§ 35-12-119 — Exemptions; information required

Wyoming § 35-12-119

• Jurisdiction: Wyoming
• Title 35: Public Health and Safety
• Ch. 12: INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AND SITING

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(a) Nonmineral processing facilities to be constructed in
existing industrial parks, as designated by local governments,
are exempt from payment of fees and certification procedures but
shall furnish the information required by W.S.
35-12-109(a)(iii), (iv) and (v) to the division if included in
W.S. 35-12-102(a)(vii).
(b) State and local governmental units and agencies are
exempt from the application and permit procedures of this
chapter, but prior to commencing to construct any facility as
provided in W.S. 35-12-102(a)(vii), those units and agencies
shall furnish to the division information required by W.S.
35-12-109(a)(iii), (iv) and (v).
(c) The construction, operation and maintenance of the
following activities are exempt from this chapter:
(i) Electric transmission lines with a maximum
operating voltage of less than one hundred sixty thousand
(160,000) volts, except:
(A) Any collector system, regardless of voltage,
associated with a commercial facility generating electricity
from wind and which meets the definition of an industrial
facility pursuant to W.S. 35-12-102(a)(vii)(E) and (F) shall not
be exempt;
(B) A commercial facility generating electricity
from wind that is exempt from W.S. 35-12-102(a)(vii)(E) or (F)
shall not become subject to this chapter because its collector
system is greater than one hundred sixty thousand (160,000)
volts.
(ii) Oil and gas drilling facilities;
(iii) All pipelines except coal slurry pipelines;
(iv) Oil and gas producing facilities;
(v) Oil and gas wellfield activities.
(d) Activities exempt under this section shall not be
included as part of the application review of a facility subject
to this chapter, and the council does not have jurisdiction over
exempt activities. Applicants shall furnish the information
required by W.S. 35-12-109(a)(iii), (iv), (v) and (viii) for
exempt activities.