§ 35-11-524 — Municipal solid waste landfill assessments; priority list; monitoring

Wyoming § 35-11-524

• Jurisdiction: Wyoming
• Title 35: Public Health and Safety
• Ch. 11: ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
• Art. 5: SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT

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(a) The department shall conduct an assessment of the
needs for municipal solid waste landfill monitoring and the
necessity for any remediation on leaking municipal solid waste
landfills in Wyoming.
(b) The department shall establish a priority list for
municipal solid waste landfills that need remediation. The
criteria used to establish this priority list shall be developed
and reviewed with the water and waste advisory board. The
criteria shall include, but not be limited to the:
(i) Type of leachate;
(ii) Volume of leachate;
(iii) Proximity of the leachate to the nearest
surface or ground water;
(iv) Ability of the responsible municipality to
remediate the contamination;
(v) The nature of contaminants in surface or ground
water affected by the municipal solid waste landfill, including
whether a contaminant is naturally occurring or manmade; and
(vi) Maximum contaminant levels.
(c) For high priority sites identified on the list
established under subsection (b) of this section, the department
shall work with the local managers of the high priority
municipal solid waste landfills to gather data necessary for the
report due under subsection (d) of this section.
(d) The department shall submit to the joint minerals,
business and economic development interim committee:
(i) No later than December 31, 2012, an initial
report describing an assessment of the clean-up costs at the
high priority municipal solid waste landfills;
(ii) No later than June 30, 2013, and annually
thereafter, a report including, but not limited to:
(A) Monitoring results;
(B) Remediation results;
(C) The assessment of the clean-up costs at
municipal solid waste landfills, including high, medium and low
priority landfills;
(D) Estimated high priority sites to be
addressed in the coming year;
(E) Orphan landfill sites information and data
as required pursuant to W.S. 35-11-525(e).