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Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 020 - Environmental Quality, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0009 - Solid Waste Management › Chapter 6 - TRANSFER, TREATMENT, AND STORAGE FACILITY REGULATIONS › Section 6-13 - Corrective Action Standards

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) Schedule: On a
				schedule approved by the Administrator, the operator must:
(i) Implement a remedy approved by the
				Administrator.
(ii) Continue
				monitoring to demonstrate the effectiveness of the remedy.
(iii) Take interim measures determined
				necessary by the Administrator to ensure protection of public health and the
				environment.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 020 - Environmental Quality, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0009 - Solid Waste Management › Chapter 6 - TRANSFER, TREATMENT, AND STORAGE FACILITY REGULATIONS › Section 6-14 - Special Waste Standards

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) Special waste
				standards: The application shall include information describing compliance with
				standards for the transfer, treatment, and storage of any special waste as
				provided in Chapter 8.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 020 - Environmental Quality, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0009 - Solid Waste Management › Chapter 6 - TRANSFER, TREATMENT, AND STORAGE FACILITY REGULATIONS › Section 6-15 - Commercial Solid Waste Facility Standards

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) Commercial
				solid waste facility standards: The permit application shall demonstrate
				compliance with the requirements of Chapter 10 and
				W.S.
				35-11-514.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 020 - Environmental Quality, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0009 - Solid Waste Management › Chapter 6 - TRANSFER, TREATMENT, AND STORAGE FACILITY REGULATIONS › Section 6-17 - Supporting Documentation/Appendices

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) Supporting
				materials: At a minimum, appendices shall include the information in this
				section.
(b) Map or aerial
				photograph: For fixed facilities, an original USGS topographic map or aerial
				photograph of the area shall be submitted showing land ownership, land use and
				zoning within one-half mile of the facility, unless there is an incinerator at
				the waste management site, in which case the map or aerial photograph shall
				show land ownership, land use and zoning within one mile of the facility. The
				map or photograph shall be of sufficient scale to show all city boundaries,
				occupied dwellings, schools, hospitals, industrial buildings, water wells,
				water courses, roads and other applicable details and shall indicate the
				general topography.
(c) General
				facility plot plan: For fixed facilities, a general facility plot plan at a
				scale approved by the Administrator shall be submitted. If all waste management
				activities occur within a single building, a scaled floor plan can be used in
				lieu of a general facility plot plan. The general facility plot plan shall
				illustrate the following features:
(i)
				Facility boundaries, including any buffer zones and fire lanes proposed between
				the solid waste permit boundary and the property boundary.
(ii) Points of access.
(iii) Working area/perimeter fence
				location.
(iv) Location of all
				solid waste management units and equipment.
(v) Locations of any buildings to house
				equipment or for other uses.
(vi)
				The location of any surface water structures.
(vii) The location of environmental
				monitoring devices.
(viii) Any
				other facility features requested by the administrator.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 020 - Environmental Quality, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0009 - Solid Waste Management › Chapter 7 - FINANCIAL ASSURANCE REQUIREMENTS › Section 7-1 - In General

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) Chapter is
				promulgated pursuant to the Wyoming Environmental Quality Act (Act),
				specifically Wyoming Statute (W.S.) §§
									
										35-11-504 and -515.
(b) This Chapter governs all solid waste
				management facilities that are required to demonstrate financial assurance
				under W.S. §
									
										35-11-504. Exempt solid waste management
				facilities include those solid waste management facilities listed in W.S.
				§
									
										35-11-504(c) and:
(i) Solid waste management facilities other
				than those regulated under Chapter 2 of these rules that are owned or operated
				by a municipality;
(ii) Sanitary
				landfills regulated under Chapter 2 that ceased receipt of wastes before
				October 9, 1991;
(iii) Municipal
				solid waste landfills regulated under Chapter 2 of these rules that received
				waste after October 9, 1991, but ceased receipt of waste before October 9,
				1993, and installed an approved final cover system before October 9,
				1994;
(iv) Municipal solid waste
				landfills regulated under Chapter 2 of these rules that received waste after
				October 9, 1991, but ceased receipt of wastes before October 9, 1997, and
				installed an approved final cover system before October 9, 1998; and
(v) Mobile transfer, treatment and storage
				facilities regulated under Chapter 6 of these rules.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 020 - Environmental Quality, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0009 - Solid Waste Management › Chapter 7 - FINANCIAL ASSURANCE REQUIREMENTS › Section 7-2 - Closure and Post-Closure Cost Estimates

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) Along with the
				closure plan and post-closure plan required for a regulated facility, the
				operator must submit closure and post-closure estimates.
(i) An incinerator, resource recovery
				facility, compost facility, or storage surface impoundment may omit the
				post-closure cost estimate if onsite disposal of wastes or residues is not
				planned or required.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 020 - Environmental Quality, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0009 - Solid Waste Management › Chapter 7 - FINANCIAL ASSURANCE REQUIREMENTS › Section 7-3 - Corrective Action Cost Estimates

