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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 11-3 - Definitions

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) "Board" means the Board of Land
				Commissioners.
(b) "Casual or
				Recreational Fossil Collecting" means the non-commercial collection of
				invertebrate fossils, which is limited to when they occur as surface litter and
				do not require any excavation for removal. Such collecting does not require a
				permit, and is subject to Chapter 13 of these rules.
(c) "Director" means the Director of the
				Office of State Lands and Investments.
(d) "Exclusive Commercial Fossil Removal
				Permit" means a permit issued by the Board to an applicant pursuant to
				collection of specimens for sale to others.
(e) "Fossil" for the purpose of these rules
				means any remains, trace or imprint of a plant or animal that has been
				preserved in rock or in unconsolidated sediments, excluding fossil fuels and
				limestones or other calcareous rocks comprised of invertebrate
				fossils.
(f) "Non-Exclusive
				Scientific Fossil Removal Permit" means a permit issued by the Board to an
				applicant pursuant to collection of specimens for the purposes of scientific
				display, research and education, and not for resale.
(g) "Office" means the Office of State Lands
				and Investments.
(h) "State Lands"
				means all subsurface resource lands under the jurisdiction of the Board of Land
				Commissioners.
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 11-4 - General

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) Exclusive Commercial and Non-exclusive
				Scientific Fossil Removal Permits may be issued on state lands with the
				approval of the Board. The terms of these permits shall cover the conditioned
				removal of all fossil forms with the exclusion of dinosaur and all other
				vertebrate fossils not specifically named in these rules and the Board's permit
				form, for which no commercial permit is obtainable. Permits shall be of five
				(5) years duration. Permits may be renewed upon application, for successive
				five (5) year periods, on the permit form then in effect. Exclusive Commercial
				Fossil Removal Permits may not exceed ten (10) acres in size, but the
				calculation of this acreage shall not include access roads into a permit.
				Approval of renewals of ongoing Exclusive Commercial Fossil Removal Permits
				will not be withheld so long as the permits are in good standing.
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 11-5 - Fossil Permit Application Fee and Annual Minimum Royalty for Exclusive Commercial Removal Permits

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) Applications
				for Exclusive Commercial and Non-Exclusive Scientific Fossil Removal Permits
				must be accompanied by a non-refundable application fee pursuant to Chapter 17
				of these rules and for commercial permits, the first year's minimum annual
				royalty of Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00). Thereafter, for the remaining
				term of any commercial permit, a minimum annual royalty of Ten Thousand Dollars
				($10,000.00) is due on or before the permit anniversary date (issue date) of
				each year, and until the expiration or cancellation of the permit. No minimum
				annual royalty is required under a Non-Exclusive Scientific Fossil Removal
				Permit.
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 11-7 - Commercial Fossil Permit Royalties

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) A royalty often
				percent (10%) of the gross sales price without deduction of any costs including
				but not limited to: quarrying, preparation, and marketing, for fossils
				identified as royalty bearing in section
				6(a) and
				(b) shall be paid no less than
				quarterly.
(b) In addition, upon
				termination of any commercial fossil permit for whatever cause, all fossils
				subject to a royalty removed and in the possession of the permittee either at
				the site or any other location used by permittee for preparation and/or sales,
				will be inventoried by the Office and valued at the then current market price
				as established based upon specimen status, sales receipts and outstanding
				orders and quotes unless otherwise agreed by the Board. Permittee will be
				required to pay the prescribed royalty rate based on the value established
				herein. No fossils other than the common and approved fish genera and specimens
				listed in Section
				6(a) and
				(b) hereof may be retained without Board
				approval.
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 11-8 - Right of Audit

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) Permittees
				shall maintain at all times during the effective term of any fossil removal
				permit, and for a minimum of two years thereafter, a record of all fossil sales
				from State permit discoveries. The Board, and its agents or representatives,
				shall have the right under any fossil removal permit, to inspect all the books
				and records of permittees pertaining to quarrying, preparing, cataloguing,
				placing and selling fossils, and federal tax returns and supporting documents
				pertaining thereto, such audits to be conducted during normal business
				hours.
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 11-10 - Quarrying/Excavating Permit Requirements and Prohibited Practices

