Bill No.:                     HB0056                                 Drafter:  MDO

 

LSO No.:                   13LSO-0304                         Effective Date:  7/1/2013

 

Enrolled Act No.:    HEA0092

 

Chapter No.:            CH0181

 

Prime Sponsor:       Representative Greear

 

Catch Title:              Wyoming pollution discharge elimination system.

 

Subject:                     Amending the timing for submittal of a fee for a water pollution discharge permit to be submitted to the Department of Environmental Quality.

 

Summary/Major Elements:

 

·        Currently, all fees for water pollution elimination discharge permits are due to the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) by January 1 of each year, including fees for permits that were issued during the preceding calendar year.

 

·        This act requires that water discharge permit fees shall be received prior to processing and issuance of the permit and annually thereafter.

 

·        Permit fees shall not be pro-rated and are non-refundable upon permit modification, termination or expiration.

 

·        This act removes archaic language concerning a “national pollution elimination discharge permit” and recognizes that Wyoming has primacy under the federal Clean Water Act to administer a state water pollution elimination discharge permit system.