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) If a regulated
				facility violates a permit, standard, rule, or requirement established under
				the Act, resulting in a release of pollution or waste to the air, land, or
				water resources of the state, the Director shall:
(i) Notify the regulated facility of the
				violation; and
(ii) Order the
				regulated facility to take corrective action to remedy or abate the violation
				and provide financial assurance as specified in this Section.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 020 - Environmental Quality, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0009 - Solid Waste Management › Chapter 7 - FINANCIAL ASSURANCE REQUIREMENTS › Section 7-4 - Establishment of Financial Assurance Requirements

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) The Director,
				through the Administrator, shall establish the amount of financial assurance
				required for regulated facilities based on the cost estimates for closure,
				post-closure, and corrective action.
(b) If the Administrator determines that a
				cost estimate meets the requirements of this Chapter:
(i) The Administrator shall establish the
				amount of financial assurance required and notify the operator in writing of
				the amount; and
(ii) Within thirty
				days of receiving notice from the Administrator, the operator shall submit
				documentation of financial assurance, on forms furnished by the Director, in an
				amount at least equal to the established financial assurance amount.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 020 - Environmental Quality, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0009 - Solid Waste Management › Chapter 7 - FINANCIAL ASSURANCE REQUIREMENTS › Section 7-5 - Acceptable Forms of Financial Assurance

Current through July 13, 2024
An operator of a regulated facility shall provide financial
				  assurance for closure, post-closure, or corrective action in one or more of the
				  following forms: surety bond, self-bond, federally insured certificates of
				  deposit, cash, government securities, or irrevocable letters of credit.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 020 - Environmental Quality, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0009 - Solid Waste Management › Chapter 7 - FINANCIAL ASSURANCE REQUIREMENTS › Section 7-6 - Surety Bonds

Current through July 13, 2024
Surety bonds shall comply with the following
				  requirements:
(a) A corporate surety
				company shall not be considered good and sufficient for purposes of W.S. §
									
										35-11-504 unless:
(i) The company is licensed to do business in
				the state;
(ii) The bond is made
				payable to the Department;
(iii)
				The estimated bond amount does not exceed the limit of risk as provided for in
				W.S. §
										
											26-5-110, nor raise the total of all bonds
				held by the applicant under that surety above three times the limit of risk;
				and
(iv) The surety company agrees
				to the following:
(A) Not to cancel the bond,
				except as provided for in W.S. §
											
												35-11-504 or where the Director gives prior
				written approval of a replacement bond or financial assurance;
(B) To be jointly and severally liable with
				the operator; and
(C) To provide
				immediate written notice to the Director and operator once it becomes unable or
				may become unable due to any action filed against it to fulfill its obligations
				under the bond.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 020 - Environmental Quality, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0009 - Solid Waste Management › Chapter 7 - FINANCIAL ASSURANCE REQUIREMENTS › Section 7-7 - Self-bonds

Current through July 13, 2024
Self-bonding shall comply with the following requirements:
(a) An initial application to
				self-bond shall contain:
(i) Identification of
				operator:
(A) For corporations, name,
				address, telephone number, state of incorporation, principal place of business
				and name, title and authority of person signing application, a corporate
				resolution authorizing the application, and statement of authority to do
				business in the State of Wyoming, or
(B) For all other forms of business
				enterprises, name, address and telephone number and statement of how the
				enterprise is organized, law of the State under which it is formed, place of
				business, and relationship and authority of the person signing the
				application.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 020 - Environmental Quality, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0009 - Solid Waste Management › Chapter 7 - FINANCIAL ASSURANCE REQUIREMENTS › Section 7-8 - Federally Insured Certificate of Deposit

Current through July 13, 2024
The Director shall not accept certificate of deposit in an
				  amount in excess of the maximum insurable amount as determined by the Federal
				  Deposit Insurance Corporation. The certificate must be payable solely to the
				  Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality. The Director shall require the
				  banks issuing these certificates to waive all rights of set off or liens
				  against the certificates. The financial assurance amount may be calculated to
				  include any amount that would be deducted as a penalty for payment before
				  maturity.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 020 - Environmental Quality, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0009 - Solid Waste Management › Chapter 7 - FINANCIAL ASSURANCE REQUIREMENTS › Section 7-10 - Government Securities

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) Government
				securities shall be endorsed to the order of the Department, placed in the
				possession of the Department, and backed by the full faith and credit of the
				United States.
(b) Possession of
				government securities may be in the form of the cash value of an irrevocable
				trust for the full amount of the closure, post-closure, or corrective action
				obligation, payable to the Department. An irrevocable trust shall conform to
				the requirements below:
(i) The Wyoming
				Department of Environmental Quality Irrevocable Trust Form shall be signed by
				the operator or guarantor as principal and the financial institution as
				Trustee;
(ii) The Trustee must be a
				bank organized to do business in the United States and have the authority to
				act as a trustee whose trust operations are regulated and examined by a Federal
				or State Agency;
(iii) The
				irrevocable trust must be funded for the full amount of the closure,
				post-closure, or corrective action obligation, except for the amount reduced by
				other approved bond instruments or financial assurances;
(iv) Cancellation of an irrevocable trust
				shall follow the procedures detailed in W.S. §
										