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) Prior to quarrying or excavation of
				fossils from an Exclusive Commercial Fossil Removal Permit area, permittees
				shall have a land survey performed by a licensed Wyoming surveyor for the
				purpose of placing relatively permanent, locatable, corner stakes or markers
				that define the boundaries of the intended quarry or excavation. If warranted,
				the Office may also require a land survey for a quarry or excavation on a
				Non-Exclusive Fossil Removal Permit.
(b) Topsoil shall be stripped and segregated
				from permitted sites and stockpiled in such a manner as to minimize wind and
				water erosion. Topsoil stockpiles should be seeded within thirty (30) days of
				removal.
(c) Fossil removal sites
				shall be kept free of petroleum wastes, other toxic materials, and trash in
				general.
(d) To prevent unwarranted
				destruction of rare and unusual specimens, the use of heavy excavation
				equipment is prohibited on permitted fossil removal sites, except for the
				purposes of stripping top-soil and nonfossiliferous overburden, redistribution
				of waste rock, pit contouring during reclamation, the replacement of topsoil,
				and seeding of the disturbed area.
(e) Unless special permission is granted, all
				excavation sites shall be restored, as nearly as possible, to their original
				condition, to include backfilling of the site, replacement of topsoil, and
				reseeding.
(f) All camp sites used
				under Non-Exclusive Scientific Removal Permits during the course of any field
				investigations or excavations must be left clean, all refuse must be carried
				out, and adequate sanitation facilities must be maintained.
(g) State and County law enforcement agencies
				are authorized hereby to inspect all State land fossil quarry sites.
(h) Without prior written approval of the
				Board or the Office, no materials shall be pushed or dumped outside the
				surveyed boundaries of the quarry area, either during quarrying or during
				reclamation.
(i) The use of
				explosives on permitted fossil removal sites is prohibited.
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 11-11 - Bond

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) Prior to the removal of any fossil
				specimens from a permitted Exclusive Commercial Fossil Removal site, the
				permittee shall have an approved bond on file with the Office in an amount
				equal to no less than six hundred dollars ($600.00) per acre or part thereof in
				the permit. The Board may increase the bonding requirements on the anniversary
				date of succeeding years of the permit if the existing bond is not deemed
				adequate to assure the required reclamation of the site.
(b) At the discretion of the Office, a
				Non-Exclusive Scientific Fossil Removal permittee may be required to post an
				approved bond with the Office to assure reclamation of a planned excavation
				site. This bond will be in an amount adequate to assure the required
				reclamation of a site.
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 11-12 - Reclamation

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) Unless granted a variance, reclamation
				and restoration of a site shall commence within thirty (30) days after
				abandonment of the quarry operation. This requirement is not intended to
				prevent the permittee from conducting reclamation before abandonment of the
				quarrying operation. Concurrent reclamation and quarrying are encouraged.
(i) The operation will be considered
				abandoned if any of the following occur:
(A)
				The permittee notifies the Office that the quarrying operation is
				abandoned;
(B) An Exclusive
				Commercial Fossil Removal permittee fails to submit the minimal annual royalty
				on or before the anniversary of each year during the original term of the
				permit;
(C) The permittee fails to
				file for renewal of the Fossil Removal Permit on or before its expiration date;
				or
(D) No more commercially or
				scientifically valuable fossils remain in the quarry,
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 11-13 - Release of Bonds and Forfeiture of Bonds

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) A partial bond
				release may be recommended by the Director upon completion of final contouring,
				topsoil application, and seeding. Upon final reclamation, acceptable to a
				representative of the Office, the remaining bond will be released. Operators
				failing to satisfactorily reclaim land will forfeit bonds.
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 11-14 - Annual Quarrying Reports/Excavation Reports

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) Exclusive
				Commercial Fossil Removal permittees shall file an annual report on quarrying
				activities for the previous calendar year on or before May 31 of each year and
				the last year, of the permit. At a minimum, this annual quarrying report shall
				include:
(i) A narrative description of
				quarrying activities completed during the year;
(ii) Annotation of a topographic quadrangle
				map to reflect any increases in quarry size since the original quarrying
				request was approved;
(iii) A
				description of new quarrying methods or new pieces of equipment that were not
				described in the original quarrying request; and
(iv) Proposed plans for the following year's
				activities.
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 11-15 - Inspection of Premises

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) The Office or
				its representatives, authorized State or County law enforcement officers, and
				the Wyoming Geological Survey have the right to examine collected materials
				located on the premises of the fossil removal site, permittee's storage,
				preparatory and sales sites at any time.
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 11-16 - Forfeiture

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) In the event that any permittee shall
				have procured a fossil permit through fraud or misrepresentation then and in
				that event, the permit may be canceled by the Board after giving thirty (30)
				days notice. If any permittee fails to correct or show effort to correct any
				non-compliance with any of the terms of any fossil removal permit for sixty
				(60) days after having received such notice by certified mail, then and in that
				event, the permit will be canceled. If any permittee is convicted of illegal
				taking of paleontological, archaeological or prehistoric resources from any
				land, their permit shall be automatically forfeited.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 060 - Lands and Investments, Office of › Sub-Agency 0002 - Land Commissioners, Board of › Chapter 12 - MANAGEMENT OF CENTENNIAL ACRES › Section 12-2 - Definitions

Current through July 13, 2024
As used in this chapter:
(a) "Board" means the Board of Land
				Commissioners.
(b) "Centennial
				acre" means a parcel of land designated by the Board pursuant to W.
				S.
										9-2-1608.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 060 - Lands and Investments, Office of › Sub-Agency 0002 - Land Commissioners, Board of › Chapter 12 - MANAGEMENT OF CENTENNIAL ACRES › Section 12-3 - Management of centennial acres

