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WY Stat § 35-11-1507 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 35 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 11 - Environmental Quality|Article 15 - Radioactive Waste Storage Facilities|Section 35-11-1507 - Injunction Proceedings; Penalties.

35-11-1507. Injunction proceedings; penalties.| (a) When, in the opinion of the governor, a person is violating or is about to violate any provision of this article, the governor shall direct the attorney general to apply to the appropriate court for an order enjoining the person from engaging or continuing to engage in the activity. Upon a showing that the person has engaged, or is about to engage in the activity, the court may grant a permanent or temporary injunction, restraining order or other order.  (b) In addition to being subject to injunctive relief any person convicted of violating any provision of this article may be imprisoned for up to one (1) year, fined up to ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00), or both.
WY Stat § 35-11-1601 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 35 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 11 - Environmental Quality|Article 16 - Voluntary Remediation of Contaminated Sites|Section 35-11-1601 - Applicability; Nonvoluntary Remediation.

35-11-1601. Applicability; nonvoluntary remediation.| (a) This article establishes the requirements and procedures necessary for voluntary remediation of eligible sites under this act, and shall not authorize unpermitted releases of contaminants to the environment of the state. Consistent with the policy and purpose of this act, this article shall provide incentive to remediate eligible sites and establish criteria for application of site-specific, risk-based remediation. All voluntary remediation requirements for eligible sites shall be performed in accordance with this article and shall be contained in a remedy agreement issued under W.S. 35-11-1607. Except as provided in subsection (d) of this section, no additional remediation requirements may be imposed by the department under this act for remediation of any site subject to a remedy agreement issued under W.S. 35-11-1607, unless the remedy agreement has been reopened or terminated under W.S. 35-11-1610. Nothing in this subsection shall prohibit the imposition of remediation requirements to address the release of a contaminant which may occur after a remedy agreement has been entered into or a no further action letter has been issued. Remediation authorized by the department under this article shall not be deemed a prohibited act under this act, or of any rules or regulations promulgated thereunder.  (b) Remediation is not voluntary under this article if it is required:  (i) By order of the department, council or by any court and entered without the consent of a person; or  (ii) By order of the department, council or by any court and entered without the consent of a person who has failed or refused to enter into, or breached the terms of, a preliminary remediation agreement, remedy agreement or reopened remedy agreement; or  (iii) By administrative or judicial order to which the United States environmental protection agency is a party, which is issued after the effective date of this act, on a site that has been determined not to be eligible under W.S. 35-11-1603.  (c) Sites that are not eligible for voluntary remediation are subject to all other applicable requirements of this act, including the provisions of W.S. 35-11-1613.  (d) Nothing herein shall relieve owners or operators of eligible sites from applicable permit requirements under this act or limit the director's ability to undertake enforcement action relating to a complaint under article 7 of this act and impose a penalty for violation of the act under article 9 of this act.  (e) Nothing in this article shall limit the director's authority to order any person to abate any condition that poses an imminent or substantial endangerment to human health or the environment, or the director's authority to issue emergency orders under W.S. 35-11-115.
WY Stat § 35-11-1602 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 35 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 11 - Environmental Quality|Article 16 - Voluntary Remediation of Contaminated Sites|Section 35-11-1602 - Eligibility for Voluntary Remediation Program; Sites Eligible; Sites Ineligible.

35-11-1602. Eligibility for voluntary remediation program; sites eligible; sites ineligible.| (a) Eligible sites shall include sites which meet the following conditions:  (i) Sites, or portions of sites, where releases occurred before the effective date of this article and:  (A) The site, or portion of site, where the release occurred was not subject to the permit requirements of this act at the time of the release; or  (B) The site is covered by an order of the department, council or by any court and entered with the consent of the person or entity.  (ii) Sites, or portions of sites, where releases occurred on or after the effective date of this article and where the owner or operator is implementing a pollution prevention plan consistent with rules promulgated under this act;  (iii) Waste management or disposal units that have been permitted under this act and the director determines that the release from the permitted unit, if restricted or prohibited by the permit, cannot be remediated in accord with the permit requirements because of technical impracticability.  (b) Eligible sites shall not include:  (i) A site for which remediation is not voluntary under W.S. 35-11-1601(b);  (ii) A site that is listed on the National Priorities List of Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), 42 U.S.C. §§ 9601-9675;  (iii) A commercial solid waste management facility, commercial waste incineration or disposal facility subject to W.S. 35-11-514;  (iv) Underground and aboveground storage tanks subject to article 14 of this act;  (v) Radioactive waste storage facilities subject to article 15 of this act;  (vi) Abandoned mine land sites subject to article 12 of this act; or  (vii) Any site where a release resulted from continuous or repeated violations of any law, rule, regulation or order under this act.
WY Stat § 35-11-1603 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 35 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 11 - Environmental Quality|Article 16 - Voluntary Remediation of Contaminated Sites|Section 35-11-1603 - Participation in the Voluntary Remediation Program; Application; Time for Determination.

