Wyo. Stat. § 35-9-153 (2026)

duties.

     (a) There is created a state emergency response commission
that shall consist of members appointed by the governor to
advise the director, department of homeland security and the
department of homeland security with respect to activities under
this act. The commission shall consist of not less than four (4)
members representing the mining, trucking, manufacturing, energy
and railroad industries, one (1) member each from the
legislature, local government, local law enforcement, fire
services, the Eastern Shoshone tribe, the Northern Arapaho
tribe, homeland security, the media, the medical field,
emergency medical services and the general public, and one (1)
representative from each of the following state agencies:

            (i)    The department of environmental quality;

            (ii)    The department of health;

            (iii)    The department of transportation;

            (iv)    The department of agriculture;

            (v)    The department of fire prevention and electrical
safety;

            (vi)    The University of Wyoming.

     (b)    The governor may remove any member as provided in W.S.
9-1-202.
     (c) The commission shall appoint a chairman and other
officers deemed necessary from among its members. The commission
may meet as often as deemed necessary by a majority of the
commission or at the request of the director, department of
homeland security. Commission members who are not state
employees may be reimbursed for per diem and mileage for
attending commission meetings in the same manner and amount as
state employees.

     (d) The governor may give consideration to the
geographical location of the commission members, to the extent
possible, in order to have broad representation of the
geographical areas of the state.

     (e) The commission shall review collection and
disbursement of funds and advise the director, department of
homeland security on activities and responsibilities under this
act.

     (f) The commission shall, by rule, establish emergency
planning districts in accordance with the requirements of 42
U.S.C. 11001 et seq. and in compliance with the Wyoming
Administrative Procedure Act, to consist of twenty-three (23)
districts corresponding to the jurisdictions of the twenty-three
(23) counties of the state. The commission shall appoint members
of the local emergency planning committees for each emergency
planning district to include representatives required by 42
U.S.C. 11001, et seq. The commission shall annually review
memberships and activities of the local emergency planning
committees and report to the governor annually on those
activities. The commission shall work with each board of county
commissioners and city council to promote support by the board
for the local emergency planning committee in the county.

     (g) The commission shall perform all duties and acts
prescribed by 42 U.S.C. 11001 et seq., and all other applicable
law, with the assistance of the Wyoming department of homeland
security and other state agencies determined to be necessary by
the commission.

     (h) The commission shall, by rule and regulation,
establish standards for protection of the safety of responding
personnel during clandestine laboratory incident responses,
standards for determining a site uninhabitable under W.S.
35-9-156(d), standards for determining the extent of
contamination and standards for remediation required to render
former clandestine laboratory operation sites safe for re-entry,
habitation or use with respect to the following:

          (i) Decontamination and sampling standards and best
management practices for the inspection and decontamination of
property and the disposal of contaminated debris;

          (ii) Appropriate methods for the testing of buildings
and interior surfaces, furnishings, soil and septic tanks for
contamination;

          (iii)   When testing for contamination may be required;
and

          (iv)    When a site may be declared remediated.

     (j) The commission shall, by rule and regulation,
establish due process standards for the protection of the
property interests of real estate owners, subject to subsection
(h) of this section.