Current through July 13, 2024
Centennial acres shall be managed by the Department of
				  Commerce in accordance with a memorandum of understanding, dated October
				  6,1988, and executed by the Board and the Wyoming Recreation
				  Commission.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 060 - Lands and Investments, Office of › Sub-Agency 0002 - Land Commissioners, Board of › Chapter 13 - PUBLIC HUNTING, FISHING AND GENERAL RECREATIONAL USE › Section 13-2 - Definitions

Current through July 13, 2024
As used in this chapter:
(a) "Board" means Board of Land
				Commissioners.
(b) "Casual
				recreational uses" means uses such as horseback riding, photography, wildlife
				and bird observation, hiking, rock hunting and other recreational day uses.
				Casual recreational use shall not include camping, except in camping areas
				established by the Board, joy riding or other uses which would result in damage
				to the state land or the roads and improvements thereon.
(c) "Established roads" means any roads or
				trails which have been graded or constructed to carry vehicular traffic, or on
				which repeated vehicular traffic has created well defined tracks.
(d) "Legally accessible state lands" means
				state lands that can be accessed via public road, right-of-way, or easement,
				via public waters, via adjacent state, local, or federal land if such land is
				open to public use, or via adjacent private land if permission to cross such
				land has been secured from the landowner.
(e) "State land" means land under the
				jurisdiction of the Board of Land Commissioners.
(f) "Surface lessee" means a holder of a
				grazing and agricultural lease or special use lease issued in accordance with
				Chapters IV or V of these rules.
(g) "Director" means the Director of the
				State Land and Farm Loan Office.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 060 - Lands and Investments, Office of › Sub-Agency 0002 - Land Commissioners, Board of › Chapter 13 - PUBLIC HUNTING, FISHING AND GENERAL RECREATIONAL USE › Section 13-3 - Public Hunting and Fishing Privileges

Current through July 13, 2024
The Board hereby extends to the public the privilege of
				  hunting and fishing on legally accessible state lands, unless otherwise closed
				  by direction of the Board, on its own motion or upon request of the surface
				  lessee. This privilege does not extend to lands classified and used as
				  cultivated cropland. This privilege is to fish in any streams, lakes or ponds
				  and to hunt, pursue and kill game animals, game birds and migratory birds on
				  said lands under applicable state and federal hunting and fishing laws and
				  regulations. This privilege shall only be allowed when it will not result in
				  damage to the state land or the roads and improvements
				  thereon.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 060 - Lands and Investments, Office of › Sub-Agency 0002 - Land Commissioners, Board of › Chapter 13 - PUBLIC HUNTING, FISHING AND GENERAL RECREATIONAL USE › Section 13-4 - General Recreational Use

Current through July 13, 2024
The Board hereby extends to the public the privilege of
				  using legally accessible state lands for casual recreational day uses, unless
				  otherwise closed by direction of the Board, on its own motion or upon request
				  of the surface lessee. This privilege shall only be allowed when it will not
				  result in damage to the state land or the roads and improvements thereon.
				  Organized, developed, or commercial recreational use of state lands is
				  prohibited unless it occurs under the provisions of a special use lease issued
				  under Chapter V of these rules.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 060 - Lands and Investments, Office of › Sub-Agency 0002 - Land Commissioners, Board of › Chapter 13 - PUBLIC HUNTING, FISHING AND GENERAL RECREATIONAL USE › Section 13-5 - Motor Vehicle Use

Current through July 13, 2024
The use of motor vehicles on state land for hunting,
				  fishing, and general recreational purposes shall be confined to established
				  roads, unless such roads are otherwise closed by the Board, on its own motion
				  or upon request of the surface lessee.
(a) Criteria for road closures. The Board
				shall apply the following criteria when considering whether to close
				established roads or access to defined state lands:
(i) Motor vehicle use has caused or is
				causing unacceptable damage to the roadbed, excessive soil erosion, or
				significant impacts to vegetation, watershed or other state land natural
				resource attributes.
(ii) Motor
				vehicle use has caused or is causing considerable adverse effects to other
				Board authorized uses of, or improvements on, state land.
(iii) Motor vehicle use creates a threat to
				public health or safety.
(iv)
				Circumstances exist which create a situation requiring immediate action to
				protect state lands or the public health and safety.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 060 - Lands and Investments, Office of › Sub-Agency 0002 - Land Commissioners, Board of › Chapter 13 - PUBLIC HUNTING, FISHING AND GENERAL RECREATIONAL USE › Section 13-6 - Fees and Charges Prohibited

Current through July 13, 2024
No person shall charge for or receive payment from persons
				  engaged in hunting, fishing or any other recreational use of state lands,
				  unless such payment is collected pursuant to the terms of a special use lease
				  issued under the provisions of Chapter V of these rules or the terms of a
				  temporary use permit issued under the provisions of Chapter XIV of these
				  rules.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 060 - Lands and Investments, Office of › Sub-Agency 0002 - Land Commissioners, Board of › Chapter 13 - PUBLIC HUNTING, FISHING AND GENERAL RECREATIONAL USE › Section 13-7 - Open Fires Prohibited

