Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 020 - Environmental Quality, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0011 - Water Quality › Chapter 9 - WYOMING GROUNDWATER POLLUTION CONTROL PERMIT › Section 9-7 - Application Processing Procedures; Permit Issuance or Denial; Permit Duration

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) For any
				subsurface discharge excepting a special process discharge:
(i) The applicant shall file three (3) copies
				of his application at the office of the Department.
(ii) The Administrator will review each
				application received to determine if the application:
(A) Should be accepted as complete; or
(I) Requires public notice; or
(II) Does not require public
				notice.
(B) Is
				incomplete; or
(C) Should be
				denied.
(iii) If a
				permit is denied, written notice of the action shall be given within 30 days
				after the determination has been made.
(iv) For each application determined to be
				complete, the Administrator shall have prepared a proposed permit that embodies
				tentative determinations reached. Proposed permits shall be provided to the
				applicant and made available to the public for inspection and copying. If
				public notice is not required, the proposed permit will be the final
				permit.
(v) Prior to the issuance
				of a permit for a discharge of commercial, municipal or industrial wastes, the
				applicant will affirmatively demonstrate that the pollution or waste can be
				contained and will not migrate into other receivers or to the surface. The
				demonstration may be waived if the applicant submits data that document that
				the provisions of this requirement will be accomplished by the proposed
				operation. If the demonstration is not waived, the applicant may apply for a
				miscellaneous discharge permit in lieu of a permit for a discharge of
				commercial, municipal or industrial waste.
(vi) Prior to the issuance of a permit for a
				subsurface discharge and at a minimum of once every five (5) years thereafter
				for the life of the permit, the operator shall demonstrate and/or document, as
				required by the Administrator, the mechanical integrity of the well or
				system.
(vii) A permit shall be
				issued within 60 days after receipt of all information if, acting upon the
				complete application of the person applying to discharge, the Administrator has
				found and determined that the proposed discharge will not result in violation
				of
Quality Standards for Wyoming Groundwaters
, and a
				public hearing is not required.
(viii) Public notice is required for every
				application for a permit to discharge to Groundwater of the State that is an
				existing source of water supplies; or for the purpose of underground management
				of commercial, municipal and industrial wastes.
(A) Notice shall be given pursuant to Section
				17 of these regulations.
(B) If no objections are received, the permit
				shall be issued within 20 days following the complete comment period.
(C) If written objections are filed during
				the comment period, the Council shall hold a public hearing pursuant to Section
				18 of these regulations.
(D) If a hearing is held, the Council shall
				issue a decision within 60 days after the final hearing. A permit is then
				issued or denied by the Director no later than 15 days from receipt of the
				Council's decision.
(ix)
				Permits may be issued on a well-by-well basis or by discharge facility,
				project, field, area or other appropriate method.
(x) Every permit issued under these
				regulations will be issued for the life of the discharge operation excepting as
				otherwise specified in these regulations.
(A)
				Each issued permit shall be reviewed at least once every five (5)
				years.
(B) The permit review shall
				be an evaluation to determine that the permittee is in compliance with or has
				substantially complied with all the terms and conditions of the permit, that
				the Department has the most recently updated information of the permittee's
				discharge and related pertinent activities including records, reports and
				notices submitted to the Department by the permittee; and that the mechanical
				integrity of the discharge well and facility is intact.
(xi) A permit issued for a discharge
				described in Section
				3.(c) (iii) (H) shall be for a limited
				period not to exceed a total of 18 months from the date of issuance, and shall
				not affect a discharge area larger than 2½ acres, unless a different
				time and scope are established by the Director.