2012 Wyoming Statutes
TITLE 35 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY
CHAPTER 11 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
35-11-110. Powers of administrators of the divisions.

(a) The administrators of the air quality, land quality and water quality divisions, under the control and supervision of the director, shall enforce and administer this act and the rules, regulations and standards promulgated hereunder. Each administrator shall have the following powers:

(i) To serve as executive secretary of their respective advisory boards without vote;

(ii) To make recommendations to the director regarding the issuance, denial, amendment, suspension or revocation of permits and licenses and to make recommendations to the director regarding the amount of bond to be posted by the operator to insure reclamation of any affected lands;

(iii) To supervise studies, surveys, investigations, experiments and research projects assigned by the director and report all information gained therefrom to the director and the appropriate advisory board;

(iv) To determine the degrees of air, water or land pollution throughout the state and the several parts thereof;

(v) To administer, in accordance with this act, any permit or certification systems which may be established hereunder;

(vi) To require the owners and operators of any point source to complete plans and specifications for any application for a permit required by this act or regulations made pursuant hereto and require the submission of such reports regarding actual or potential violations of this act or regulations thereunder;

(vii) To require the owner or operator of any point source to:

(A) Establish and maintain records;

(B) Make reports;

(C) Install, use and maintain monitoring equipment or methods;

(D) Sample effluents, discharges or emissions;

(E) Provide such other information as may be reasonably required and specified.

(viii) To consult with and report to the appropriate advisory board and to make written reports of all the activities of his division to said advisory board at each of its regularly scheduled meetings;

(ix) To recommend to the director, after consultation with the appropriate advisory board, that any rule, regulation or standard or any amendment adopted hereunder may differ in its terms and provisions as between particular types, characteristics, quantities, conditions and circumstances of air, water or land pollution and its duration, as between particular air, water and land pollution services and as between particular areas of the state;

(x) To possess such further powers as shall be reasonably necessary and incidental to the proper performance of the duties imposed upon the divisions under this act.

(b) The administrator of the land quality division shall have, in addition to the powers set forth in subsection (a) of this section, the power to issue, deny, amend, suspend or revoke licenses and to determine the amount of bonds to be posted by an operator to insure reclamation of affected lands in accordance with the specific authority granted the administrator under article 4 of this act.

(c) The administrator of the solid and hazardous waste management division shall have the powers set forth in paragraphs (a)(ii) through (x) of this section.

(d) The administrator of the abandoned mine land division shall enforce and administer the provisions of W.S. 35-11-1201 through 35-11-1209 and 35-11-1301 through 35-11-1304. He shall have the powers set forth in paragraph (a)(x) of this section.

(e) The administrator of the industrial siting division shall enforce and administer the provisions of W.S. 35-12-101 through 35-12-119. He shall have the powers set forth in paragraph (a)(x) of this section.