Current through July 13, 2024
No person shall build, maintain, attend or use an open fire,
				  campfire, or charcoal grill on state land while engaged in activities under the
				  provisions of this chapter, except in camping areas established by the
				  Board.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 060 - Lands and Investments, Office of › Sub-Agency 0002 - Land Commissioners, Board of › Chapter 13 - PUBLIC HUNTING, FISHING AND GENERAL RECREATIONAL USE › Section 13-8 - Overnight Camping Prohibited

Current through July 13, 2024
No person shall camp overnight on state land while engaged
				  in activities under the provisions of this chapter, except in camping areas
				  established by the Board.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 060 - Lands and Investments, Office of › Sub-Agency 0002 - Land Commissioners, Board of › Chapter 13 - PUBLIC HUNTING, FISHING AND GENERAL RECREATIONAL USE › Section 13-9 - Waiver of Liability

Current through July 13, 2024
As a condition to exercising the privileges granted by this
				  chapter, persons entering on state lands for such purposes waive any claims
				  against the State of Wyoming and any lessee of the Board arising from natural
				  and artificial conditions on state lands or from activities of a lessee of the
				  Board which are authorized or contemplated under the lease. Persons so entering
				  shall be deemed to assume the risk of injury occurring on state lands unless
				  caused by the willful and malicious acts of the State of Wyoming or a lessee of
				  the Board.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 060 - Lands and Investments, Office of › Sub-Agency 0002 - Land Commissioners, Board of › Chapter 14 - FEES FOR ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES AND INTEREST RATES › Section 14-1 - Authority

Current through July 13, 2024
This Chapter is promulgated under the authority of Wyoming
				  Statute (W.S.)
				  11-34-103(a),
				  W.S.
				  11-34-103(b),
				  W.S.
				  11-34-121,
				  W.S.
				  11-34-118,
				  W.S.
				  16-1-109,
				  W.S.
				  11-34-117(a),
				  W.S.
				  11-34-117(b),
				  W.S.
				  16-1-205(b)(i), W.S.
				  W.S.
				  16-1-305(b)(i),
				  W.S.
				  35-11-530(a),
				  W.S.
				  35-11-528(e),
				  W.S.
				  21-18-319(a), W.S.
				  W.S.
				  16-1-111(a),
				  W.S.
				  21-3-302.1(c), and
				  W.S.
				  16-1-111(d).
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 060 - Lands and Investments, Office of › Sub-Agency 0002 - Land Commissioners, Board of › Chapter 14 - FEES FOR ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES AND INTEREST RATES › Section 14-2 - Definitions

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) The Board will collect fees for
				administrative services occurring from activities associated with its programs
				conducted in accordance with the following Board rules:
(i) Chapter 7 - Farm Loans:
(A) Application Fee - $100.00
(B) A fee of 1% of the amount of the loan
				shall be paid by the borrower at closing.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 060 - Lands and Investments, Office of › Sub-Agency 0002 - Land Commissioners, Board of › Chapter 14 - FEES FOR ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES AND INTEREST RATES › Section 14-3 - Interest Rates

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) The Board will
				charge interest rates on all loans and amortized sales contracts associated
				with its programs conducted in accordance with the following Board rules:
(i) Chapter 2 - Joint Powers Act Loans:
(A) An interest rate not less than the
				average rate of return realized on all Permanent Mineral Trust Fund investments
				as determined by the State Treasurer for the five (5) calendar years
				immediately preceding the year in which the loan is made; no equity
				requirement.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 060 - Lands and Investments, Office of › Sub-Agency 0002 - Land Commissioners, Board of › Chapter 14 - FEES FOR ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES AND INTEREST RATES › Section 14-4 - Term

Current through July 13, 2024
The term of temporary use permits shall be limited to that
				  listed below:
(a) Construction
				activities - 1 year
(b) Hot mix
				facilities - 2 years
(c) Organized
				recreation activities - 30 days
(d)
				Roadways - 5 years
(e) Sign boards
				- 5 years
(f) Stockpile sites - 2
				years
(g) Water Wells - 5
				years
(h) Disposal and/or Injection
				Wells - 5 years
(i)
				Outfitting/guiding activities - 5 years
(j) Non-Commercial removal of decorative
				rock/stone -15 days
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 060 - Lands and Investments, Office of › Sub-Agency 0002 - Land Commissioners, Board of › Chapter 14 - FEES FOR ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES AND INTEREST RATES › Section 14-5 - Surface Impacts

Current through July 13, 2024
For all temporary use permits:
(a) Surface impact payments. Prior to
				commencing use of the state land, the permitee shall remit directly to the
				surface lessee of the state land, if any, a surface impact payment in
				accordance with a schedule maintained and updated by the Office which reflects
				impact to the leasehold interest. The schedule of surface impact payments will
				be reviewed and approved by the Board annually.
(b) Reclamation. Upon completion of the
				permitted use, all state land disturbed by the permittee shall be restored to a
				condition and forage density reasonably similar to its original condition and
				forage density.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 060 - Lands and Investments, Office of › Sub-Agency 0002 - Land Commissioners, Board of › Chapter 14 - FEES FOR ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES AND INTEREST RATES › Section 14-6 - Consideration