											35-11-504(f); and
(v) Forfeiture proceedings for an irrevocable
				trust shall follow the same procedures detailed in W.S. §
										
											35-11-504(h).
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 020 - Environmental Quality, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0009 - Solid Waste Management › Chapter 7 - FINANCIAL ASSURANCE REQUIREMENTS › Section 7-11 - Irrevocable Letters of Credit

Current through July 13, 2024
Irrevocable letters of credit shall comply with the following
				  requirements:
(a) The letter must be
				payable to the Department in part or in full upon demand and receipt from the
				Director of a notice of forfeiture issued in accordance with W.S. §
									
										35-11-504(h);
(b) The letter shall not be in excess of ten
				percent of the issuing or supporting bank's capital surplus account as shown on
				a balance sheet certified by a certified public accountant;
(c) The Director shall not accept standby
				letters of credit;
(d) The Director
				shall not accept letters of credit from a bank for any person, on all permits
				held by that person, in excess of the limitation imposed by W.S. §
									
										13-3-402; and
(e) The letter of credit shall provide that:
(i) The bank will give prompt notice to the
				operator and the Director of any notice received or action filed alleging the
				insolvency or bankruptcy of the bank, or alleging any violations of regulatory
				requirements that could result in suspension or revocation of the bank's
				charter or license to do business;
(ii) In the event the bank becomes unable to
				fulfill its obligations under the letter of credit for any reason, notice shall
				be given immediately to the operator and the Director; and
(iii) Upon the incapacity of a bank by reason
				of bankruptcy, insolvency, or suspension or revocation of its charter or
				license, the permittee shall be deemed to be without financial assurance in
				violation of the Act. The Director shall issue a notice of violation against
				any operator who is without bond coverage, specifying a reasonable period to
				replace bond coverage, not to exceed ninety days. During this period the
				Director or their designated representative shall conduct weekly inspections to
				ensure continuing compliance with other permit requirements, these rules and
				the Act. If the notice is not abated in accordance with the schedule, a
				cessation order shall be issued.
(iv) The irrevocable letter of credit may be
				cancelled by the issuer only after ninety-days' notice to the Director, and
				upon receipt of the Director's written consent, which may be granted only when
				an alternative financial assurance substitution has been approved.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 020 - Environmental Quality, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0009 - Solid Waste Management › Chapter 7 - FINANCIAL ASSURANCE REQUIREMENTS › Section 7-12 - Release of Financial Assurance

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) The Director
				shall release the closure or post-closure portion of the bond or financial
				assurance instrument when closure or post-closure activities have been
				successfully completed. The operator shall notify the Administrator upon
				completion of activities specified in the closure or post-closure plan. The
				Administrator shall inspect the facility and provide written inspection results
				to the operator. Release of the closure or post-closure portion of a bond or
				financial assurance does not relieve the operator of their responsibility for
				corrective action to prevent or abate violations caused by the regulated
				facility that are subsequently discovered, or relieve the operator of their
				responsibility to meet closure or post-closure standards.
(b) The Director shall release the corrective
				action portion of the bond or financial assurance instrument when a violation
				has been remedied or the damage abated. The operator shall notify the
				Administrator upon completion of activities specified in the corrective action
				plan. The Administrator shall inspect the facility and provide written
				inspection results to the operator. Release of the corrective action portion of
				a bond or financial assurance does not relieve the operator of their
				responsibility for further corrective action to prevent or abate violations
				caused by the regulated facility that are subsequently discovered, or relieve
				the operator of their responsibility to meet closure or post-closure
				standards.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 020 - Environmental Quality, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0009 - Solid Waste Management › Chapter 7 - FINANCIAL ASSURANCE REQUIREMENTS › Section 7-13 - Recalculation of Financial Assurance

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) Financial
				assurance cost estimates for closure, post-closure, and corrective action shall
				be recalculated annually, within thirty days after the permit issuance
				anniversary date, and account for inflation.
(b) In addition to annual recalculations, the
				owner or operator shall revise the cost estimate whenever a change in the
				approved permit increases the cost of closure, post-closure, or corrective
				action.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 020 - Environmental Quality, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0009 - Solid Waste Management › Chapter 7 - FINANCIAL ASSURANCE REQUIREMENTS › Section 7-14 - Forfeiture of Financial Assurance

Current through July 13, 2024
Bond or other financial assurance forfeiture proceedings
				  shall occur in accordance with W.S. §
									
										35-11-504(h), (j), and
				  (k).
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 020 - Environmental Quality, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0009 - Solid Waste Management › Chapter 7 - FINANCIAL ASSURANCE REQUIREMENTS › Section 7-15 - Closure and Post-Closure Account for Municipally-Owned Solid Waste Disposal Facilities

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) This section is
				applicable to municipally-owned or operated solid waste landfills regulated
				under Chapter 2 of these rules electing to participate in the state guarantee
				trust account provided under W.S. §
									
