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2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 9 - Fire Protection › Article 8 - Reduced Cigarette Ignition › Section 35-9-802 - Definitions.

35-9-802. Definitions.
(a) For the purposes of this act unless the context otherwise requires:
(i) "Agent" means any person authorized by the department of revenue to purchase and affix stamps on packages of cigarettes;
(ii) "Cigarette" means:
(A) Any roll of tobacco wrapped in paper or in any substance not containing tobacco. "Cigarette" includes any roll or tube of tobacco, or product derived from tobacco, that is produced by a machine on the premises of a retail dealer or a wholesale dealer; or
(B) Any roll of tobacco wrapped in any substance containing tobacco which, because of its appearance, the type of tobacco used in the filler, or its packaging and labeling, is likely to be offered to or purchased by consumers as a cigarette as described in subparagraph (A) of this paragraph.
(iii) "Manufacturer" means:
(A) Any entity that manufactures cigarettes or causes the manufacture of cigarettes that are intended for sale in this state including cigarettes intended to be sold in the United States through an importer;
(B) Any successor of any entity described in subparagraph (A) of this paragraph.
(iv) "Quality control" and "quality assurance program" means the laboratory procedures implemented to ensure that operator bias, systematic and nonsystematic methodological errors and equipment related problems do not affect the results of testing. A quality control program shall ensure that testing repeatability remains within the required repeatability values stated in W.S. 35-9-803(a)(vi) for all test trials used to certify cigarettes in accordance with this act;
(v) "Repeatability" means the range of values within which the repeat results of test trials from a single laboratory must fall ninety-five percent (95%) of the time;
(vi) "Retail dealer" means any person, other than a manufacturer or wholesale dealer, engaged in selling cigarettes or tobacco products;
(vii) "Sale" means any transfer of title or possession, exchange or barter in any manner, by any means, or by any agreement, including cash and credit sales, giving of cigarettes as samples, prizes or gifts, and the exchange of cigarettes for any consideration other than money;
(viii) "Sell" means to sell, or to offer or agree to do the same;
(ix) "Wholesale dealer" means any person other than a manufacturer who sells cigarettes or tobacco products to retail dealers or others for resale and any person who owns, operates or maintains one (1) or more cigarette or tobacco product vending machines upon premises owned or occupied by any other person;
(x) "This act" means W.S. 35-9-801 through 35-9-811.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 9 - Fire Protection › Article 8 - Reduced Cigarette Ignition › Section 35-9-804 - Certification and Product Change.

35-9-804. Certification and product change.
(a) Each manufacturer shall certify in writing to the department of revenue:
(i) Each cigarette listed in the certification has been tested pursuant to W.S. 35-9-803; and
(ii) Each cigarette listed in the certification meets the performance standard set forth in W.S. 35-9-803.
(b) For each cigarette listed in the certification the following information shall be included:
(i) Brand or trade name on the packaging;
(ii) Style;
(iii) Length in millimeters;
(iv) Circumference in millimeters;
(v) Flavor such as menthol if applicable;
(vi) Filter or nonfilter;
(vii) Package description such as soft pack or box;
(viii) Marking pursuant to W.S. 35-9-805;
(ix) Contact information for the laboratory that conducted the testing, including name, address and telephone number; and
(x) The date of testing.
(c) The department of revenue shall make the certifications available to the attorney general and the state fire marshal for purposes consistent with this act.
(d) Cigarettes certified pursuant to this section shall be recertified every three (3) years.
(e) For each cigarette listed in a certification, a manufacturer shall pay a fee of two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00) payable to the department of revenue to be deposited into the general fund.
(f) If a cigarette is certified and is subsequently changed in a manner that is likely to alter its compliance with the reduced cigarette ignition propensity standards required by this act, the cigarette shall not be sold or offered for sale in this state until the manufacturer retests the cigarette in accordance with the testing standards consistent with the provisions of this act and maintains the records of that retesting as required by this act. Any altered cigarette which does not meet the performance standard set forth in this act shall not be sold in this state.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 9 - Fire Protection › Article 8 - Reduced Cigarette Ignition › Section 35-9-805 - Cigarette Packaging.

35-9-805. Cigarette packaging.
(a) Cigarettes certified by a manufacturer in accordance with W.S. 35-9-804 shall be marked to indicate compliance with the requirements of W.S. 35-9-803. The marking shall include the letters "FSC" (Fire Standard Compliant), shall not be less than eight (8) point type and shall be permanently printed, stamped, engraved or embossed on the package at or near the UPC Code.
(b) A manufacturer shall use only one (1) marking applied uniformly for all packages including packs, cartons, cases and brands marketed by the manufacturer.
(c) Manufacturers certifying cigarettes in accordance with W.S. 35-9-804 shall submit copies of the certification to all wholesale dealers and agents selling their cigarettes.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 9 - Fire Protection › Article 8 - Reduced Cigarette Ignition › Section 35-9-807 - Inspection and Enforcement.

