant a permit under the operating permit program or failure to act on a completed application within eighteen (18) months.  (b) Any person who participated in the public comment process on a permit application and who is aggrieved by any final action taken by the director on a permit application may seek relief pursuant to W.S. 35-11-1001.
WY Stat § 35-11-210 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 35 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 11 - Environmental Quality|Article 2 - Air Quality|Section 35-11-210 - Small Business Assistance Program Advisory Panel.

35-11-210. Small business assistance program advisory panel.| (a) There is created a compliance advisory panel consisting of the following nine (9) members:  (i) Two (2) members, who are not owners, or representatives of owners, of small business stationary sources, shall be appointed by the governor to represent the general public;  (ii) Four (4) members shall be appointed by the legislature who are owners, or who represent owners of small business stationary sources. One (1) member each shall be appointed by the majority and minority leadership of the house of representatives and one (1) member each shall be appointed by the majority and minority leadership of the senate;  (iii) One (1) member shall be selected by the director of the department to represent the department;  (iv) Two (2) members who represent major source operators in the state of Wyoming, shall be appointed by the governor.  (b) The panel shall:  (i) Render advisory opinions concerning the effectiveness of the small business stationary source technical and environmental compliance assistance program, difficulties encountered, and degree and severity of enforcement;  (ii) Make periodic reports to the environmental protection agency required under title V of the Clean Air Act;  (iii) Review information for small business stationary sources to assure such information is understandable by the layperson; and  (iv) Have the small business stationary source technical and environmental compliance assistance program serve as the secretariat for the development and dissemination of such reports and advisory opinions.  (c) Except for the initial members the panel members shall serve four (4) year terms and may be reappointed. The legislative members appointed from the house of representatives shall initially serve two (2) year terms. One (1) member appointed by the governor shall initially serve a three (3) year term. A vacancy occurs if a member ceases to meet the qualifications specified in subsection (a) of this section. A vacancy shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment. The panel shall select from its members a chairman. The panel shall hold at least four (4) regularly scheduled meetings each year, and may hold special meetings as called by the chairman. Five (5) members shall constitute a quorum for the purposes of conducting business, but all decisions must be approved by a majority of the total membership of the panel. Each member, except the department representative, shall be reimbursed for per diem, mileage and expenses for attending panel meetings in the same manner and amount as state employees. The department representative shall suffer no loss of wages for the time devoted to the duties of the panel.  (d) The panel shall be in addition to and operate separate from the advisory boards created pursuant to W.S. 35-11-113.
WY Stat § 35-11-212 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 35 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 11 - Environmental Quality|Article 2 - Air Quality|Section 35-11-212 - Effect of Other Provisions.

35-11-212. Effect of other provisions.| (a) Nothing in W.S. 35-11-203 through 35-11-212 shall be construed as affecting allowances under the allowance program and phase II compliance schedule under the acid rain provisions of title IV of the federal Clean Air Act.  (b) Nothing in W.S. 35-11-203 through 35-11-212 shall be construed as affecting the department's permitting or other regulation of the construction or modification of sources pursuant to W.S. 35-11-202 including rules in effect as of April 1, 1992 or subsequently promulgated under W.S. 35-11-202.
WY Stat § 35-11-214 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 35 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 11 - Environmental Quality|Article 2 - Air Quality|Section 35-11-214 - Emission Trading Programs.

35-11-214. Emission trading programs.| The department through rule and regulation may establish intrastate, participate in interstate, or establish intrafacility emissions trading programs. Any trading program established shall be consistent with the Clean Air Act and regulations promulgated thereunder, and consistent with ambient air quality standards.
WY Stat § 35-11-301 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 35 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 11 - Environmental Quality|Article 3 - Water Quality|Section 35-11-301 - Prohibited Acts.