										35-11-515. Such facilities shall be known as
				participating facilities.
(b) Each
				facility participating in the account shall, upon their initial election to
				participate and every four years thereafter:
(i) Either prepare a closure and post-closure
				plan complying with Chapter 2 of these rules, and prepare a closure and
				post-closure cost estimate complying with Section
				2
				of this Chapter, or calculate the facility closure and post-closure costs using
				a standard cost estimate prepared by the Director;
(ii) Calculate the remaining usable disposal
				capacity of the facility, expressed as years, using information from the
				facility permit application; and
(iii) Calculate the annual amount to be paid
				to the account using the following procedure:
(A) Calculate three percent of the sum of
				closure and post-closure costs using the following formula:
Three percent of the sum of closure and post-closure costs =
				  (0.03(Closure cost - the operator's accumulated net assets earmarked for
				  payment of the operator's closure costs)) + (0.03(Post-closure cost - the
				  operator's accumulated net assets earmarked for payment of the operator's
				  post-closure costs))
(I) The facility
				owner or operator shall account for closure and post-closure liabilities and
				costs in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles as provided
				by W.S. §
												
													16-4-121(c) and certify to
				the earmarking of the accumulated net assets, subject to
				audit.
(B) Calculate the
				balance due to the account by deducting the total of previous payments to the
				account from three percent of the sum of closure and post-closure costs using
				the following formula:
Balance due = three percent of the sum of closure and
				  post-closure costs - the total of previous payments to the account
(C) Calculate annual payments to
				the account by dividing the balance due by the years of remaining disposal
				capacity using the following formula:
Annual payment = Balance due / years of remaining disposal
				  capacity in disturbed areas
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 020 - Environmental Quality, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0009 - Solid Waste Management › Chapter 8 - SPECIAL WASTE MANAGEMENT STANDARDS › Section 8-1 - Applicability

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) This chapter is applicable to the
				management of solid wastes as described in subsection (b) of this section.
				Management of solid wastes listed in subsection (b) of this section shall occur
				in accord with the standards contained in this chapter.
(b) This chapter governs the management of
				the following solid wastes:
(i)
				Asbestos-containing solid wastes;
(ii) Petroleum-contaminated soils;
(iii) Petroleum storage tanks; and
(iv) Scrap tires.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 020 - Environmental Quality, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0009 - Solid Waste Management › Chapter 8 - SPECIAL WASTE MANAGEMENT STANDARDS › Section 8-2 - Scrap Tire Management Standards

Current through July 13, 2024
(a)
Applicability
: The standards in this section apply to
				all solid waste management facilities which manage regulated quantities of
				whole scrap tires;
(b)
Reserved
.
(c)
Design & construction
				standards
: All facilities which transfer, treat or store whole
				scrap tires shall be designed and constructed in accordance with the following
				standards, as well as any other applicable facility design and construction
				standards:
(i) Waste piles shall be
				constructed a minimum of fifty (50) feet from any open flames, blow torches, or
				highly flammable substances;
(ii)
				Outdoor waste piles shall be constructed a minimum of fifty (50) feet from any
				other outdoor waste piles;
(iii)
				Outdoor waste piles shall be constructed a minimum of fifty (50) feet from
				facility property boundaries;
(iv)
				Outdoor waste piles shall not exceed twenty (20) feet in height or fifty (50)
				feet in width, and have a base surface area no greater than ten-thousand
				(10,000) square feet;
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 020 - Environmental Quality, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0009 - Solid Waste Management › Chapter 8 - SPECIAL WASTE MANAGEMENT STANDARDS › Section 8-3 - Nonfriable Asbestos-Containing Solid Waste Management Standards

Current through July 13, 2024
(a)
Applicability
:
				The standards in this section apply to all solid waste management facilities
				which accept nonfriable asbestos-containing solid wastes.
(b)
Reserved
;
(c)
Reserved
;
(d)
Operating
				standards
: All facilities used for the disposal of nonfriable
				asbestos-containing solid wastes shall be operated in accordance with the
				following standards, as well as any other applicable facility operating
				standards:
(i) Nonfriable asbestos wastes
				shall be covered with a minimum of six (6) inches of acceptable cover material
				prior to compaction. The wastes shall be covered:
(A) Immediately upon receipt, if the wastes
				are disposed in a solid waste management unit which is not subject to the
				access restrictions described in Section
				4 of this chapter.
(B) Within twelve (12) hours of receipt, if
				the wastes are disposed in a solid waste managementunit which is subject to the
				access restrictions described in Section
				4 of this chapter.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 020 - Environmental Quality, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0009 - Solid Waste Management › Chapter 8 - SPECIAL WASTE MANAGEMENT STANDARDS › Section 8-4 - Friable Asbestos-Containing Solid Waste Management Standards