35-9-807. Inspection and enforcement.
(a) The department of revenue may inspect cigarettes to determine if the cigarettes are marked as required by W.S. 35-9-805. If the cigarettes are not marked as required, the department of revenue shall seize the cigarettes as provided in W.S. 35-9-806(e) and notify the attorney general.
(b) To enforce the provisions of this act, the attorney general, the department of revenue and other law enforcement personnel are authorized to examine books, papers, invoices and other records of any person or entity possessing, controlling or occupying any premises where cigarettes are placed, held, stored, sold or offered for sale.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 9 - Fire Protection › Article 8 - Reduced Cigarette Ignition › Section 35-9-808 - Fee and Penalties.

35-9-808. Fee and penalties.
All certification fees paid under W.S. 35-9-804 shall be deposited in the general fund. All monies recovered as penalties under W.S. 35-9-806 shall be paid over to the state treasurer pursuant to W.S. 8-1-109.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 9 - Fire Protection › Article 8 - Reduced Cigarette Ignition › Section 35-9-809 - Sale in Other States.

35-9-809. Sale in other states.
Nothing in this act shall be construed to prohibit any person or entity from manufacturing or selling cigarettes that do not meet the requirements of W.S. 35-9-803 if the cigarettes are or will be stamped for sale in another state or are packaged for sale outside the United States and that person or entity has taken reasonable steps to ensure that such cigarettes will not be sold or offered for sale to persons located in this state.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 10 - Crimes and Offenses Against Public Utilities › Article 1 - Disposal of Garbage, Refuse and Dead Animals › Section 35-10-101 - Depositing or Placing Refuse Matter, Dead Animals and Garbage Into Rivers, Ditches, Railroad Rights-of-Way, Highways or Public Grounds Prohibited; Exception.

35-10-101. Depositing or placing refuse matter, dead animals and garbage into rivers, ditches, railroad rights-of-way, highways or public grounds prohibited; exception.
The depositing, placing, or causing to be placed or put, the carcass of any dead animal or the offal or refuse matter from any slaughterhouse, butcher shop, meat market, packing house, fish house, hog pen, stable, or any spoiled meats, spoiled fish, or any animal or vegetable matter in a putrid or decayed condition or which is liable to become putrid, decayed or offensive, or the contents of a privy vault, or any refuse or garbage, or any offensive matter or substance whatever upon or into any river, creek, bay, pond, canal, ditch, lake, stream, railroad right-of-way, public or private roadway, highway, street, alley lot, field, meadow, public place or public ground, or in any other and different locality, building, or establishment in this state so located that the said substance shall directly or indirectly cause or threaten to cause the pollution or impairment of the purity and usefulness of the waters of any spring, reservoir, stream, irrigation ditch, lake or water supply whether surface or subterranean, which are used wholly or partly as a source of public or domestic water supply, or where the same may become a source of annoyance to any person, or within one-half mile of any inhabited dwelling, or within one-half mile of any public roadway, by any person or persons, association of persons, company or corporation, incorporated city, incorporated or unincorporated town in the state of Wyoming, or the knowingly permitting of such acts by the owner, tenant, or occupant of said places, upon, into, or on said places, or the permitting of said offensive substances or other offensive substances to remain thereon or therein, shall be unlawful and is hereby declared to constitute a nuisance detrimental to the public health and general welfare of the citizens of Wyoming, provided that no present or future operation of any existing municipal garbage disposal system or any extension of or changes therein, which involves substantially daily burning, and no present or future operation of any now existing municipal sewage disposal system or facilities or any extension of or changes therein, shall be considered as within the scope of the foregoing provisions of this act or as a violation thereof but further provided that the foregoing exception concerning any existing municipal garbage disposal system, whether or not such involves substantially daily burning, shall not be applicable to or except from the scope of this act, any such system which has been commenced since prior construction in the close vicinity thereof, of occupied residential buildings or occupied business properties, ten [(10)] or more in number.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 10 - Crimes and Offenses Against Public Utilities › Article 1 - Disposal of Garbage, Refuse and Dead Animals › Section 35-10-102 - Penalty for Violation of w.s. 35-10-101.

35-10-102. Penalty for violation of W.S. 35-10-101.
Any person violating the provisions of this act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than fifty dollars ($50.00) nor more than two hundred dollars ($200.00) or shall be imprisoned in the county jail not to exceed six (6) months, or shall be punishable by both such fine and imprisonment.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 10 - Crimes and Offenses Against Public Utilities › Article 1 - Disposal of Garbage, Refuse and Dead Animals › Section 35-10-104 - Failure of Owner to Remove or Bury Dead Animal.

