Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 060 - Lands and Investments, Office of › Sub-Agency 0002 - Land Commissioners, Board of › Chapter 11 - STATE LANDS EXCLUSIVE COMMERCIAL AND NON-EXCLUSIVE SCIENTIFIC FOSSIL PERMITS › Section 11-9 - Permission to Quarry

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) Applications
				for Exclusive Commercial and Non-Exclusive Scientific Fossil Removal Permits
				may be submitted by an individual, institution or company not otherwise
				restricted by rule or statute, from leasing Wyoming State resources, and, shall
				be accompanied by a request to begin quarrying containing the following
				information:
(i) The name, address, telephone
				number and principal contact of the permittee as named, and whether the
				permittee leases, owns, or is a permittee on any other fossil quarry(ies), and
				if so, the locations of such quarry(ies);
(ii) The location of the desired area for the
				operation by legal subdivision, section, township and range. If there is no
				location survey, provide a metes and bounds description within the
				township;
(iii) The proposed
				commencement and completion dates, if known, for the desired quarrying
				operation: that is, whether such quarrying operations will be performed on a
				continuing calendar month basis, or will be seasonal only. If seasonal, what
				months will work be performed;
(iv)
				A U.S. Geological survey topographical quadrangle map showing:
(A) The legal boundaries of the requested
				fossil removal site with the portions of the site to be quarried identified.
				This information may also be provided in an enlarged reproduction of the map
				section containing the quarry site;
(B) If any previous quarrying has taken
				place, or is currently taking place, within or adjacent to the proposed quarry
				site, show the location boundaries and identity of such operation as an
				existing or abandoned quarrying operation; and
(C) Show any existing or proposed access or
				haul roads into and away from the proposed quarrying operation. Annotate the
				roads normally providing access to the quarry; and
(v) The permittee shall provide a description
				of the proposed quarrying operation. This description shall include:
(A) An estimate of topsoil thickness on the
				quarry site;
(B) An estimate of the
				position and thickness of any nonfossiliferous overburden anticipated in the
				quarry as well as description of the nonfossiliferous rock (rock type, color,
				etc);
(C) An estimate of the
				maximum depth planned for the quarry;
(D) A complete description of the proposed
				quarrying/excavating procedures to be used and equipment for (1) removal and
				storage of topsoil, (2) removal of nonfossiliferous overburden, if present, (3)
				removal of fossil-bearing rock, and (4) recovery of fossils from the
				fossil-bearing rock, and plans for site restoration after abandonment;
				and
(E) The pre-quarrying and
				proposed post-quarrying land use;
(vi) All permittees shall provide a listing
				of all bonafide agents or persons to work in the quarry, including relatives of
				the permittee. This list shall be kept current during the term of the permit
				and shall include an address of record for each person on the listing. When a
				person no longer works for a permittee, he or she should be deleted from this
				listing. A list shall also be provided, and kept current, of all vehicle
				descriptions and license plates of authorized vehicles regularly entering and
				leaving the quarry/ excavation site, and whether any persons authorized to work
				in the quarry will be temporarily domiciled during the quarrying season at the
				quarry site. Permittees shall also indicate whether quarrying operations will
				be carried on during the hours of darkness. All information provided subject to
				this paragraph may be shared with any authorized law enforcement agency. A copy
				of all required lists shall be located at a permittee's quarry and available
				for review by the Office and its representatives. Permittees shall provide the
				location(s) to be used for storage and preparation of all specimens recovered;
				and
(vii) A sworn statement that
				all information contained in the quarrying request is true and correct to the
				best knowledge of the permittee.