2013 Wyoming Statutes
TITLE 37 - PUBLIC UTILITIES
CHAPTER 14 - RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT
ARTICLE 1 - POLICY AND PURPOSE
37-14-103. Emergency response fee.

37-14-103. Emergency response fee.

(a) In addition to any other fees and taxes provided by law, an emergency response fee of two hundred dollars ($200.00) shall apply to each package of radioactive materials transported through this state. The department of transportation shall collect this fee based on a permit issued by the department which is not inconsistent with federal law. The department shall promulgate rules on issuing and revoking permits which are not inconsistent with federal law. The department shall promulgate rules on quarterly reporting and payment of fees, retention of records and audit requirements. All emergency response fees shall be deposited in a separate account to be used for the payment of costs associated with training for and conducting emergency response procedures related to the transportation of radioactive materials.

(b) As used in this section:

(i) "Radioactive materials" means:

(A) Highway route controlled quantities of radioactive materials as defined in 49 C.F.R. 173.403(l) as amended as of January 1, 1989; and

(B) Nuclear waste being transported to the waste isolation pilot plant in New Mexico, to any facility established pursuant to section 135 of the federal "Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982" as amended, 42 U.S.C. 10101 et seq., to any repository licensed for the permanent deep geological disposal of high-level radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel, or to any monitored retrievable storage facility established pursuant to section 141 of the federal "Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982" as amended.

(ii) "Package" means a container plus its contents that are assembled to assure compliance with the minimum federal packaging requirements for radioactive materials;

(iii) "Shipper" means the party or carrier responsible for shipments of radioactive materials under this section.