35-10-104. Failure of owner to remove or bury dead animal.
It shall be the duty of the owner, or person having charge of an animal which may die in this state, to remove the carcass to a distance of not less than half a mile from the nearest human habitation, or to bury it with not less than two (2) feet of soil over it; and every person failing to so remove or bury such carcass, for more than forty-eight (48) hours, shall upon conviction, be fined in a sum not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100.00). And should such animal be the property or in charge of some person passing through this state, then any peace officer may (without warrant) detain the owner or person in charge of such animal, or of the flock or herd from which it died, as soon as such owner or person shall have shown an intention not to so bury or remove said carcass, by removing from it, or removing such flock or herd from it a distance of half a mile or more, a reasonable time, not to exceed two (2) days, until a warrant can issue upon an information duly sworn to. And the brand upon such animal may be given in proof of the ownership of the same.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 10 - Crimes and Offenses Against Public Utilities › Article 2 - Fireworks › Section 35-10-201 - Definitions.

35-10-201. Definitions.
(a) "Fireworks" means any article, device or substance prepared for the primary purpose of producing a visual or auditory sensation by combustion, explosion, deflagration or detonation, including any item which may be sold or offered for sale under 15 U.S.C. 1261, 21 U.S.C. 371 and 16 C.F.R., Commercial Practices, part 1507.
(b) "Governing body" means the board of county commissioners as to the area within a county but outside the corporate limits of any city or town; or means the city council or other governing body of a city or town as to the area within the corporate limits of such city or town.
(c) "Person" shall include an individual, partnership, co-partnership, firm, company, association or corporation.
(d) "Commercial motor vehicle" means any self-propelled or towed vehicle used on public highways in interstate commerce to transport passengers or property and the vehicle meets one (1) of the following:
(i) The vehicle has a gross vehicle weight rating or gross combination weight rating of ten thousand one (10,001) pounds;
(ii) The vehicle is designed to transport more than fifteen (15) passengers including the driver; or
(iii) The vehicle is used in the transportation of hazardous materials in a quantity requiring placarding under regulations issued by the secretary of transportation under the federal Hazardous Materials Transportation Act, 49 U.S.C. 5101 et seq.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 10 - Crimes and Offenses Against Public Utilities › Article 2 - Fireworks › Section 35-10-202 - Sale and Use Prohibited; Exception.

35-10-202. Sale and use prohibited; exception.
Except as hereinafter provided, it is unlawful for any person to offer or expose for sale, sell, at either wholesale or retail, give away, use, discharge or detonate any fireworks in the state of Wyoming.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 10 - Crimes and Offenses Against Public Utilities › Article 2 - Fireworks › Section 35-10-203 - Permits for Public Displays Required.

35-10-203. Permits for public displays required.
(a) Any governing body shall have the power to grant permits, within the area under its jurisdiction, for supervised public displays of fireworks by individuals, municipalities, amusement parks and other organizations and groups, and to adopt reasonable rules and regulations for the granting of such permits. Every such display shall be handled by a competent operator and shall be of such character and so located, discharged and fired as not to be hazardous to property or endanger any person.
(b) No permit shall be transferable or assignable.
(c) Repealed By Laws 2001, Ch. 97, 2.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 10 - Crimes and Offenses Against Public Utilities › Article 2 - Fireworks › Section 35-10-204 - Construction; Exceptions.

35-10-204. Construction; exceptions.
(a) This act shall not be construed to prohibit:
(i) Any person from offering for sale, exposing for sale, selling, or delivering fireworks to any municipality, association, amusement park, or other organization or group holding a permit issued as herein provided, or to the directors of the Wyoming state fair or of any county fair organized under the laws of this state;
(ii) Any person from using or exploding fireworks in accordance with the provisions of any permit issued as herein provided or as part of a supervised public display at the Wyoming state fair or of any county fair organized under the laws of this state;
(iii) Any person from offering for sale, exposing for sale, or selling, any fireworks which are to be and are shipped by commercial motor vehicle directly out of the state;
(iv) Any person from offering for sale, exposing for sale, selling, using, or exploding any article, device or substance for a purpose other than display, exhibition, amusement or entertainment; or when used for mining purposes, danger signals, or other necessary uses; or
(v) Any person from offering for sale, exposing for sale, selling, using, or exploding blank cartridges for theatrical or ceremonial purposes or in organized athletic or sporting events.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 10 - Crimes and Offenses Against Public Utilities › Article 2 - Fireworks › Section 35-10-205 - Further Regulations by Municipalities.