35-11-301. Prohibited acts.| (a) No person, except when authorized by a permit issued pursuant to the provisions of this act, shall:  (i) Cause, threaten or allow the discharge of any pollution or wastes into the waters of the state;  (ii) Alter the physical, chemical, radiological, biological or bacteriological properties of any waters of the state;  (iii) Construct, install, modify or operate any sewerage system, treatment works, disposal system or other facility, excluding uranium mill tailing facilities, capable of causing or contributing to pollution, except that no permit to operate shall be required for any publicly owned or controlled sewerage system, treatment works or disposal system;  (iv) Increase the quantity or strength of any discharge;  (v) Construct, install, modify or operate any public water supply or construct any subdivision water supply, except that no permit to operate shall be required for any publicly owned or controlled public water supply and a permit under this section shall not be required for subdivision water supplies consisting of individual wells serving individual lots of a subdivision.
WY Stat § 35-11-303 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 35 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 11 - Environmental Quality|Article 3 - Water Quality|Section 35-11-303 - Duties of the Administrator of Water Quality Division.

35-11-303. Duties of the administrator of water quality division.| (a) In addition to other duties imposed by law, the administrator of the water quality division at the direction of the director:  (i) May conduct on site compliance inspections of all facilities and works during or following the completion of any construction, installation or modification for which a permit is issued under W.S. 35-11-301(a)(iii) or (v); and  (ii) Shall establish as necessary for the efficient enforcement of this act water quality districts within the state and provide for a field office to be located within the boundaries of each district created.
WY Stat § 35-11-304 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 35 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 11 - Environmental Quality|Article 3 - Water Quality|Section 35-11-304 - Administrator Required to Delegate Certain Management Functions to Local Governmental Entities.

35-11-304. Administrator required to delegate certain management functions to local governmental entities.| (a) To the extent requested by a municipality, water and sewer district or county, the administrator of the water quality division, with the approval of the director, shall delegate to municipalities, water and sewer districts or counties which apply the authority to enforce and administer within their boundaries the provisions of W.S. 35-11-301(a)(iii) and (v), including the authority to develop necessary rules, regulations, standards and permit systems and to review and approve construction plans, conduct inspections and issue permits. Any authority delegated under this section shall be subject to the following conditions:  (i) The delegation of authority under this section is limited to small wastewater facilities, publicly owned or controlled sewage collection and water distribution facilities and publicly owned or controlled nondischarging treatment works;  (ii) The delegation of authority under this section shall be by written agreement signed by the administrator and the local elected representative empowered to do so;  (iii) The local governmental entity has established rules, regulations and standards for the issuance of permits required under W.S. 35-11-301(a)(iii) and (v) which standards shall be at least as stringent as those promulgated by the state under W.S. 35-11-302(a)(iii);  (iv) The local governmental entity shall demonstrate to the administrator that all facilities will be approved by a registered professional engineer or city or county sanitarian for small wastewater facilities or other qualified individual approved by the water quality division administrator, and that it employs a properly certified waste treatment plant operator responsible for operation and maintenance of the treatment works in a manner at least as stringent as the department of environmental quality would require;  (v) The administrator shall periodically review the standards and administrative and enforcement programs of each local governmental entity receiving a delegation of authority under this section and may with the consent of the director revoke or temporarily suspend the delegation agreement entered into with any entity which has failed to perform its delegated duties or has otherwise violated the terms of its agreement of delegation.
WY Stat § 35-11-307 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 35 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 11 - Environmental Quality|Article 3 - Water Quality|Section 35-11-307 - Commercial Waste Treatment, Storage and Disposal Facilities.

35-11-307. Commercial waste treatment, storage and disposal facilities.| (a) In addition to any other requirement or restriction imposed under the Wyoming Environmental Quality Act, commercial waste treatment, storage and disposal facilities used for the management of more than ten (10) tons of dried wastewater treatment sludges or the equivalent thereto per operating day, are subject to the location restrictions and bond requirements provided for commercial oil field waste disposal facilities under W.S. 35-11-306.  (b) Any person who locates, constructs or operates a commercial waste treatment, storage and disposal facility in violation of the location restrictions provided by subsection (a) of this section and W.S. 35-11-306(a) is subject to the penalties provided by W.S. 35-11-901. This subsection shall be enforced by the water quality division of the department of environmental quality.  (c) The environmental quality council shall promulgate rules and regulations necessary to carry out this section including rules establishing bonding and financial assurance requirements in conformance with W.S. 35-11-306(d) through (p).  (d) This section shall not apply to publicly owned waste treatment, storage and disposal facilities.
WY Stat § 35-11-308 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 35 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 11 - Environmental Quality|Article 3 - Water Quality|Section 35-11-308 - Short Title.