Current through July 13, 2024
(a)
Applicability
:
				The standards in this section apply to all solid waste management facilities
				which accept friable asbestos-containing solid wastes, unless one of the
				following conditions are met:
(i) The
				provisions of this section do not apply to the temporary storage of friable
				asbestos wastes at an asbestos removal location, provided the time of storage
				does not exceed 180 days, public access to the facility is controlled, and
				storage is within an enclosed structure or trailer;
(ii) Upon request by a solid waste management
				facility operator, the administrator may waive application of the provisions of
				this section where the administrator finds that the friable asbestos wastes
				intended for management are of a limited volume, the management event is likely
				to be a nonrecurring event, and the operator demonstrates that the management
				can occur in a manner that is protective of the public health and
				safety.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 020 - Environmental Quality, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0009 - Solid Waste Management › Chapter 8 - SPECIAL WASTE MANAGEMENT STANDARDS › Section 8-5 - Petroleum-Contaminated Soil Management Standards

Current through July 13, 2024
(a)
Applicability
: The standards in this section apply to
				any solid waste management facility which accepts petroleum-contaminated soils,
				unless one of the following conditions are met:
(i) The provisions of this section do not
				apply to the temporary storage and/or treatment of petroleum-contaminated soils
				at the point of generation if the following standards are met:
(A) The time of the waste management activity
				does not exceed 180 days;
(B)
				Public access to the solid waste management unit is controlled;
(C) The solid waste management unit is
				bermed, lined and covered with an impermeable material which has a nominal
				thickness of 6-mils. A cover is not required if run-off from the solid waste
				management unitis controlled and odor problems are not reported;
(D) The solid waste management unit is posted
				with a sign which identifies the date of accumulation and the words:
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 020 - Environmental Quality, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0009 - Solid Waste Management › Chapter 8 - SPECIAL WASTE MANAGEMENT STANDARDS › Section 8-6 - Petroleum Storage Tank Management Standards

Current through July 13, 2024
(a)
Applicability
: The standards in this section apply to
				all solid waste management facilities which manage petroleum storage tanks,
				unless one of the following conditions are met:
(i) The provisions of this section do not
				apply to the temporary storage of petroleum storage tanks at the point of
				generation if the following standards are met:
(A) The time of the waste management activity
				does not exceed thirty (30) days;
(B) Public access to the solid waste
				management unit is controlled;
(C)
				The petroleum storage tanks are identified by Department of Transportation
				(DOT) placards which identify the original contents on the tanks;
(D) Measures are taken to insure that the
				atmospheres in the petroleum storage tanks are maintained at levels less than
				twenty-five (25) percent of the lower explosive limit.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 020 - Environmental Quality, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0009 - Solid Waste Management › Chapter 9 - SUSPENSION OF PERMITS FOR NEW COMMERCIAL SOLID WASTE MGMT, FACILITIES › Section 9-1 - Authority

Current through July 13, 2024
The authority for this regulation is the Wyoming
				  Environmental Quality Act,
				  W.S.
				  35-11-101 through 1304. Specific sections of
				  the Act that provide authority for this regulation include W.S. W.S.
				  W.S.
				  35-11-102,
				  35-11-109,
				  35-11-502, and
				  35-11-503.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 020 - Environmental Quality, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0009 - Solid Waste Management › Chapter 9 - SUSPENSION OF PERMITS FOR NEW COMMERCIAL SOLID WASTE MGMT, FACILITIES › Section 9-2 - Definitions

Current through July 13, 2024
For the purpose of this chapter, unless the context otherwise
				  requires:
(a) "Commercial solid waste
				management facility" means any facility receiving a monthly average greater
				than five hundred (500) short tons per day of unprocessed household refuse or
				mixed household and industrial refuse for management or disposal.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 020 - Environmental Quality, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0009 - Solid Waste Management › Chapter 9 - SUSPENSION OF PERMITS FOR NEW COMMERCIAL SOLID WASTE MGMT, FACILITIES › Section 9-3 - Temporary Suspension - New Permits For Commercial Facilities

Current through July 13, 2024
On and after the effective date of this rule, the director
				  shall not issue permits for commercial solid waste management facilities. This
				  permit suspension shall continue until the Environmental Quality Council
				  promulgates rules and regulations providing for resumption of permitting by the
				  director.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 020 - Environmental Quality, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0009 - Solid Waste Management › Chapter 9 - SUSPENSION OF PERMITS FOR NEW COMMERCIAL SOLID WASTE MGMT, FACILITIES › Section 9-4 - Permit systems

Current through July 13, 2024
Solid waste management facilities may not be constructed or
				  operated without a permit which demonstrates compliance with the technical
				  standards and procedural requirements of the Wyoming Solid Waste Management
				  Rules and Regulations. Any permitted facility shall operate in compliance with
				  current or amended technical and procedural solid waste management rules and
				  regulations.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 020 - Environmental Quality, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0009 - Solid Waste Management › Chapter 9 - SUSPENSION OF PERMITS FOR NEW COMMERCIAL SOLID WASTE MGMT, FACILITIES › Section 9-5 - Effective date

Current through July 13, 2024
This rule is effective upon filing with the Secretary of
				  State in accord with
				  W.S.
				  16-3-103(b).
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 020 - Environmental Quality, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0009 - Solid Waste Management › Chapter 10 - RECYCLING AND PROCESSING REQUIREMENTS FOR COMMERCIAL SOLID WASTE MGMT, FACILITIES › Section 10-1 - In General