35-10-205. Further regulations by municipalities.
This act shall not be construed to prohibit the imposition by municipal ordinance of further regulations or prohibitions upon the sale, use and possession of fireworks within the corporate limits of any city or town, including those items defined under 15 U.S.C. 1261, but no such city or town shall permit or authorize the sale, use or possession of any fireworks in violation of this act.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 10 - Crimes and Offenses Against Public Utilities › Article 2 - Fireworks › Section 35-10-206 - Enforcement; Disposal of Seized Fireworks.

35-10-206. Enforcement; disposal of seized fireworks.
Wyoming peace officers shall seize all stocks of fireworks held in violation of W.S. 35-10-201 through 35-10-208 and shall apply to the appropriate court for the disposition of the fireworks. Following a hearing determining the fireworks were held in violation of W.S. 35-10-201 through 35-10-208, the fireworks shall be destroyed or otherwise disposed of upon order of any circuit court or district court.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 10 - Crimes and Offenses Against Public Utilities › Article 2 - Fireworks › Section 35-10-207 - Penalties.

35-10-207. Penalties.
Any person violating any provision of W.S. 35-10-201 through 35-10-208 is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not more than seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), or by imprisonment not exceeding sixty (60) days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 10 - Crimes and Offenses Against Public Utilities › Article 2 - Fireworks › Section 35-10-208 - County Regulation of Fireworks.

35-10-208. County regulation of fireworks.
(a) For the purpose of this section "fireworks" means only those items which may be sold or offered for sale under 15 U.S.C. 1261, 21 U.S.C. 371 and 16 C.F.R., Commercial Practices, part 1507. A board of county commissioners may, subject to subsection (b) of this section:
(i) Prohibit the sale to Wyoming residents or use of fireworks by adopting a resolution under W.S. 35-9-301;
(ii) Promulgate reasonable rules and regulations for authorizing the sale of fireworks.
(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section, the proposition to prohibit, or authorize in counties that currently prohibit, the sale or use of fireworks in a county shall be submitted to the electors of the county upon receipt by the board of county commissioners of a petition requesting the election signed by a number of the electors of the county equal to fifteen percent (15%) of the total number of votes cast at the general election immediately preceding the date on which the petition is submitted, or by resolution of the board of county commissioners. The proposition shall be submitted at a primary or general election, if the petition or resolution is certified sixty (60) days prior to the primary or general election. If the proposition fails, no such petition shall be submitted for four (4) years following the election.
(c) Any resolution adopted by a county prohibiting the sale or use of fireworks which was in effect on February 1, 1990, is deemed to be valid unless amended or repealed by the board of county commissioners pursuant to subsection (b) of this section.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 10 - Crimes and Offenses Against Public Utilities › Article 3 - Storage of Explosives › Section 35-10-301 - General Regulations.

35-10-301. General regulations.
It shall be unlawful for any person or company to store any gunpowder or any other explosive material at a less distance than one thousand (1,000) feet from any house or habitation, when more than fifty (50) pounds are stored at the same place; but it shall be unlawful to place or to keep any powder or other explosive material, in any house or building occupied as a residence, or any outbuilding pertaining thereto.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 10 - Crimes and Offenses Against Public Utilities › Article 3 - Storage of Explosives › Section 35-10-302 - Construction of Powder Magazine.

35-10-302. Construction of powder magazine.
Hereafter, any powder magazine that may be built, shall be so constructed as to provide and maintain the storage room thereof, entirely below the natural surface of the ground adjacent; and it shall be unlawful to store such powder or explosives in any other than such storage rooms.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 10 - Crimes and Offenses Against Public Utilities › Article 3 - Storage of Explosives › Section 35-10-303 - Penalty for Violation of w.s. 35-10-301; Violation of w.s. 35-10-302 Declared Nuisance.

35-10-303. Penalty for violation of W.S. 35-10-301; violation of W.S. 35-10-302 declared nuisance.
Anyone violating the provisions of W.S. 35-10-301 shall be on conviction, fined in any sum not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100.00) for each and every offense, and may be imprisoned not exceeding thirty (30) days, or both fined and imprisoned, in the discretion of the court having jurisdiction. Any violation of the provisions of W.S. 35-10-302 shall be a public nuisance, and shall be abated at the suit of any person, in any court of competent jurisdiction.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 10 - Crimes and Offenses Against Public Utilities › Article 4 - Miscellaneous Offenses › Section 35-10-401 - Obstructing or Injuring Highways, Streets, Bridges or Navigable Streams Generally; Offensive Manufactures or Businesses; Pollution of Waters.