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) Consideration for temporary use permits
				shall be negotiated on a case by case basis, provided that the following
				minimum consideration shall apply:
(i)
				Construction activities - $10/acre affected or $100, whichever is
				greater
(ii) Hot mix facilities -
				$500/year
(iii) Organized
				recreation activities - $25/day
(iv) Roadways - $ 1/linear rod/year or $
				100/year whichever is greater.
(v)
				Sign boards - $ 1/square foot of sign/year or $ 100/year, whichever is
				greater.
(vi) Stockpile sites -
				$100/year
(vii) Water Wells - $
				10/acre-foot of water removed from state land or $ 100/year whichever is
				greater.
(viii) Disposal or
				Injection Wells - Market Value per barrel or $ 100.00/year whichever is
				greater.
(ix) Outfitting/guiding
				activities - For exclusive (to outfitters) permits 150/acre/year or $150/year,
				whichever is greater. For nonexclusive permits $150/year.
(x) Non-Commercial removal of decorative
				rock/stone - $50/ton.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 060 - Lands and Investments, Office of › Sub-Agency 0002 - Land Commissioners, Board of › Chapter 14 - FEES FOR ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES AND INTEREST RATES › Section 14-7 - Application Procedure

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) Applications.
				Persons desiring permission to use state land for a temporary purpose as
				provided in this chapter shall submit to the Director a completed application,
				including the lessee comment form and the fee as established in Chapter
				17.
(b) Preliminary Approval. With
				the exception of applications for exclusive outfitting/guiding permits filed
				pursuant to Section
				8 of this chapter the Director shall
				preliminarily approve or disapprove the application no less than 20 days, nor
				more than 30 days, after receipt of a completed application. In no case shall
				the Director preliminarily approve the application unless the consideration
				required under Section
				6 of this chapter has been
				received.
(c) Effect of Preliminary
				Approval. Upon preliminary approval of the application, the applicant may
				commence the permitted use. However, the applicant bears the risk that the
				Board may ultimately disapprove the application.
(d) Final Approval. The Board shall approve
				or disapprove the application at its next regular meeting following the
				Director's action under subsection (b) of this section. If the application is
				disapproved and no permitted use has occurred, the consideration collected
				under Section
				6 of this chapter and any related surface
				impact payment collected by the lessee shall be returned to the
				applicant.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 060 - Lands and Investments, Office of › Sub-Agency 0002 - Land Commissioners, Board of › Chapter 14 - FEES FOR ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES AND INTEREST RATES › Section 14-9 - Permit Cancellation

Current through July 13, 2024
The Board may cancel permits issued under this chapter for
				  violation of any of the terms and conditions of the permit or of the applicable
				  rules and regulations of the Board. The Board may cancel or modify permits on
				  their anniversary date in order to facilitate the sale or exchange of lands
				  within the permit area.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 060 - Lands and Investments, Office of › Sub-Agency 0002 - Land Commissioners, Board of › Chapter 16 - IMMUNIZATION REGULATIONS › Section 16-2 - Definitions

Current through July 13, 2024
As used in this chapter:
(a) "Board" means the Board of Land
				Commissioners.
(b) "Director" means
				the Director of the Office of State Lands and Investments.
(c) "Geophysical/Seismic Survey" means an
				activity relating to the search for evidence of oil and gas which requires the
				physical presence upon the lands.
(d) "Office" means the Office of State Lands
				and Investments.
(e) "State lands"
				means all lands under the jurisdiction of the Board of Land
				Commissioners.
(f) "Subsurface
				lessee" means a holder of a subsurface resource lease issued in accordance with
				Chapters 18-25 of the Board's rules.
(g) "Surface impact payment" means money paid
				by a user of state lands in compensation for potential negative impacts to the
				fee simple or leasehold estate, including, but not limited to, destruction of
				forage, disruption of grazing, agricultural, or commercial operations,
				nuisance, inconvenience, and for incidental use of the land surface.
(h) "Surface lessee" means a holder of a
				grazing and agricultural lease, of special use lease, or wind energy lease
				issued in accordance with Chapters 4, 5, or 6 of the Board's rules.
(i) "Surveyor" means a person conducting a
				surface or subsurface survey on state land.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 060 - Lands and Investments, Office of › Sub-Agency 0002 - Land Commissioners, Board of › Chapter 16 - IMMUNIZATION REGULATIONS › Section 16-3 - Authorization to Survey