35-11-308. Short title.| This act, W.S. 35-11-308 through 35-11-311, may be known and shall be cited as the "Wyoming Wetlands Act".
WY Stat § 35-11-310 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 35 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 11 - Environmental Quality|Article 3 - Water Quality|Section 35-11-310 - Notice to Drain Waters Required; Exception.

35-11-310. Notice to drain waters required; exception.| (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, after July 1, 1996, no person shall drain water from a naturally occurring or man-made wetland, or any series thereof, which has an area comprising five (5) acres or more, without first notifying the department that the water which will be drained from the wetland, or any series thereof, will not flood or adversely affect downstream lands. Notification shall include the size and location of the wetland, and whether the wetland is natural or man-made.  (b) Subsections (a) and (c) of this section do not apply to disturbances of wetlands resulting from mining operations conducted pursuant to mining permits issued by the department of environmental quality.  (c) Any person draining, or causing to be drained, water of a naturally occurring wetland, or any series thereof, which has an area comprising five (5) acres or more, without first notifying the department as required by subsection (a) of this section, shall not be eligible to participate in the mitigation credit banking system as provided by W.S. 35-11-311. Failure to notify the department pursuant to this section does not constitute a violation for purposes of W.S. 35-11-901.
WY Stat § 35-11-311 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 35 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 11 - Environmental Quality|Article 3 - Water Quality|Section 35-11-311 - Mitigation; Guidelines.

35-11-311. Mitigation; guidelines.| (a) The department, after consultation with the Wyoming department of agriculture, state engineer, game and fish department, Wyoming water development commission and the department of transportation, shall adopt guidelines for evaluating ecological function and values and for establishing and administering a mitigation credit banking system for compensatory mitigation. The guidelines shall, at a minimum, provide for:  (i) Criteria under which mitigation credits may be earned, with credit to be recognized for man-made wetlands created after July 1, 1991;  (ii) Geographical and other appropriate limitations for the application of mitigation bank credits;  (iii) Criteria for the use, banking or sale of banked credits;  (iv) The approval by the department for the earning, using, banking, transfer or selling of mitigation bank credits; and  (v) Requirements for the maintenance and submission by the department of records concerning ecological function and wetland value losses, and credit and debit accounts for each mitigation bank.
WY Stat § 35-11-312 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 35 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 11 - Environmental Quality|Article 3 - Water Quality|Section 35-11-312 - Fees.

35-11-312. Fees.| (a) The department shall implement a surface water point source discharge permit fee system for each permit issued pursuant to W.S. 35-11-302(a)(v). The department shall assess an annual permit fee of two hundred dollars ($200.00) for each Wyoming pollution discharge elimination system permit and for each permit authorization held by any person under W.S. 35-11-301. All payment of permit fees shall be received prior to processing and issuance of the permit. Permit fees shall not be prorated and are nonrefundable upon permit modification, termination or expiration. The department shall prepare a biennium report on the fee system for review by the joint minerals, business and economic development interim committee by October 31 of the year prior to the Wyoming legislative budget session.  (b) The fees collected by the department pursuant to this section shall be deposited in a separate account, and shall be subject to appropriation by the legislature to the department to be used for costs associated with:  (i) Surface water quality monitoring and analysis;  (ii) Surface water quality modeling analysis and demonstrations;  (iii) Other nonoperating costs associated with surface water discharges.  (c) The revenue generated by this section shall not be used for operational costs associated with permit processing.
WY Stat § 35-11-314 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 35 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 11 - Environmental Quality|Article 3 - Water Quality|Section 35-11-314 - Unitization of Geologic Sequestration Sites; Purposes; Definitions.