Current through July 13, 2024
(a)
Authority
: The authority for the rules and regulations
				promulgated in this chapter is the Wyoming Environmental Quality Act,
				W.S.
				35-11-101 et seq. Specific sections of the
				act that provide authority for this regulation include W.S. W.S.
				W.S.
				35-11-102,
				35-11-109, and Article 5, Solid
				Waste Management,
				
										35-11-501 et seq.
(b)
Applicability
:
				The rules and regulations contained herein shall apply to any person who
				operates, or proposes to operate, any solid waste management facility receiving
				a monthly average greater than five hundred (500) short tons per day of
				unprocessed household refuse or mixed household and industrial refuse. The
				rules and regulations shall apply to any new facility, or to any existing
				facility seeking a permit amendment to allow any increase in capacity such that
				a monthly average greater than five hundred (500) short tons per day of
				unprocessed household refuse or mixed household and industrial refuse will be
				received for management or disposal. Facilities receiving a monthly average
				greater than five hundred (500) short tons per day shall be those facilities
				where the sum of the wastes received during any month, divided by the number of
				days wastes are received at the facility during that month, is greater than
				five hundred (500) short tons.
(c)
Objectives
: The objectives of these rules and
				regulations are to establish standards and requirements for commercial solid
				waste management facilities which minimize unnecessary use of the land for
				solid waste disposal, allow for effective state regulation, oversight, and
				inspection of solid wastes managed in the state, and conserve natural resources
				in accord with the policy and purpose of the Wyoming Environmental Quality Act,
				W.S. W.S.
				35-11-102.
(d)
Severability
: If
				any section or provision of these regulations, or the application of that
				section or provision to any person, situation, or circumstance is adjudged
				invalid for any reason, the adjudication does not affect any other section or
				provision of these regulations or the application of the adjudicated section or
				provision to any other person, situation, or circumstance. The Environmental
				Quality Council declares that it would have adopted the valid portions and
				applications of these regulations without the invalid part, and to this end the
				provisions of these regulations are declared to be severable.
(e) Reserved
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 020 - Environmental Quality, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0009 - Solid Waste Management › Chapter 10 - RECYCLING AND PROCESSING REQUIREMENTS FOR COMMERCIAL SOLID WASTE MGMT, FACILITIES › Section 10-2 - Permit Requirements for Commercial Solid Waste Management Facilities

Current through July 13, 2024
(a)
Permits
				required
: Each new commercial solid waste management facility
				subject to the requirements of
				W.S.
				35-11-508 and this chapter shall, prior to
				commencing construction, obtain all solid waste management facility permits
				required by the applicable chapters of these rules and regulations. Any
				existing solid waste management facility shall obtain amended permits allowing
				the receipt of five hundred (500) tons per day, prior to accepting wastes at
				such rates at the facility. At a minimum, each facility shall obtain the
				following permits, or amendments of existing permits:
(i) A sanitary landfill permit under Chapter
				2;
(ii) A treatment, transfer, and
				storage permit under Chapter 4; and
(iii) If applicable, an incineration permit
				under Chapter 4.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 020 - Environmental Quality, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0009 - Solid Waste Management › Chapter 10 - RECYCLING AND PROCESSING REQUIREMENTS FOR COMMERCIAL SOLID WASTE MGMT, FACILITIES › Section 10-4 - Test Demonstration Requirements

Current through July 13, 2024
(a)
Applicability
: Any commercial solid waste management
				facility subject to the requirements of this chapter shall perform a test
				demonstration prior to commencing full-scale operations. The Chapter 6 permit
				issued by the department shall contain such conditions as may be necessary to
				assure the adequate performance of the test demonstration, and shall provide
				that the permit does not authorize full-scale receipt of solid wastes at the
				facility until the department has concurred that the test demonstration has met
				the requirements of this section.
(b)
Objectives
: The
				test demonstration shall be conducted by the facility operator to evaluate the
				ability of the facility to:
(i) Screen
				incoming waste shipments to assure that prohibited wastes are not received at
				the facility, in compliance with the standards of Section
				5 of this chapter.
(ii) Successfully process wastes as necessary
				to allow recovery of useful components of the waste stream as required by
				Section
				6 of this chapter.
(iii) Recover amounts of useful components of
				the waste stream as required by the standards in Section
				7 of this chapter and as described in the
				permit application.
(iv) Handle
				waste residues in compliance with applicable rules and regulations for
				treatment or disposal of residues.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 020 - Environmental Quality, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0009 - Solid Waste Management › Chapter 10 - RECYCLING AND PROCESSING REQUIREMENTS FOR COMMERCIAL SOLID WASTE MGMT, FACILITIES › Section 10-5 - Solid Waste Screening Standards