35-11-1603. Participation in the voluntary remediation program; application; time for determination.| To participate in the voluntary remediation program a person must submit an application to the department that identifies the owner and provides a location and description of the site. The application shall also describe the site-specific conditions which the applicant believes satisfy one (1) or more of the eligibility criteria of W.S. 35-11-1602. No later than forty-five (45) days after receipt of the application, the department shall give written notice to the applicant containing the department's determination of the site eligibility for participation in the voluntary remediation program.
WY Stat § 35-11-1606 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 35 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 11 - Environmental Quality|Article 16 - Voluntary Remediation of Contaminated Sites|Section 35-11-1606 - Preliminary Remediation Agreement; Contents.

35-11-1606. Preliminary remediation agreement; contents.| (a) The preliminary remediation agreement shall contain the terms and conditions agreed to by the parties, which shall include the information and procedures required for completion of an environmental assessment or site characterization that is adequate and appropriate to support selection of a permanent or long term protective remedy for the site and adjacent property to meet the standards in W.S. 35-11-1605, and a work plan, schedule and statement of any criteria the department intends to use to evaluate work plans and reports.  (b) For any site that is determined by the director to have the potential for significant contamination, be located in an area where human exposures to contaminants are likely, or require evaluation of remedial alternatives as a condition for the state to maintain primacy in any federal program, the director shall require the site characterization plan within the preliminary remediation agreement under this section to include a description of alternative remedial actions to be evaluated and a plan for the collection of any data and site information needed to evaluate those alternative remedial actions. Not all potential remedies must be evaluated for a site. The director and the owner may enter into a single agreement containing both characterization and alternative remedial action evaluation plans, or may enter into an alternative remedial action evaluation agreement following completion of site characterization.
WY Stat § 35-11-1608 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 35 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 11 - Environmental Quality|Article 16 - Voluntary Remediation of Contaminated Sites|Section 35-11-1608 - No Further Action Letters; Findings; Natural Attenuation.

35-11-1608. No further action letters; findings; natural attenuation.| (a) If the department determines that no further remediation is required on a site, the department shall, upon request, provide the owner or prospective purchaser a no further action letter, subject to reopener or termination as provided in W.S. 35-11-1610. The department may only issue a no further action letter upon a finding by the department that the site does not require engineering or institutional controls or use restrictions to meet the standards specified in W.S. 35-11-1605(a)(ii).  (b) When the department has determined that monitored natural attenuation over a reasonable period of time is appropriate and that no exposure to contaminated media is reasonably expected during the period of natural attenuation, the department shall, upon request, provide the owner or prospective purchaser a no further action letter. The no further action letter may require that the current use of the property continue during the period of natural attenuation and also may require that testing be conducted to confirm that standards are met.
WY Stat § 35-11-1610 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 35 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 11 - Environmental Quality|Article 16 - Voluntary Remediation of Contaminated Sites|Section 35-11-1610 - Reopening or Termination of Remedy Agreements, Covenants Not to Sue, Certificates of Completion or No Further Action Determinations; Conditions; Recording.