35-10-401. Obstructing or injuring highways, streets, bridges or navigable streams generally; offensive manufactures or businesses; pollution of waters.
(a) If any person, company or corporation shall obstruct or injure or cause or procure to be obstructed or injured, any public road or highway, or common street or alley of any town or village, or any public bridge or causeway, or public river or stream, declared navigable by law, or shall continue such obstruction, so as to render the same inconvenient or dangerous to pass, or shall erect or establish any offensive trade, or manufacture or business, or continue the same after it has been erected or established, or shall in anywise pollute or obstruct any watercourse, lake, pond, marsh or common sewer, or continue such obstruction or pollution, so as to render the same unwholesome or offensive to the county, city, town or neighborhood thereabouts; every person, company or corporation so offending, shall upon conviction thereof, be fined not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100.00); and every such nuisance may, by order of the district court before whom the conviction may take place, be removed and abated by the sheriff of the proper county.
(b) Whoever, in any manner, wrongfully obstructs any public highway, or injures any bridge, culvert, or embankment, or injures any material used in the construction of any such road, shall be fined in any sum not more than one hundred dollars ($100.00), to which may be added imprisonment in the county jail not more than three (3) months.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 10 - Crimes and Offenses Against Public Utilities › Article 4 - Miscellaneous Offenses › Section 35-10-402 - Entering Mines, Metallurgical Works or Sawmills While Intoxicated; Taking Intoxicants Into Related Structures.

35-10-402. Entering mines, metallurgical works or sawmills while intoxicated; taking intoxicants into related structures.
Whoever shall, while under the influence of intoxicating liquor, enter any mine, smelter, metallurgical works, machine shops or sawmills, or any of the buildings connected with the operation of the same in Wyoming where miners or workmen are employed or whoever shall carry or haul any intoxicating liquor into the same or any logging or grading camp shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined in any sum not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500.00) to which may be added imprisonment in the county jail for a term not exceeding one (1) year.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 10 - Crimes and Offenses Against Public Utilities › Article 4 - Miscellaneous Offenses › Section 35-10-403 - Boats for Hire Required to Have Life Preservers.

35-10-403. Boats for hire required to have life preservers.
Any person who shall keep for hire boats, not equipped with life preservers for the protection of every occupant, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars ($100.00).
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 10 - Crimes and Offenses Against Public Utilities › Article 4 - Miscellaneous Offenses › Section 35-10-404 - Life Jackets for Occupants of Boats and Rafts Required.

35-10-404. Life jackets for occupants of boats and rafts required.
Each and every person who shall operate a boat, raft or other navigable vessel shall have available for each occupant on said boat a life jacket of the coast guard approved type during the time the boat, raft or vessel is afloat upon any of the waters of the state of Wyoming.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 10 - Crimes and Offenses Against Public Utilities › Article 4 - Miscellaneous Offenses › Section 35-10-405 - Life Jackets for Occupants of Boats and Rafts; Penalty.

35-10-405. Life jackets for occupants of boats and rafts; penalty.
Any person violating the provisions of the act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars ($100.00).
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 10 - Crimes and Offenses Against Public Utilities › Article 4 - Miscellaneous Offenses › Section 35-10-406 - Life Jackets for Occupants of Boats and Rafts; Enforcement.

35-10-406. Life jackets for occupants of boats and rafts; enforcement.
Each and every city, town, county and state law enforcement officer and the game wardens of the Wyoming game and fish commission shall enforce the provisions of this act.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 10 - Crimes and Offenses Against Public Utilities › Article 4 - Miscellaneous Offenses › Section 35-10-407 - Abandoned Iceboxes or Refrigerators.

35-10-407. Abandoned iceboxes or refrigerators.
Whoever abandons or stores any refrigeration unit or icebox in such a place as to be easily accessible to children without first having made adequate provision to prevent entry into such refrigeration unit or icebox or without having removed all latches, catches, locking devices or the door thereof, so that escape from the interior may be had, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor; and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in a sum of not less than fifteen dollars ($15.00) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100.00), or be imprisoned for not more than ninety (90) days or both.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 10 - Crimes and Offenses Against Public Utilities › Article 4 - Miscellaneous Offenses › Section 35-10-408 - Additional Authority of Counties, Cities and Towns to Regulate Nuisances.

35-10-408. Additional authority of counties, cities and towns to regulate nuisances.
(a) Nothing in this act shall be construed as to prevent any city, town or village, incorporated under the laws of this state, or the proper corporate authority thereof, from passing or enforcing any ordinance, bylaw, regulation or rule, regulating, restraining, or prohibiting nuisances of any kind or character, or from enforcing any ordinance, bylaw, rule or regulation thereupon, already passed and in force.
(b) Nothing in this act shall be construed as to prevent any county from passing or enforcing any resolution regulating, restraining, or prohibiting nuisances which the commission determines to be a threat to health or safety pursuant to W.S. 18-2-101(a)(viii), or from enforcing any resolution already passed and in force.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 10 - Crimes and Offenses Against Public Utilities › Article 4 - Miscellaneous Offenses › Section 35-10-409 - Sale of Metal Beverage Containers Which Are Severable Upon Opening Prohibited; Penalty; Definitions.

