2014 Wyoming Statutes
TITLE 35 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY
CHAPTER 11 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
ARTICLE 5 - SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT
35-11-535. Municipal solid waste landfill remediation account; authorized expenditures from the account.

35-11-535. Municipal solid waste landfill remediation account; authorized expenditures from the account.

(a) There is created the municipal solid waste landfill remediation account. The department shall use monies from the municipal solid waste landfill remediation account as appropriated by the legislature for the administration of the program. Interest earned by this account shall be deposited in the general fund. Notwithstanding W.S. 9-2-1008, 9-2-1012(e) and 9-4-207(a), funds deposited in this account shall not revert without further action of the legislature.

(b) For a leaking municipal solid waste landfill to be eligible for use of monies in the account, the owner or operator of the site shall comply with all requirements of the program and regulations of the council adopted pursuant to W.S. 35-11-536.

(c) Pursuant to subsection (d) of this section, in addition to expenditures from the account authorized by W.S. 35-11-534(a), the department shall reimburse costs incurred by a local operator who performed remediation and monitoring activities from the account if:

(i) A work plan for the remediation and monitoring activities was submitted to and approved by the department;

(ii) The remediation and monitoring activities were initiated between July 1, 2006 and December 31, 2012;

(iii) The local operator of a municipal solid waste landfill provides the department with an accurate accounting of the costs of remediation and monitoring activities conducted at the municipal solid waste landfill between July 1, 2006 and December 31, 2012; and

(iv) The local operator conducts additional remediation and monitoring activities at the leaking municipal solid waste landfill which are eligible for funding under W.S. 35-11-534(a) on or after July 1, 2013.

(d) Reimbursement authorized under subsection (c) of this section shall not exceed:

(i) For all reimbursements, a total of four million dollars ($4,000,000.00);

(ii) For any one (1) municipal solid waste landfill, an amount equal to the local operator's twenty-five percent (25%) share of the total cost of remediation and monitoring activities required by W.S. 35-11-534(c)(v) for remediation and monitoring activities eligible for funding under W.S. 35-11-534(a) conducted at the municipal solid waste landfill after July 1, 2013.