§ 35-11-533 — Municipal solid waste landfill remediation program created; purpose

(a) There is created the municipal solid waste landfill
remediation program. The program shall be administered by the
solid and hazardous waste division of the department of
environmental quality with the input of the waste and water
advisory board as provided in W.S. 35-11-533 through 35-11-537.
(b) The legislature recognizes the threat to the public
health, safety, welfare and the environment caused by pollution
to soil and water from leaking municipal solid waste landfills.
The purpose of this program is to take state primacy of the
municipal solid waste landfill remediation program and to
provide funding to take remediation actions at eligible leaking
municipal solid waste landfills.