Wyoming Statutes
Wyo. Stat. § 35-11-535 (2026)
Municipal solid waste landfill remediation
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account; authorized expenditures from the account.
(a) There is created the municipal solid waste landfill
remediation account. The department shall use monies from the
municipal solid waste landfill remediation account as
appropriated by the legislature for the administration of the
program. Interest earned by this account shall be deposited in
the general fund. Notwithstanding W.S. 9-2-1008, 9-2-1012(e)
and 9-4-207(a), funds deposited in this account shall not revert
without further action of the legislature.
(b) For a leaking municipal solid waste landfill to be
eligible for use of monies in the account, the owner or operator
of the site shall comply with all requirements of the program
and regulations of the council adopted pursuant to W.S.
35-11-536.
(c) In addition to expenditures from the account
authorized by W.S. 35-11-534(a), the department shall issue a
credit in an amount not to exceed the local operator's
twenty-five percent (25%) share required by W.S. 35-11-534(c)(v)
of the total cost of eligible remediation and monitoring
activities provided in W.S. 35-11-534(a), for past remediation
and monitoring expenses incurred by the local operator as
specified in this subsection. The department shall issue
credits under this subsection for costs incurred by a local
operator for remediation and monitoring activities from the
account if:
(i) A work plan for the remediation and monitoring
activities was submitted to and approved by the department;
(ii) The remediation and monitoring activities were
initiated after July 1, 2006;
(iii) The local operator of a municipal solid waste
landfill provides the department with an accurate accounting of
the costs of remediation and monitoring activities conducted at
the municipal solid waste landfill after July 1, 2006 and the
department determines that those remediation and monitoring
activities would be eligible for funding if they had been
performed under the program;
(iv) The local operator conducts additional
remediation and monitoring activities at the leaking municipal
solid waste landfill which are eligible for funding under W.S.
35-11-534(a) on or after July 1, 2013; and
(v) A credit issued under this subsection shall not
exceed an amount equal to seventy-five percent (75%) of the cost
incurred by the local operator for eligible remediation and
monitoring activities after July 1, 2006.
(d) Repealed by Laws 2015, ch. 47, § 2.