2012 Wyoming Statutes
TITLE 35 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY
CHAPTER 11 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
35-11-1610. Reopening or termination of remedy agreements, covenants not to sue, certificates of completion or no further action determinations; conditions; recording.

(a) The department may reopen a remedy agreement, covenant not to sue or certificate of completion at any time if:

(i) The current owner fails substantially to comply with the terms and conditions of the remedy agreement, covenant not to sue or certificate of completion;

(ii) An imminent and substantial endangerment to human health or the environment is discovered;

(iii) Contamination is discovered that was present on the site but was not known to the owner or the department on the date of the remedy agreement or when the department issued a covenant not to sue or certificate of completion; or

(iv) The remedy fails to meet the remediation objectives that are contained in the remedy agreement or certificate of completion.

(b) The department may reopen a no further action determination at any time if:

(i) An imminent and substantial endangerment to human health or the environment is discovered; or

(ii) The department determines that the monitored natural attenuation remedy under W.S. 35-11-1608(b) is not effective in meeting the standards for a no further action letter under this section.

(c) The department may terminate a remedy agreement, covenant not to sue, certificate of completion or no further action letter if it is discovered that any of these instruments were based on fraud, material misrepresentation or failure to disclose material information, or if an owner's willful violation of any use restriction results in harmful exposures of any toxic contaminant to any user or occupant of the site.

(d) If a remedy agreement, covenant not to sue, certificate of completion or no further action letter is reopened or terminated, the department shall record a notice of such action in the office of the county clerk with the deed for the site and shall file the notice in the office of the county clerk no later than ten (10) business days after the date of the remedy agreement, covenant not to sue, certificate of completion or no further action letter is reopened or terminated.