Current through July 13, 2024
The Board hereby grants authorization to persons to conduct
				  limited duration, non-invasive land, mineral, geophysical, cultural,
				  historical, biological, environmental, and mapping surveys on state land upon
				  compliance with this chapter. Surveys of an extensive duration and/or invasive
				  in nature, as determined by the Office, may require that the applicant file a
				  temporary use permit application in accordance with Chapter 14 of the Board of
				  Land Commissioners Rules and Regulations. Determination of whether or not a
				  Temporary Use Permit is required will be made on a case by case basis by the
				  Office subsequent to a review of the application.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 060 - Lands and Investments, Office of › Sub-Agency 0002 - Land Commissioners, Board of › Chapter 16 - IMMUNIZATION REGULATIONS › Section 16-4 - Procedure

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) Persons desiring to enter upon state
				lands for the purpose of surveying shall, prior to entry, complete an
				application outlining the surveying activity and use their best efforts and any
				available means to notify the surface lessee of their intent to conduct a
				survey and, where necessary, negotiate a surface impact payment.
(b) In addition to complying with subsection
				(a) of this section, persons desiring to enter upon state lands for the purpose
				of geophysical/seismic surveys of any kind shall, prior to entry, negotiate an
				impact payment with the surface lessee.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 060 - Lands and Investments, Office of › Sub-Agency 0002 - Land Commissioners, Board of › Chapter 16 - IMMUNIZATION REGULATIONS › Section 16-5 - Suspension of Survey Authorization

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) Delegation. The
				Director shall have the power to suspend the authorization to survey granted in
				Section
				3 of this chapter for any survey.
(b) Procedure. If the Director has
				substantive evidence or information to indicate that the survey will result in
				irreparable harm to the state land, the Director shall suspend the
				authorization to survey by notifying the surveyor using any available
				means.
(c) Duration. The suspension
				shall continue until the next regular meeting of the Board following the
				suspension, unless terminated sooner by the Director. The Board may extend the
				suspension for a definite or indefinite term.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 060 - Lands and Investments, Office of › Sub-Agency 0002 - Land Commissioners, Board of › Chapter 16 - IMMUNIZATION REGULATIONS › Section 16-6 - Surface Impact Payments

Current through July 13, 2024
If the proposed survey will have potential negative impacts
				  to the fee simple or leasehold estate, a surface impact payment shall be
				  negotiated prior to surveyor entry on the state land. If there is a surface
				  lessee of the state land, negotiations and payment shall be pursuant to Chapter
				  4, Section
				  14, Chapter 5, Section
				  13 or Chapter 6, Section
				  12 of the Board's rules. If there is not a
				  surface lessee, negotiations shall be directly with the
				  Office.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 060 - Lands and Investments, Office of › Sub-Agency 0002 - Land Commissioners, Board of › Chapter 16 - IMMUNIZATION REGULATIONS › Section 16-7 - Monumentation

Current through July 13, 2024
If a surveyor sets a monumented corner on state land, the
				  Board may supply the surveyor with a brass cap monument and may record the
				  corner file, if provided by the surveyor, with the appropriate county clerk at
				  the Board's expense.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 060 - Lands and Investments, Office of › Sub-Agency 0002 - Land Commissioners, Board of › Chapter 16 - IMMUNIZATION REGULATIONS › Section 16-8 - Disclaimer

Current through July 13, 2024
Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to authorize
				  surveyors to trespass upon the leasehold rights held by a subsurface
				  lessee.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 060 - Lands and Investments, Office of › Sub-Agency 0002 - Land Commissioners, Board of › Chapter 17 - FEES FOR ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES AND INTEREST RATES › Section 17-1 - Authority

Current through July 13, 2024
This chapter is promulgated under the authority of Wyoming
				  Statute (W.S.)
										36-2-107,
				  36-3-110 and
				  16-4-204(d).
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 060 - Lands and Investments, Office of › Sub-Agency 0002 - Land Commissioners, Board of › Chapter 17 - FEES FOR ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES AND INTEREST RATES › Section 17-2 - Fees

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) The Board will
				collect fees for administrative services occurring from activities conducted on
				State Lands in accordance with the following Board Rules:
(i) Insufficient Funds Check Return Fee -
				$25.00
(ii) Name Change -
				$25.00
(iii) Notice of Security
				Interest - $25.00
(iv) Easements:
(A) Application Fee - $100.00
(v) Grazing and Agricultural
				Leasing:
(A) Application Fee -
				$50.00
(B) Assignment Fee -
				$40.00
(vi) Special Use
				Leasing:
(A) Application Fee -
				$250.00
(B) Assignment Fee -
				$40.00
(vii) Leasing of
				Subsurface Resources:
(A) Application Fee -
				$50.00
(B) Assignment Fee -
				$40.00
(C) Unitization Agreement
				Fee - $50.00
(D) Communitization
				Agreement Fee - $50.00
(viii) Sale of Forest Products:
(A) Application Fee - $50.00 (For all sales
				not initiated by the State Forester).
(ix) Fossil Permits:
(A) Application Fee - $50.00 (No Assignments
				Allowed)
(x) Temporary
				Use Permits:
(A) Application Fee - $50.00 (No
				Assignments Allowed)
(xi) Surface Estate Sale Nomination:
(A) Application Fee - $1000.00. If an
				application does not progress to Category II status, the applicant is eligible
				for a 75% refund. Upon Category II status, the full Application fee will be
				retained by the agency. This fee is applicable to land exchanges.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 060 - Lands and Investments, Office of › Sub-Agency 0002 - Land Commissioners, Board of › Chapter 17 - FEES FOR ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES AND INTEREST RATES › Section 17-3 - Interest Rates

