Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 029 - Water Development Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - General Agency, Board or Commission Rules › Chapter 8 - DELEGATION OF DUTIES › Section 8-3 - Delegation of Duties

Current through July 13, 2024
The Commission delegates the following administrative duties
				  to the Office and the Office shall provide periodic progress reports to the
				  Commission:
(a) Consult with and
				receive the views of persons, local groups, and organizations representing
				water users, special interests, industries and the public interest, and acquire
				data and information relating to water, water use, water conservation, and
				water quality from agencies, departments and other sources in the formulation
				of water resource plans to be adopted by the Commission;
(b) Coordinate water resource plans with
				other governmental agencies and departments;
(c) Administer federal or other sources of
				funding for water and land resource planning;
(d) Develop and provide recommendations to
				the Commission pertaining to the planning, selection, financing, identification
				of costs and benefits, construction, acquisition and operation of projects and
				facilities;
(e) Administer and
				provide the primary point of contact for all Level I reconnaissance studies and
				Level II feasibility studies;
(f)
				Administer and provide the primary point of contact for all Level III
				construction grants and loans and emergency water project grants and
				loans;
(g) Plan, advertise and
				conduct public hearings, public meetings, public workshops to consult and
				receive views of interested persons for studies and projects authorized by the
				Commission;
(h) Operate and
				maintain facilities under the control of the Commission;
(i) Receive contributions from any legal
				subdivision of the state, tribal business council of the Eastern Shoshone or
				Northern Arapaho Indian tribes, private corporation or person for the
				operation, management and maintenance of any project or any interest in any
				facility or function of a project;
(j) Receive and acquire data relating to
				water, water use and water quality from any source as it relates to a project
				or study;
(k) Review and acquire
				additional information and provide recommendations to the Commission regarding
				all applications for funding;
(l)
				Report Commission findings and recommendations in the form of the Omnibus Water
				Bill - Planning and Omnibus Water Bill - Construction to the Governor and
				Legislature;
(m) Develop, produce
				and distribute an annual report on the Program's activities, expenses,
				Commission-approved recommendations and other items to the Governor,
				Legislature, Joint Agriculture, State and Public Lands and Water Resources
				Interim Committee, and Joint Appropriations Committee;
(n) Deposit all funding application fees into
				water development account I;
(o)
				When assigned by the Commission, represent or advocate the State's interests in
				negotiations and construction of water projects;
(p) Administer contracts and agreements with
				the United States of America or its duly authorized representative
				agencies;
(q) Administer grants for
				the exploration for and feasibility studies of use of underground
				water;
(r) In the Level I planning
				process, notify landowners whose lands may be flooded or otherwise physically
				affected by a proposed water development project;
(s) In the Level II planning process, consult
				with and provide copies of studies to landowners whose lands may be flooded or
				otherwise physically affected by a proposed water development
				project;
(t) In proceeding with
				Level III construction projects and upon direction by the Commission, negotiate
				in good faith with affected landowners and follow the requirements of the
				Wyoming Eminent Domain Act;
(u)
				File applications in the name of the State of Wyoming for permits to
				appropriate water for instream flows in those segments of streams recommended
				by the Game and Fish Commission;
(v) Administer instream flow feasibility
				studies and report findings to the Game and Fish Commission and
				Legislature;
(w) On behalf of the
				Commission, request a call for stream regulation to protect the priority of an
				instream flow water right;
(x)
				Administer Level III construction projects including, but not limited to, the
				performance of the following duties:
(i)
				Establish repayment schedules for project loans;
(ii) Receive sponsor loan payments for
				project loans;
(iii) Review and
				approve appropriate funding levels for sinking funds for repair and maintenance
				of projects;
(iv) Review and
				approve construction budgets, construction plans and specifications;
(v) Review necessary permits required to
				construct projects;
(vi) Review and
				approve sponsor contracts for design and construction phase services;
(vii) Review, approve and process sponsor
				requests for payment of grant and loan funds; and
(viii) Serve as the Commission's
				representative on projects;