Wyoming Administrative Code
Agency 020 - Environmental Quality, Dept. of
Sub-Agency 0009 - Solid Waste Management
Chapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 1-3 - Permit Amendments and Transfers
Universal Citation: WY Code of Rules 1-3
Current through December 21, 2024
(a) Permit amendments constituting a major change for municipal solid waste landfills shall comply with the requirements of Chapter 2 of these rules.
(b) Permit amendments constituting a major change for all non-municipal solid waste facilities and minor changes at all solid waste facilities shall comply with the following:
(i) Within sixty days of receipt of any
application for a permit amendment, the Administrator shall conduct a review of
the application and provide a written response to the operator.
(A) If the amendment is deemed complete and
demonstrates compliance with applicable standards and constitutes a major
change, the public notice and comment period in Section
2(c)(ii) of this Chapter
shall commence.
(B) If the
amendment is deemed complete and demonstrates compliance with applicable
standards and constitutes a minor change, the Administrator shall render a
decision.
(ii) If the
proposed amendment is determined to be inadequate, the operator shall be
required to submit any additional information required by the Administrator,
unless there is a basis for denial.
(c) All amendments shall comply with the location, design and construction, operating, monitoring, financial assurance, and closure standards of the applicable chapter of these rules.
(d) Permit transfers:
(i) An operator shall receive written
approval from the Director prior to transfer of any permit authorized by these
rules.
(ii) Permit transfer
applications shall be in writing by the operator. The application shall
contain:
(A) The name, address and telephone
number of the legal operator of the facility to whom the permit will be
transferred, and, at a minimum, a summary, listing of any administrative order,
civil or administrative penalty assessment, bond forfeiture, civil,
misdemeanor, or felony conviction, or court proceeding for any violations of
any local, state or federal law occurring within a minimum of five years of
application submittal relating to environmental quality or criminal
racketeering, of the solid waste manager, the applicant, or if the applicant is
a partnership or corporation, any partners in the partnership or executive
officers or corporate directors in the corporation;
(B) The name, address and telephone number of
the solid waste manager;
(C)
Proposed date of the transfer of the permit; and
(D) Signed and notarized documentation from
the new operator indicating that the new operator has agreed to accept and be
bound by the provisions of the permit and any amendments, agreed to construct
and operate the facility in accordance with the approved plan, and agreed to
accept responsibility for the facility's compliance with the standards
specified in the applicable chapter of these rules, including the
responsibility to perform corrective actions.
(iii) The original operator shall retain
responsibility for the facility according to the terms of the original permit
until the application for permit transfer has been approved by the Director.
The new operator may not operate the facility until the permit transfer has
been approved.
(iv) No permit may
be transferred from one operator to another unless the new operator
demonstrates compliance with the financial assurance requirements of Chapter 7
of these rules.
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