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) The Board will
				charge interest rates on all loans in accordance with the following Board
				Rules:
(i) Chapter 2 - Sale of lands:
(A) 8% per annum for loans up to 75% of
				value.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 060 - Lands and Investments, Office of › Sub-Agency 0002 - Land Commissioners, Board of › Chapter 17 - FEES FOR ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES AND INTEREST RATES › Section 17-4 - Interest Rates

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) The Board will
				charge interest rates on all loans in accordance with the following Board
				Rules:
(i) Chapter 2 - Sale of lands:
(A) 8% per annum for loans up to 75% of
				value.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 060 - Lands and Investments, Office of › Sub-Agency 0002 - Land Commissioners, Board of › Chapter 18 - LEASING OF OIL AND GAS › Section 18-2 - Definitions

Current through July 13, 2024
(a)
				"Beneficiaries" means the common schools and those state institutions
				designated by Congress as beneficiaries of lands granted to the State of
				Wyoming.
(b) "Board" means the
				Board of Land Commissioners.
(c)
				"Director" means The Director of the Office of State Lands and
				Investments.
(d) "Office" means the
				Office of State Lands and Investments.
(e) "Oil and Gas" means oil and gas, coalbed
				gas, other kindred hydrocarbons present in the earth and extracted in a gaseous
				or liquid state, and non-hydrocarbon gases and any byproducts recovered from
				such gases. It does not mean coal, lignite, oil shale, or similar solid
				hydrocarbons.
(f) "Qualified
				Bidder" means a person or entity engaged in good faith exploration for, or
				production of Oil and Gas as a primary component of their business
				activity.
(g) "State Lands" means
				all lands under the jurisdiction of the Board of Land Commissioners in which
				the Board owns some or all of the mineral estate.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 060 - Lands and Investments, Office of › Sub-Agency 0002 - Land Commissioners, Board of › Chapter 18 - LEASING OF OIL AND GAS › Section 18-2 - Definitions

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) "Beneficiaries" means the common schools
				and those state institutions designated by Congress as beneficiaries of lands
				granted to the State of Wyoming.
(b) "Board" means the Board of Land
				Commissioners.
(c) "Director" means
				The Director of the Office of State Lands and Investments.
(d) "Office" means the Office of State Lands
				and Investments.
(e) "Oil and Gas"
				means oil and gas, coalbed gas, other kindred hydrocarbons present in the earth
				and extracted in a gaseous or liquid state, and non-hydrocarbon gases and any
				by-products recovered from such gases. It does not mean coal, lignite, oil
				shale, or similar solid hydrocarbons.
(f) "State Lands" means all lands under the
				jurisdiction of the Board of Land Commissioners in which the Board owns some or
				all of the mineral estate.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 060 - Lands and Investments, Office of › Sub-Agency 0002 - Land Commissioners, Board of › Chapter 18 - LEASING OF OIL AND GAS › Section 18-3 - General Provisions

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) The Board
				may, without prior notice, withdraw specific lands from leasing for oil and gas
				when it appears reasonably necessary to protect the economic or environmental
				interests of the beneficiaries. Any party desiring to lease lands for oil and
				gas which have been withdrawn may request that a withdrawal be rescinded in
				whole or in part.
(b) The Board may
				condition the issuance of any oil and gas lease upon specific stipulations for
				the protection of the public, the environment, the waters of the state,
				historical, archeological or paleontological materials, the wildlife resources,
				or any of the subsurface or surface resources of the state.
(c) The Board may deny an oil and gas lease
				to any person or legal entity which has failed to comply with any rules of the
				Board or any terms and conditions of any lease or other agreement with the
				Board.
(d) The Board may refuse to
				issue an oil and gas lease or approve an assignment of an interest in an
				existing oil and gas lease if issuing the lease or approving the assignment
				will diminish the interest of the beneficiaries.
(e) On lands in which the state owns less
				than the entire interest in the oil and gas estate, a lease will be issued by
				the Board covering the state's interest independent of the other
				co-owners.
(f) Oil and gas covered
				by an existing lease is not available for lease (top leasing) until the
				existing lease terminates, and the oil and gas is made available for leasing
				under Section  5  of this chapter.
(g) An application may be filed for a lease
				on lands not shown by the records of the Office to be owned by the state. The
				applicant must submit evidence through the Office to the Wyoming Attorney
				General showing that it is probable that the lands applied for, or any interest
				therein, have escheated to the State of Wyoming. Such applicant shall
				coordinate with and pay for all costs for the Office and the Attorney General
				pursuant to the filing of a petition under W.S. 9-5-203  seeking title for the
				state. After receiving a court order vesting title in the state, the applicant
				shall have the right to lease the escheated lands under the Board's current
				form of lease without bidding thereon at auction. If the lands are not found to
				have escheated to the state, applicant will not be entitled to any lease or
				cost reimbursement.
(h) Discovery
				of historical, archaeological, or paleontological deposits on state lands
				during the course of development shall be reported to the Office by the lessee
				prior to further disturbance, and operations may only re-commence as authorized
				by the Director. The Director shall notify the lessee regarding mitigation
				within five (5) working days after receiving the report.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 060 - Lands and Investments, Office of › Sub-Agency 0002 - Land Commissioners, Board of › Chapter 18 - LEASING OF OIL AND GAS › Section 18-3 - General Provisions