35-11-314. Unitization of geologic sequestration sites; purposes; definitions.| (a) The purpose of W.S. 35-11-314 through 35-11-317 is declared by the Wyoming legislature to be the protection of corresponding rights, compliance with environmental requirements and to facilitate the use and production of Wyoming energy resources.  (b) Except when context otherwise requires or when otherwise defined in this subsection, the terms used or defined in W.S. 35-11-103, shall have the same meaning when used in W.S. 35-11-314 through 35-11-317. When used in W.S. 35-11-314 through 35-11-317:  (i) "Corresponding rights" means the right of all pore space owners in a unit area who will be affected by unit operations, either now or in the future, to concurrently share in the economic benefits generated by using the pore space in the unit area.
WY Stat § 35-11-315 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 35 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 11 - Environmental Quality|Article 3 - Water Quality|Section 35-11-315 - Unitization of Geologic Sequestration Sites; Agreements; Application for Permit; Contents.

35-11-315. Unitization of geologic sequestration sites; agreements; application for permit; contents.| (a) Any interested person may file an application with the Wyoming oil and gas conservation commission requesting an order providing for the operation and organization of a unit of one (1) or more parts as a geologic sequestration site and for the pooling of interests in pore space in the proposed unit area for the purpose of conducting the unit operation. The application shall contain:  (i) A copy of any permit or draft permit issued by the department allowing geologic sequestration or any application for such permit;  (ii) A description of the pore space and surface lands proposed to be so operated, termed the "unit area";  (iii) The names, as disclosed by the conveyance records of the county or counties in which the proposed unit area is situated, and the status records of the district office of the bureau of land management of:  (A) All persons owning or having an interest in the surface estate and pore space in the unit area including mortgages and the owners of other liens or encumbrances; and  (B) All owners of the surface estate and pore space not included within but which immediately adjoins the proposed unit area or a corner thereof.  (iv) The addresses of all persons and owners identified in subparagraphs (iii)(A) and (B) of this subsection, if known. If the name or address of any person or owner is unknown, the application shall so indicate;  (v) A statement of the type of operations contemplated in order to effectuate the purposes specified in W.S. 35-11-314 to comply with environmental requirements and to facilitate the use and production of Wyoming energy resources;  (vi) A proposed plan of unitization applicable to the proposed unit area which the applicant considers fair, reasonable and equitable and which shall include provisions for determining the pore space to be used within the area, the appointment of a unit operator and the time when the plan is to become effective;  (vii) A proposed plan for determining the quantity of pore space storage capacity to be assigned to each separately owned tract within the unit and the formula or method by which pore space will be allocated the economic benefits generated by use of pore space in the unit area;  (viii) A proposed plan for generating economic benefits for the use of pore space within the unit area;  (ix) A proposed operating plan providing the manner in which the unit area will be supervised and managed and, if applicable, costs allocated and paid, unless all owners within the proposed unit area have joined in executing an operating agreement or plan providing for such supervision, management and allocation and, if applicable, payment of costs. All operating plans shall comply with all applicable environmental requirements.
WY Stat § 35-11-317 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 35 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 11 - Environmental Quality|Article 3 - Water Quality|Section 35-11-317 - Unitization of Geologic Sequestration Sites; Economic Benefits; Liens.

35-11-317. Unitization of geologic sequestration sites; economic benefits; liens.| (a) No order of the Wyoming oil and gas conservation commission or other contract relating to a separately owned tract within the unit area shall be terminated by the order providing for unit operations, but shall remain in force and apply to that tract, its benefits, burdens and obligations, until terminated in accordance with the provisions thereof.  (b) Except to the extent that the parties affected agree, no order providing for unit operations shall be construed to result in a transfer of all or any part of the title to pore space or other rights in any tract in the unit area and no agreement or order shall operate to violate the terms and requirements of any permit applicable to pore space within the unit area.