Current through July 13, 2024
(a)
Screening mechanisms required
: Each facility shall
				screen incoming wastes to detect and remove prohibited wastes received at the
				facility in violation of paragraph (b) of this section. The facility shall use
				the following mechanisms:
(i) Mandatory
				visual screening of all wastes received at the facility. This mandatory visual
				screening shall occur at the facility following receipt of wastes, but prior to
				processing by grinding, shredding, incineration, or composting. Baled or
				compacted wastes received at the facility shall be broken, separated, and
				visually inspected to comply with the mandatory visual screening requirement of
				this paragraph; and
(ii) Controls
				at the political jurisdiction where wastes are collected, so that prohibited
				wastes are not accepted for transport to the facility.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 020 - Environmental Quality, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0009 - Solid Waste Management › Chapter 10 - RECYCLING AND PROCESSING REQUIREMENTS FOR COMMERCIAL SOLID WASTE MGMT, FACILITIES › Section 10-6 - Solid Waste Processing Standards

Current through July 13, 2024
(a)
Allowable facility processing methods
: Each facility
				shall process wastes at the facility using any of the following processes
				required to separate, prepare, or condition the wastes to meet the recovery
				standards of Section
				7 of this chapter:
(i) Shredding;
(ii) Grinding;
(iii) Size classification;
(iv) Density classification;
(v) Compaction or densification;
(vi) Liquids removal; or
(vii) Incineration, provided that
				incineration may not be used as a means to recover energy from wastes received
				at the facility until the solid waste recovery standards of Section
				7 of this chapter for metals, glass,
				household batteries, and plastics have been met.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 020 - Environmental Quality, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0009 - Solid Waste Management › Chapter 10 - RECYCLING AND PROCESSING REQUIREMENTS FOR COMMERCIAL SOLID WASTE MGMT, FACILITIES › Section 10-7 - Solid Waste Recovery Standards

Current through July 13, 2024
(a)
Recovery of materials; amounts
: Each facility shall
				recover, at the facility, useful components of the solid waste stream as
				specified by the Chapter 6 permit. In issuing any Chapter 6 permit the
				department shall establish minimum acceptable recovery amounts, expressed as
				pounds of component per ton of wastes received, for useful components of the
				solid waste stream, as required by this section.
(b)
Recovery rates
:
				For facilities receiving unprocessed household refuse, or mixed household and
				industrial refuse, excluding sludges and incinerator ash, each facility shall
				recover useful components of the solid waste stream in amounts at least equal
				to those specified by this paragraph:
(i)
				Eighty (80) percent for aluminum;
(ii) Forty ( 40) percent for all
				glass;
(iii) Sixty (60) percent for
				plastics;
(iv) Ninety (90) percent
				for ferrous metals;
(v) Twenty (20)
				percent for mixed paper including corrugated paper products, unless paper is
				treated under paragraph (f) of this section; and
(vi) Ninety (90) percent for household
				batteries.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 020 - Environmental Quality, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0009 - Solid Waste Management › Chapter 15 - SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT RULES AND REGS › Section 15-1 - Authority

Current through July 13, 2024
(a)
General
				provisions
: The Wyoming Environmental Quality Act, Article 5,
				Section 35 - 502.42 through 44 (Cumulative Supplement 1973) authorizes the
				Director of Environmental Quality to:
(i)
				Coordinate the activities of all State agencies concerned with Solid Waste
				Management and disposal. (35-502.42 )
(ii) Promulgate Rules and Regulations for
				operation of Solid Waste disposal sites. (35-502.44 )
(iii) Request Solid Waste disposal site plans
				for approval from any person or municipality that proposes to establish or is
				presently operating a Solid Waste Disposal site. (35-502.43 )
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 020 - Environmental Quality, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0009 - Solid Waste Management › Chapter 15 - SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT RULES AND REGS › Section 15-3 - Applicability

Current through July 13, 2024
The Rules and Regulations contained herein shall apply to any
				  person, government or governmental subdivision, corporation, organization,
				  partnership, business trust, association, district or other entity involved in
				  any aspect of the management, control or disposal of solid waste. Section
				  11. c. (i) of these regulations are
				  effective upon final approval of a state program pursuant to P.L.
				  95-87.1
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 020 - Environmental Quality, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0009 - Solid Waste Management › Chapter 15 - SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT RULES AND REGS › Section 15-4 - Objectives

Current through July 13, 2024
The objectives of these rules and regulations are to provide
				  minimum standards for the management and disposal of Solid Waste in order to
				  protect the health, safety and welfare of the people and prevent the
				  degradation of the environment.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 020 - Environmental Quality, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0009 - Solid Waste Management › Chapter 15 - SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT RULES AND REGS › Section 15-5 - Scope

Current through July 13, 2024
The Rules and Regulations promulgated herein shall cover all
				  aspects of solid waste management as provided under the authority of the
				  previously cited legislation.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 020 - Environmental Quality, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0009 - Solid Waste Management › Chapter 15 - SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT RULES AND REGS › Section 15-6 - Severability

