2018 Wyoming Statutes
TITLE 35 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY
CHAPTER 11 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
ARTICLE 5 - SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT
SECTION 35-11-533 - Municipal solid waste landfill remediation program created; purpose.
35-11-533. Municipal solid waste landfill remediation program created; purpose.
(a) There is created the municipal solid waste landfill remediation program. The program shall be administered by the solid and hazardous waste division of the department of environmental quality with the input of the waste and water advisory board as provided in W.S. 35-11-533 through 35-11-537.
(b) The legislature recognizes the threat to the public health, safety, welfare and the environment caused by pollution to soil and water from leaking municipal solid waste landfills. The purpose of this program is to take state primacy of the municipal solid waste landfill remediation program and to provide funding to take remediation actions at eligible leaking municipal solid waste landfills.
