Wyoming Administrative Code
Agency 020 - Environmental Quality, Dept. of
Sub-Agency 0011 - Water Quality
Chapter 9 - WYOMING GROUNDWATER POLLUTION CONTROL PERMIT
Section 9-7 - Application Processing Procedures; Permit Issuance or Denial; Permit Duration

(i) The applicant shall file three (3) copies of his application at the office of the Department.

(ii) The Administrator will review each application received to determine if the application:

(iii) If a permit is denied, written notice of the action shall be given within 30 days after the determination has been made.

(iv) For each application determined to be complete, the Administrator shall have prepared a proposed permit that embodies tentative determinations reached. Proposed permits shall be provided to the applicant and made available to the public for inspection and copying. If public notice is not required, the proposed permit will be the final permit.

(v) Prior to the issuance of a permit for a discharge of commercial, municipal or industrial wastes, the applicant will affirmatively demonstrate that the pollution or waste can be contained and will not migrate into other receivers or to the surface. The demonstration may be waived if the applicant submits data that document that the provisions of this requirement will be accomplished by the proposed operation. If the demonstration is not waived, the applicant may apply for a miscellaneous discharge permit in lieu of a permit for a discharge of commercial, municipal or industrial waste.

(vi) Prior to the issuance of a permit for a subsurface discharge and at a minimum of once every five (5) years thereafter for the life of the permit, the operator shall demonstrate and/or document, as required by the Administrator, the mechanical integrity of the well or system.

(vii) A permit shall be issued within 60 days after receipt of all information if, acting upon the complete application of the person applying to discharge, the Administrator has found and determined that the proposed discharge will not result in violation of Quality Standards for Wyoming Groundwaters, and a public hearing is not required.

(viii) Public notice is required for every application for a permit to discharge to Groundwater of the State that is an existing source of water supplies; or for the purpose of underground management of commercial, municipal and industrial wastes.

(ix) Permits may be issued on a well-by-well basis or by discharge facility, project, field, area or other appropriate method.

(x) Every permit issued under these regulations will be issued for the life of the discharge operation excepting as otherwise specified in these regulations.

(xi) A permit issued for a discharge described in Section 3.(c) (iii) (H) shall be for a limited period not to exceed a total of 18 months from the date of issuance, and shall not affect a discharge area larger than 21/2 acres, unless a different time and scope are established by the Director.

(i) An application for a special process discharge/in situ mining permit or license shall be submitted simultaneously to the Water Quality and Land Quality Divisions. Both Divisions shall review and evaluate the application for compliance with statutory and regulatory requirements of the Department.

(ii) Upon recommendation by the Administrator of the Land Quality Division and the Administrator of the Water Quality Division, and pursuant to these regulations, the Director shall issue a single permit by both Divisions for in situ mining.

(iii) Prior to the issuance of a permit for a special process discharge, the applicant will affirmatively demonstrate that the pollution can be eliminated or reduced to an appropriate level. The demonstration may be waived if the applicant submits data that document that the provisions of this requirement will be accomplished by the proposed operation. If the demonstration is not waived, the applicant may apply for a miscellaneous discharge permit in lieu of a special process discharge permit.