Current through July 13, 2024
If any section or provision of these regulations, or the
				  application of that section or provision to any person, situation, or
				  circumstance is adjudged invalid for any reason, the adjudication does not
				  affect any other section or provision of these regulations or the application
				  of the adjudicated section or provision to any other person, situation, or
				  circumstance. The Environmental Quality Council declares that it would have
				  adopted the valid portions and applications of these regulations without the
				  invalid part, and to this end the provisions of these regulations are declared
				  to be severable.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 020 - Environmental Quality, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0009 - Solid Waste Management › Chapter 15 - SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT RULES AND REGS › Section 15-12 - Processing Plants

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) Solid waste
				processing plants shall meet the following minimum standards:
(i) All-weather access roads shall be
				provided.
(ii) Surface drainage
				facilities shall be provided to prevent surface water runoff into, or out of
				the working area.
(iii) Fencing
				shall be provided in order to control access to the site.
(iv) Provisions shall be made to prevent
				blowing litter in the area.
(v)
				Personnel and provisions shall be provided at each facility to give directions
				for unloading of refuse and prevent the blockage of the normal flow of traffic
				during operating hours.
(vi) Fire
				protection shall be provided at each facility.
(vii) No hazardous materials shall be
				processed unless permission is given by the operator and the
				Department.
(viii) The processing
				facility shall be constructed in such a manner as to allow it to be thoroughly
				cleaned by water or steam.
(ix) All
				liquids produced by the process and by cleaning shall be disposed of in
				compliance with the Wyoming Water Quality Rules and Regulations.
(x) Ventilation and odor control shall be
				provided at each plant.
(xi) The
				processing plant shall not accumulate solid waste in quantities that cannot be
				processed before the waste creates a public nuisance, health hazard, fire
				hazard, odors, or vector habitat.
(xii) In the event of extended mechanical
				breakdown the unprocessed solid waste and incoming waste shall be removed from
				the site to an approved alternate facility before the solid waste creates a
				public nuisance, health hazard, fire hazard, odors or vector habitat.
(xiii) Vector control shall be provided by
				good sanitation practices and/or pesticides.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 020 - Environmental Quality, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0009 - Solid Waste Management › Chapter 15 - SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT RULES AND REGS › Section 15-13 - Compliance Schedules

Current through July 13, 2024
All persons who have existing solid waste disposal sites that
				  serve 3,000 or more people and/or who are operating industrial or hazardous
				  waste disposal sites shall submit operating plans to the Department by January
				  1, 1977. All other persons operating solid waste disposal sites (municipal
				  sites serving less than 3,000 population, county sites, private sites,
				  construction/demolition fill, etc.) shall submit operating plans to the
				  Department by July 1, 1977. If a person already has a letter of approval for
				  operating it will not be necessary to submit these plans. If the site or sites
				  are not in compliance with Sections
				  10 and
				  11 of these Rules and Regulations the
				  responsible person must include a proposed plan of action with a date or dates
				  when compliance will be obtained. The Department, after consultation with the
				  responsible person, will approve or disapprove the proposed compliance
				  schedule. If the schedule is disapproved, the Department will provide the
				  responsible person with a compliance date. In the event that a person does not
				  agree with the compliance date set by the Department, he can request a hearing
				  before the Environmental Quality Council. Such a request for hearing shall be
				  submitted in writing to the Director and shall state the grounds for the
				  request. Any hearing held shall be conducted pursuant to the Rules of Practice
				  and Procedure of the Department.
The submission of a compliance schedule, operating plans or
				  operating under a compliance schedule does not relieve the operator of a solid
				  waste disposal site of his legal responsibility to operate the facility in a
				  manner which does not create a public nuisance, a health hazard, a fire hazard
				  or does not violate applicable Air and Water Quality
				  standards.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 020 - Environmental Quality, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0009 - Solid Waste Management › Chapter 15 - SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT RULES AND REGS › Section 15-14 - Promiscuous Dumping

Current through July 13, 2024
Persons shall not deposit solid waste in an area that is not
				  designated by the Department as a solid waste disposal facility. This does not
				  apply to a single family unit or household which is disposing of that family
				  unit or household's solid waste on their own property in such a manner that it
				  is not creating a health hazard, public nuisance, or detriment to the
				  environment.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 020 - Environmental Quality, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0009 - Solid Waste Management › Chapter 15 - SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT RULES AND REGS › Section 15-15 - Waivers and Exemptions

Current through July 13, 2024
(a)
Waivers
: The Department, upon application, shall grant
				waivers from the provisions of these Rules and Regulations for solid waste
				disposal practices and sites which are necessitated by reason of agricultural
				or industrial operations remote from authorized solid waste disposal sites and
				which do not create a health hazard, public nuisance or are not a detriment to
				the environment. Applications for such waiver shall be made and granted by
				letter, or verbally when the circumstances permit. "Remote" means inaccessible
				due to distance, natural barriers or inaccessible because of private, public or
				legal restrictions.
(b)
Exemptions
: The disposal of solid waste at oil
				industry drilling sites which are presently regulated by the Wyoming Oil and
				Gas Commission, United States Geological Survey and the Bureau of Land
				Management shall be exempt from these Rules and Regulations.
1As amended, 1980 (Effective upon
				  final approval of State Program.)
2As amended, 1980. (Effective upon
				  final approval of State Program.)