35-10-409. Sale of metal beverage containers which are severable upon opening prohibited; penalty; definitions.
(a) No person shall sell or offer for sale in this state any metal beverage container so designed and constructed that a nonbiodegradable part of the container is severed when the container is opened, with the following exceptions:
(i) Metal beverage containers designed and constructed with biodegradable severed parts;
(ii) Metal beverage containers sealed by pressure sensitive adhesive strips; and
(iii) The manufacture of metal beverage containers with or without severable parts in this state for sale outside of Wyoming.
(b) Any person violating this section is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars ($100.00).
(c) As used in this section, "beverage" means mineral waters, soda water, carbonated or noncarbonated soft drinks or alcoholic or malt beverages as defined in W.S. 12-1-101(a)(vii) and (x).
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 11 - Environmental Quality › Article 1 - General Provisions › Section 35-11-102 - Policy and Purpose.

35-11-102. Policy and purpose.
Whereas pollution of the air, water and land of this state will imperil public health and welfare, create public or private nuisances, be harmful to wildlife, fish and aquatic life, and impair domestic, agricultural, industrial, recreational and other beneficial uses; it is hereby declared to be the policy and purpose of this act to enable the state to prevent, reduce and eliminate pollution; to preserve, and enhance the air, water and reclaim the land of Wyoming; to plan the development, use, reclamation, preservation and enhancement of the air, land and water resources of the state; to preserve and exercise the primary responsibilities and rights of the state of Wyoming; to retain for the state the control over its air, land and water and to secure cooperation between agencies of the state, agencies of other states, interstate agencies, and the federal government in carrying out these objectives.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 11 - Environmental Quality › Article 1 - General Provisions › Section 35-11-105 - Divisions Enumerated.

35-11-105. Divisions enumerated.
(a) The department shall consist of the following divisions:
(i) Air quality division;
(ii) Water quality division;
(iii) Land quality division;
(iv) Solid and hazardous waste management division;
(v) Abandoned mine land division;
(vi) Industrial siting division.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 11 - Environmental Quality › Article 1 - General Provisions › Section 35-11-106 - Powers, Duties, Functions and Regulatory Authority.

35-11-106. Powers, duties, functions and regulatory authority.
(a) All powers, duties, functions and regulatory authority vested in the state office of industrial siting administration are transferred to the department, as of April 1, 1992. The performance of such acts or functions by the industrial siting division of the department shall have the same effect as if done by the former state office of industrial siting administration as referred to or designated by law, contract or other document. The reference or designation to the former state office of industrial siting administration shall now apply to the industrial siting division of the department. The industrial siting council shall retain all powers, duties, functions and regulatory authority but shall be within the department.
(b) All rules, regulations and orders of the former state office of industrial siting administration, the industrial siting council, abandoned mine reclamation program, solid waste management program or any other program or entity transferred to the department by this act which were lawfully adopted prior to April 1, 1992 are adopted as the rules, regulations and orders of the department and shall continue to be effective until revised, amended, repealed or nullified pursuant to law.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 11 - Environmental Quality › Article 1 - General Provisions › Section 35-11-107 - Transfer of Funds, Records, Property and Personnel.

35-11-107. Transfer of funds, records, property and personnel.
(a) All records, physical property and personnel including their rights and privileges under the merit system, retirement system and personnel system, and any appropriated or unused funds of the former state office of industrial siting administration and of the industrial siting council shall be transferred to the department as of the effective date of this act. All records, lists or other information which by law are confidential or privileged in nature shall remain as such.
(b) Repealed by Laws 1992, ch. 60, 4.
(c) Repealed by Laws 1992, ch. 60, 4.
(d) Repealed by Laws 1992, ch. 60, 4.
(e) The industrial siting division is the successor to the powers, duties, functions and regulatory authority of the state office of industrial siting administration which is abolished effective April 1, 1992.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 11 - Environmental Quality › Article 1 - General Provisions › Section 35-11-108 - Appointment of Director and Division Administrators; Qualifications of Director; Term; Salaries; Employment of Assistants.

