Wyoming Administrative Code
Agency 020 - Environmental Quality, Dept. of
Sub-Agency 0008 - Practice and Procedure
Chapter 1 - GENERAL RULES
Section 1-8 - Appeals to Council

Universal Citation: WY Code of Rules 1-8

Current through September 21, 2024

(a) Where authorized by the Wyoming Environmental Quality Act, appeals to the Council from final actions of the Administrators or Director shall be made within thirty (30) days of notification of such action.

(b) Within thirty (30) days after notification of the Director's decision following an informal conference governed by Chapter 9, Section 2 of these rules, the applicant or any person with an interest that is or may be adversely affected may appeal the decision to the Council for a hearing in accordance with Chapters 1 and 2 of these rules. The Director shall notify all persons who submitted timely public comments on the underlying application. The Council shall start the hearing within thirty (30) days of the request for a hearing. The Council shall make a final written decision within thirty (30) days after the hearing and furnish the decision to the applicant and all parties to the hearing.

(c) Where a hearing is requested under subsection (b) of this section, the Council may, under such conditions as it may prescribe, grant such temporary relief as it deems appropriate pending final determination of the proceedings if:

(i) All parties to the proceedings have been notified and given an opportunity to be heard on a request for temporary relief;

(ii) The persons requesting that relief show that there is a substantial likelihood that they will prevail on the merits of the final determination of the proceeding;

(iii) Such relief will not adversely affect the public health or safety or cause significant imminent environmental harm to land, air, or water resources; and

(iv) The relief sought is not the issuance of a permit where a permit has been denied by the Director, except that continuation under an existing permit may be allowed where the operation has a valid permit issued under W.S. § 35-11-406.

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