2019 Wyoming Statutes
Title 35 - Public Health and Safety
Chapter 11 - Environmental Quality
Article 5 - Solid Waste Management
Section 35-11-530 - Rules and Regulations.

35-11-530. Rules and regulations.

(a) The state loan and investment board in consultation with the department of environmental quality shall promulgate rules and regulations necessary to administer the municipal solid waste facility cease and transfer program. Those rules shall include:

(i) Criteria for eligibility under the program based on W.S. 35-11-528(d);

(ii) Specific cease and transfer activities which are eligible for funding under the program;

(iii) Application form and procedure under the program;

(iv) Criteria for grant and loan prioritization based on:

(A) Funding availability;

(B) Cost efficiencies achieved by allocation of resources;

(C) Opportunities for increased cost sharing between cease and transfer actions at multiple leaking municipal solid waste facilities;

(D) Timeliness of cease and transfer actions in reducing risk to public health, safety and welfare or the environment;

(E) Remaining life of the existing municipal solid waste facility;

(F) Whether the proposed actions are a cost-effective alternative in accordance with the integrated solid waste management plan approved for the municipal solid waste facility;

(G) Whether the proposed action is reasonable and appropriate for the current and projected volumes of all solid waste for the area served by the facility;

(H) Whether the proposal contains recycling and other forms of waste diversion as a component of the proposed facilities and management practices; and

(J) The likelihood that the cease and transfer actions will reduce or eliminate the threat posed to public health, safety and welfare or the environment by continuing releases.