35-11-108. Appointment of director and division administrators; qualifications of director; term; salaries; employment of assistants.
The governor with the advice and consent of the senate shall appoint a director of the department who is the department's executive and administrative head. The director shall possess technical qualifications and administrative and other experience sufficient to fulfill the duties of his position. The director shall appoint administrators for each of the divisions of abandoned mine land, industrial siting, solid and hazardous waste management, air quality, water quality and land quality, who are the executive and administrative heads of their respective divisions. The administrators shall serve at the pleasure of the director and are responsible to and under the control and supervision of the director. The salary and qualifications of each administrator shall be determined by the human resources division. The director, with the advice of the respective administrators, may employ professional, technical and other assistants, along with other employees as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this act. The governor may remove the director as provided in W.S. 9-1-202.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 11 - Environmental Quality › Article 1 - General Provisions › Section 35-11-113 - Advisory Boards Created; Membership; Removal; Terms; Meetings; Expenses.

35-11-113. Advisory boards created; membership; removal; terms; meetings; expenses.
(a) There is created within the department three (3) advisory boards, one (1) for each of the air quality, land quality and water quality divisions. Each advisory board shall consist of five (5) members appointed by the governor. Each board shall have one (1) member who represents industry, one (1) member who represents agriculture, one (1) member who represents political subdivisions and two (2) members who represent the public interest. The governor may remove any member of any of the advisory boards as provided in W.S. 9-1-202.
(b) For the initial appointments to each board, the governor shall appoint one (1) member for a six (6) year term, two (2) members for four (4) year terms and two (2) members for two (2) year terms. Thereafter all appointments shall be for four (4) year terms. No officer or employee of the state, other than employees of institutions of higher education, may be appointed to a board. A vacancy occurs if any member ceases to represent the interest group or political party for which he was originally appointed, or if any member becomes unable or fails to serve for any reason. The governor shall fill vacancies by appointment for the unexpired portion of the term.
(c) Each advisory board shall meet within sixty (60) days after the effective date of this act to elect from among its members a chairman and a vice-chairman. Such officers shall be elected annually thereafter. Each board shall hold at least four (4) regularly scheduled meetings each year, and special meetings may be called by the chairman at any time. Three (3) members shall constitute a quorum for the purpose of conducting business, but all decisions must be approved by a majority of the total membership of the board. Each board shall keep a written record of its meetings and proceedings. Each board member shall be reimbursed for per diem, mileage and expenses for attending board meetings in the same manner and amount as state employees.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 11 - Environmental Quality › Article 1 - General Provisions › Section 35-11-114 - Powers and Duties of the Advisory Boards.

35-11-114. Powers and duties of the advisory boards.
(a) The advisory board shall recommend to the council through the administrator and director, comprehensive plans and programs for the management of solid and hazardous waste, the prevention, control and abatement of air, water and land pollution and the protection of public water supplies.
(b) The advisory board shall consult with and advise the administrator and director on the adoption of rules, regulations and standards to implement and carry out the provisions and purposes of this act which relate to their divisions, and variances therefrom.
(c) The advisory boards shall counsel with and advise the administrator of their respective divisions in the administration and performance of all the duties of the division and shall make an annual written report to the governor.
(d) The advisory board shall counsel with and advise each other, the public, and the director of the department in order to coordinate the policies and activities of their respective divisions and to achieve maximum efficiency and effectiveness in furthering the objectives of the department.
(e) Each administrator and staff shall provide the appropriate board with meeting facilities, secretarial or clerical assistance, supplies and such other assistance as each board may require in the performance of its duties.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 11 - Environmental Quality › Article 1 - General Provisions › Section 35-11-115 - Power of Director to Issue Emergency Orders.

35-11-115. Power of director to issue emergency orders.
(a) Any other provisions of law to the contrary notwithstanding, if the director finds that a condition of air, water or land pollution exists and that it creates an emergency requiring immediate action to protect human or animal health or safety, the director, with the concurrence of the governor, shall order any persons causing or contributing to such pollution to reduce or discontinue immediately the actions causing the condition of pollution and such order shall fix a time and place for hearing before the council within forty-eight (48) hours thereafter. The council shall affirm, modify or set aside the director's order within forty-eight (48) hours following the adjournment of the hearing.
(b) If the director has evidence that any pollution source presents an immediate and substantial danger to human or animal health or safety, he may institute, through the attorney general, a civil action for immediate injunctive relief to halt any activity causing the danger. The court may issue an ex-parte order and shall schedule a hearing on the matter within three (3) working days from the date the petition for injunctive relief is filed.
(c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit any power which the governor or any other officer may have to declare an emergency and act on the basis of such declaration, if such power is conferred by statute or constitutional provision or inheres in the office.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 11 - Environmental Quality › Article 2 - Air Quality › Section 35-11-201 - Discharge or Emission of Contaminants; Restrictions.

