2012 Wyoming Statutes
TITLE 35 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY
CHAPTER 11 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
35-11-520. Termination of state regulation of hazardous waste generators and transporters; procedures.
(a) The department shall report to the legislature any reduction in federal hazardous waste grant funds supplied to the state under section 3011 of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (42 U.S.C. 6931), which results in the need for additional state funds, exclusive of fees under W.S. 35-11-517, to administer W.S. 35-11-516 through 35-11-520.
(b) The provisions of W.S. 35-11-516 through 35-11-519 shall not be effective one hundred eighty (180) days after the adjournment of the legislative session next following the submission of a report under subsection (a) of this section, unless the legislature appropriates the additional funds required. The expiration of the state program pursuant to this subsection shall be subject to the following:
(i) The annual fee collected by the department under W.S. 35-11-517 shall be remitted to the facility owner on a prorated basis upon termination of regulation by the state under this section;
(ii) The department shall vacate any order issued to any generator or transporter to enforce any provision of W.S. 35-11-516 through 35-11-519;
(iii) The state attorney general may continue to prosecute any action based on alleged violations of W.S. 35-11-516 through 35-11-519 which was filed prior to the adjournment of the legislative session referred to in subsection (b) of this section.
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