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) The Board may,
				without prior notice, withdraw specific lands from leasing for oil and gas when
				it appears reasonably necessary to protect the economic or environmental
				interests of the beneficiaries. Any party desiring to lease lands for oil and
				gas which have been withdrawn may request that a withdrawal be rescinded in
				whole or in part.
(b) The Board may
				condition the issuance of any oil and gas lease upon specific stipulations for
				the protection of the public, the environment, the waters of the state,
				historical, archeological or paleontological materials, the wildlife resources,
				or any of the subsurface or surface resources of the state.
(c) The Board may deny an oil and gas lease
				to any person or legal entity which has failed to comply with any rules of the
				Board or any terms and conditions of any lease or other agreement with the
				Board.
(d) The Board may refuse to
				issue an oil and gas lease or approve an assignment of an interest in an
				existing oil and gas lease if issuing the lease or approving the assignment
				will diminish the interest of the beneficiaries.
(e) On lands in which the state owns less
				than the entire interest in the oil and gas estate, a lease will be issued by
				the Board covering the state's interest independent of the other
				co-owners.
(f) Oil and gas covered
				by an existing lease is not available for lease (top leasing) until the
				existing lease terminates, and the oil and gas is made available for leasing
				under Section
				5 of this chapter.
(g) An application may be filed for a lease
				on lands not shown by the records of the Office to be owned by the state. The
				applicant must submit evidence through the Office to the Wyoming Attorney
				General showing that it is probable that the lands applied for, or any interest
				therein, have escheated to the State of Wyoming. Such applicant shall
				coordinate with and pay for all costs for the Office and the Attorney General
				pursuant to the filing of a petition under
				W.S.
				9-5-203 seeking title for the state. After
				receiving a court order vesting title in the state, the applicant shall have
				the right to lease the escheated lands under the Board's current form of lease
				without bidding thereon at auction. If the lands are not found to have
				escheated to the state, applicant will not be entitled to any lease or cost
				reimbursement.
(h) Discovery of
				historical, archaeological, or paleontological deposits on state lands during
				the course of development shall be reported to the Office by the lessee prior
				to further disturbance, and operations may only re-commence as authorized by
				the Director. The Director shall notify the lessee regarding mitigation within
				five (5) working days after receiving the report.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 060 - Lands and Investments, Office of › Sub-Agency 0002 - Land Commissioners, Board of › Chapter 18 - LEASING OF OIL AND GAS › Section 18-4 - Qualified Lessee

Current through July 13, 2024
To be qualified to receive or hold any interest in a state
				  lease, corporations, limited partnerships and limited liability companies must
				  be authorized to transact business in the State of Wyoming by the Secretary of
				  State, and general partnerships shall provide the Office with a copy of their
				  partnership papers.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 060 - Lands and Investments, Office of › Sub-Agency 0002 - Land Commissioners, Board of › Chapter 18 - LEASING OF OIL AND GAS › Section 18-5 - Leasing Procedures

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) All oil and
				gas leases on state lands will be first offered by competitive bidding. The
				Office shall set a time and place for the auction sale, describing each tract
				to be offered, noting the terms of the leases to be issued, noting the terms
				and conditions of sale, detailing the procedure to be followed in conducting
				the sale, and any other necessary information. Notice of the sale shall be
				given in such form and manner as the Board shall direct but shall at a minimum
				be published in a Wyoming newspaper of statewide distribution and provided
				individually to entities and persons having registered with the Office to
				receive auction listings.
(b) The
				Director, shall review the highest bid offered by an applicant to determine if
				the applicant is a Qualified Bidder.
(i) If
				the highest bidder is a Qualified Bidder, the Director may recommend awarding
				the lease to the highest bidder.
(ii) If the highest bidder is not a Qualified
				Bidder, as determined by the Director, the applicant shall be disqualified. The
				Director shall then determine if the second highest bidder is a Qualified
				Bidder.
(iii) If the Director
				determines the second highest bidder to be a Qualified Bidder, the Director may
				recommend issuing the lease to the second highest bidder at the lower of the
				following:
(A) the highest amount bid before
				the disqualified applicant entered the lease auction; or
(B) the amount bid by the second highest
				bidder.