35-11-201. Discharge or emission of contaminants; restrictions.
No person shall cause, threaten or allow the discharge or emission of any air contaminant in any form so as to cause pollution which violates rules, regulations and standards adopted by the council.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 11 - Environmental Quality › Article 2 - Air Quality › Section 35-11-202 - Establishment of Standards.

35-11-202. Establishment of standards.
(a) Without limiting the authority of the administrator as set out in W.S. 35-11-110, he shall, after consultation with the advisory board, recommend to the director such ambient air standards or emission control requirements by rule or regulation, as may be necessary to prevent, abate, or control pollution. Such standards or requirements may be for the state as a whole or may vary from area to area, as may be appropriate to facilitate accomplishment of the purposes of this act, and in order to take account of varying local conditions.
(b) In recommending such standards or requirements the administrator shall:
(i) Consider all the facts and circumstances bearing upon the reasonableness of the emissions involved, including:
(A) The character and degree of injury to, or interference with the health and physical well being of the people, animals, wildlife and plant life;
(B) The social and economic value of the source of pollution;
(C) The priority of location in the area involved;
(D) The technical practicability and economic reasonableness of reducing or eliminating the pollution; and
(E) The social welfare and aesthetic value.
(ii) Grant such time as he shall find to be reasonable and necessary for owners and operators of air contaminant sources to comply with applicable standards or requirements;
(iii) Recommend to the director, after consultation with the advisory board, regulations to prevent construction, modification or operation of any source at any location where emissions from such source will prevent the attainment or maintenance of a state or national standard.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 11 - Environmental Quality › Article 2 - Air Quality › Section 35-11-203 - Sources Subject to Operating Permit Program.

35-11-203. Sources subject to operating permit program.
(a) The following sources of air contaminants are subject to the provisions of W.S. 35-11-203 through 35-11-212:
(i) Any stationary source, or any group of stationary sources located within a contiguous area and under common control, that:
(A) Has the potential to emit one hundred (100) tons or more per year of any pollutant regulated under the Clean Air Act and is a major stationary source as defined in section 302 of the Clean Air Act;
(B) Has the potential to emit ten (10) tons per year of any single hazardous air pollutant or twenty-five (25) tons per year of any combination of hazardous air pollutants as defined by section 112 of the Clean Air Act. Emissions from any oil or gas exploration or production well (with its associated equipment) and emissions from any pipeline compressor or pump station shall not be aggregated with emissions from other similar units, whether or not such units are in a contiguous area or under common control, to determine whether such units or stations are major sources; or
(C) Is subject to the nonattainment area provisions of title I, part D, of the Clean Air Act.
(ii) Any other source of hazardous air pollutants, including an area source, which the environmental protection agency may designate pursuant to the provisions of section 112 of the Clean Air Act;
(iii) Any source subject to the new source performance standards promulgated by the environmental protection agency pursuant to section 111 of the Clean Air Act;
(iv) Any "affected source" subject to the acid rain provisions of title IV of the Clean Air Act as defined in section 501 of the Clean Air Act;
(v) Any source subject to preconstruction review permits pursuant to the prevention of significant deterioration regulations promulgated by the environmental protection agency pursuant to the Clean Air Act;
(vi) Any other stationary source that the environmental protection agency may designate by regulation pursuant to authority granted under the Clean Air Act.
(b) After the effective date of the operating permit program authorized under W.S. 35-11-203 through 35-11-212, it shall be unlawful for any person to violate any requirement of a permit issued under the operating permit program or to operate any source required to have a permit under this section, without having complied with the provisions of the operating permit program.
(c) The department shall exempt any nonmajor source from the obligation to obtain a permit under this section until the environmental protection agency requires such sources to obtain an operating permit in final regulations promulgated pursuant to title V of the Clean Air Act.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 11 - Environmental Quality › Article 2 - Air Quality › Section 35-11-204 - Department to Establish Requirements for Applications; Certification.

35-11-204. Department to establish requirements for applications; certification.
(a) The department shall promulgate rules for permit applications, including standard application forms to be submitted pursuant to the operating permit program. The rules shall:
(i) Establish specific criteria for defining a complete permit application, including information which identifies a source, its applicable air pollution control requirements, current compliance status, intended operating regime and emissions levels;
(ii) Provide for adequate, streamlined and reasonable procedures for determining when an application is complete and for processing an application; and
(iii) Provide for public notice of the application, and opportunity for public comment and public hearings.
(b) The application, including any information required to be submitted with the application pursuant to this section shall be signed by a responsible official who shall certify the accuracy of the information.
(c) Operating permit applications are not required until after the date that the environmental protection agency has issued approval of the state's permit program, or by November 15, 1995, whichever comes first.