Wyoming Administrative Code
Agency 020 - Environmental Quality, Dept. of
Sub-Agency 0008 - Practice and Procedure
Chapter 9 - DIRECTOR REVIEW OF ACTIONS INVOLVING SURFACE COAL MINING OPERATIONS AND ALL HEARINGS BEFORE THE DEPARTMENT
Section 9-5 - General Procedures for Hearings Before the Department

(a) The Department shall designate a presiding officer for the hearing. The presiding officer shall adopt whatever procedures are reasonable and necessary for the conduct of the hearing.

(b) Unless otherwise stated in statute, such hearings are non-adversarial in nature and require no pleadings. Any interested persons shall be given the opportunity to appear and make their views known to the Department. Oral and written statements may be presented without regard to the rules of evidence.

(c) No cross-examination is permitted, but persons appearing to make statements or present information may answer questions from or through the presiding officer. Questions for the person appearing to make statements or present information may be submitted to the presiding officer orally or in writing, and the presiding officer may direct appropriate questions to the person presenting. The presiding officer may limit the questioning and length of oral statements in the interest of conducting the hearing in an efficient and orderly manner.

(d) The Department may record the meeting by audio recording or court reporter and shall make any such recording available to all participants.

(e) The Department shall designate a location for any hearing before the Department and may provide an opportunity for interested persons to attend a hearing remotely.

(f) At the conclusion of the hearing, the Department shall issue: