Wyo. Stat. § 35-12-111 (2026)

to participate.

    (a)   The parties to a permit proceeding include:

          (i)   The applicant;

          (ii) Each local government entitled to receive a copy
of the application under W.S. 35-12-110(a)(i);

          (iii) Any person residing in a local government
entitled to receive a copy of the application under W.S.
35-12-110(a)(i) including any person holding record title to
lands directly affected by construction of the facility and any
nonprofit organization with a Wyoming chapter, concerned in
whole or in part to promote conservation or natural beauty, to
protect the environment, personal health or other biological
values, to preserve historical sites, to promote consumer
interests, to represent commercial, agricultural and industrial
groups, or to promote the orderly development of the areas in
which the facility is to be located. In order to be a party the
person or organization must file with the office a notice of
intent to be a party not less than twenty (20) days before the
date set for the hearing.

     (b) Any party identified in paragraph (a)(iii) of this
section waives his right to be a party if he does not
participate orally at the hearing. Any party identified in
paragraph (a)(ii) of this section waives its right to be a party
unless the local government files a notice of intent to be a
party with the office not less than twenty (20) days before the
date set for the hearing.

     (c) Any person may make a limited appearance in the
proceeding by filing a statement in writing with the council
prior to adjournment of the hearing. A statement filed by a
person making a limited appearance shall become part of the
record and shall be made available to the public. No person
making a limited appearance under this subsection is a party to
the proceeding.

     (d) No state agency other than the industrial siting
division shall act as a party at the hearing. Members and
employees of all other state agencies and departments may file
written comments prior to adjournment of the hearing but may
testify at the hearing only at the request of the council, the
industrial siting division or any party.

     (e) Any person described in W.S. 35-12-111(a)(ii) or (iii)
who participated in the public hearing under W.S. 35-12-107 may
obtain judicial review of a council decision waiving all or
part of the application requirements of this chapter.