35-11-1610. Reopening or termination of remedy agreements, covenants not to sue, certificates of completion or no further action determinations; conditions; recording.| (a) The department may reopen a remedy agreement, covenant not to sue or certificate of completion at any time if:  (i) The current owner fails substantially to comply with the terms and conditions of the remedy agreement, covenant not to sue or certificate of completion;  (ii) An imminent and substantial endangerment to human health or the environment is discovered;  (iii) Contamination is discovered that was present on the site but was not known to the owner or the department on the date of the remedy agreement or when the department issued a covenant not to sue or certificate of completion; or  (iv) The remedy fails to meet the remediation objectives that are contained in the remedy agreement or certificate of completion.  (b) The department may reopen a no further action determination at any time if:  (i) An imminent and substantial endangerment to human health or the environment is discovered; or  (ii) The department determines that the monitored natural attenuation remedy under W.S. 35-11-1608(b) is not effective in meeting the standards for a no further action letter under this section.  (c) The department may terminate a remedy agreement, covenant not to sue, certificate of completion or no further action letter if it is discovered that any of these instruments were based on fraud, material misrepresentation or failure to disclose material information, or if an owner's willful violation of any use restriction results in harmful exposures of any toxic contaminant to any user or occupant of the site.  (d) If a remedy agreement, covenant not to sue, certificate of completion or no further action letter is reopened or terminated, the department shall record a notice of such action in the office of the county clerk with the deed for the site and shall file the notice in the office of the county clerk no later than ten (10) business days after the date of the remedy agreement, covenant not to sue, certificate of completion or no further action letter is reopened or terminated.
WY Stat § 35-11-1611 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 35 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 11 - Environmental Quality|Article 16 - Voluntary Remediation of Contaminated Sites|Section 35-11-1611 - Disputes; Appeal.

35-11-1611. Disputes; appeal.| If a person and the department are unable after good faith efforts to resolve a dispute arising under this article pursuant to the provisions of an agreement, the person may appeal the department's decision to the council.
WY Stat § 35-11-1612 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 35 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 11 - Environmental Quality|Article 16 - Voluntary Remediation of Contaminated Sites|Section 35-11-1612 - Fees; Notice; Appeal.

35-11-1612. Fees; notice; appeal.| The department shall implement a fee system and schedule of fees which are applicable to the preliminary remediation agreements, remedy agreements, certificates of completion and no further action letters authorized under this article. Fees shall cover all reasonable direct and indirect costs of the department's participation in any activity authorized by this article. The department shall give written notice of the amount of the fee assessment. The owner of the eligible site may appeal the assessment to the council within forty-five (45) days of receipt.
WY Stat § 35-11-1613 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 35 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 11 - Environmental Quality|Article 16 - Voluntary Remediation of Contaminated Sites|Section 35-11-1613 - Remediation Requirements for Nonvoluntary Sites.

35-11-1613. Remediation requirements for nonvoluntary sites.| (a) The remediation requirements for sites that do not participate in the voluntary remediation program in W.S. 35-11-1601 through 35-11-1612 may include, in the discretion of the director requirements which:  (i) Return contaminated soil and water to background contaminant levels;  (ii) Return contaminated soil to contaminant levels that are safe for any potential future use of the site;  (iii) Return contaminated groundwater to contaminant levels that ensure that the class of use of groundwater prior to the release is restored, or if not technically practicable, employs the best available groundwater remediation technology. No liability release shall be provided to the owner until the owner demonstrates that groundwater standards have been met;  (iv) Remove all continuing sources of soil or water contamination; and  (v) Eliminate to the extent practical any continuing risk to any ecological receptor present at or near the site.
WY Stat § 35-11-1801 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 35 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 11 - Environmental Quality|Article 18 - Innocent Owners|Section 35-11-1801 - Definition of Innocent Owner.

35-11-1801. Definition of innocent owner.| (a) "Innocent owner" means a person who did not cause or contribute to the source of contamination and who is one (1) of the following:  (i) An owner of real property that has become contaminated as a result of a release or migration of contaminants from a source not located on or at the real property;  (ii) An owner of real property who can show with respect to the property that the owner has no liability for contamination under section 107(a) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. 9607(a), because the owner can show a defense as provided in section 107(b) of that act (42 U.S.C. 9607(b));  (iii) An owner of real property who at the time of becoming the owner of the property did not know or should not have reasonably known about the presence of contamination on the property;  (iv) A lender or fiduciary who owns or holds a security interest in land, unless the lender or fiduciary participated in the management of a site at the time that the owner or operator thereof caused a release or migration of contaminants;  (v) A unit of state or local government which acquired ownership or control through bankruptcy, tax delinquency, abandonment or other circumstances in which the government acquires title by virtue of its function as sovereign, unless the state or local government contributed to the contamination;  (vi) A bona fide prospective purchaser; or  (vii) A surface owner if the source of the contamination was a pipeline running under or across the land of the surface owner and the surface owner was not involved in the installation, operation or maintenance of the pipeline.  (b) No person who owns or operates lands or facilities subject to permitting or corrective action requirements of the hazardous waste rules and regulations promulgated under W.S. 35-11-503(d) shall be considered an innocent owner, nor shall any hazardous waste generator who may be subject to corrective action requirements of such rules and regulations be considered an innocent owner.
WY Stat § 35-11-1802 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 35 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 11 - Environmental Quality|Article 18 - Innocent Owners|Section 35-11-1802 - Immunity for Innocent Owners.

35-11-1802. Immunity for innocent owners.| (a) An innocent owner is not liable for investigation, monitoring, remediation or other response action regarding contamination attributable to a release, discharge or migration of contaminants on his property.  (b) To be eligible for immunity under this act, a person shall:  (i) Grant to the department or to a person designated by the department, reasonable access to the land for purposes of investigation, monitoring or remediation;  (ii) Comply with any requirements established by the department that are necessary to maintain state authorization to implement federal regulatory programs;  (iii) Not use the real property in a manner that causes exposure of the public to harmful environmental conditions; and  (iv) Comply with any engineering or institutional controls applicable to the real property.
WY Stat § 35-11-1803 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 35 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 11 - Environmental Quality|Article 18 - Innocent Owners|Section 35-11-1803 - Limitations.

35-11-1803. Limitations.| (a) Any person who knowingly transfers, conveys or obtains an interest in land to avoid liability for contamination, remediation or compliance with any provision of this act shall not be an innocent owner.  (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of W.S. 35-11-1802, an innocent owner who undertakes a cleanup of his property must comply with all applicable provisions of this act.
WY Stat § 35-11-1901 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 35 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 11 - Environmental Quality|Article 19 - Integrated Solid Waste Planning|Section 35-11-1901 - Purpose.

35-11-1901. Purpose.| The purpose of this article is to establish a process for local governmental entities to prepare and maintain approved integrated solid waste management plans.
WY Stat § 35-11-1902 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 35 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 11 - Environmental Quality|Article 19 - Integrated Solid Waste Planning|Section 35-11-1902 - Integrated Solid Waste Management Plans.

35-11-1902. Integrated solid waste management plans.| (a) Each local governmental entity shall prepare and maintain an integrated solid waste management plan describing management of solid waste generated within its jurisdiction or shall participate in a multi-jurisdictional integrated solid waste management plan.  (b) Integrated solid waste management plans shall be completed and submitted to the department by July 1, 2009, and shall be reviewed, revised as necessary and resubmitted to the department every ten (10) years thereafter.  (c) For the purposes of this article, the local governmental entity responsible for preparing an integrated solid waste management plan shall be the permitted operator of the solid waste disposal facility serving the planning area provided, however, that for any planning area where the permitted operator is a nongovernmental entity, the local government entity responsible for preparing a plan under this subsection shall be the county. Upon mutual written agreement, a local governmental entity may prepare an integrated solid waste management plan for another local governmental entity.  (d) The planning requirements of subsections (a) and (b) of this section shall be contingent upon the legislature making at least one million three hundred thousand dollars ($1,300,000.00) available to the department for grants to assist local governmental entities in the preparation of integrated solid waste management plans.
WY Stat § 35-11-1903 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 35 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 11 - Environmental Quality|Article 19 - Integrated Solid Waste Planning|Section 35-11-1903 - Recommendations for Integrated Solid Waste Management Planning Areas.

35-11-1903. Recommendations for integrated solid waste management planning areas.| By July 31, 2006, the department shall assess the patterns of generation of municipal solid waste within the state and issue a report identifying those areas of the state where integrated solid waste management plans may be prepared by local governmental entities. The identification of planning areas shall be considered guidance to local governmental entities. Local governmental entities shall not be required to adhere to any planning area boundaries identified by the department.