§ 37-12-305 — Exemptions

Wyoming § 37-12-305

• Jurisdiction: Wyoming
• Title 37: Public Utilities
• Ch. 12: CRIMES, OFFENSES AND CIVIL LIABILITIES
• Art. 3: DAMAGE TO UNDERGROUND

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(a) The following oil and gas production facilities are
not subject to this act:
(i) Aboveground or underground storage tanks, sumps,
impoundments or piping connected to aboveground or underground
storage tanks, sumps or impoundments located in the same tract
of land as the storage tanks, sumps or impoundments;
(ii) Underground production facilities operated by
the owner of a secured facility which are located entirely
within the secured facility;
(iii) Piping within a well bore;
(iv) Underground facilities which are located on a
production lease or unit and which are operated by a person:
(A) Who owns, in whole or in part, the mineral
lease rights to that production lease or unit; and
(B) Who operates the underground facility only
for their own use.
(b) An underground facility which extends beyond the
boundaries of a production lease or unit is exempt only for that
portion of the facility which is located within the boundaries
of the lease or unit.
(c) An underground facility which contains gas or
hazardous liquid shall not be exempted under the provisions of
this act as provided by paragraph (a)(iv) of this section if the
facility is located within the boundaries of, or within one-
eighth (1/8) of a mile of, an incorporated or unincorporated
city or town, or any residential or commercial area,
subdivision, business or shopping area, community development or
any similarly populated area, or on an established surface or
underground easement, or if it contains more than one hundred
(100) parts per million of hydrogen sulfide.
(d) Underground facilities located on private property
owned by and existing for the exclusive use of that private
property owner are exempt from the provisions of this act.
(e) Private domestic water and sewer lines located outside
any incorporated area and serving nine (9) or fewer service
hook-ups, private irrigation and drainage lines and ditches,
irrigation district and drainage district lines and ditches, and
private livestock water pipelines and facilities are exempt from
the provisions of this act.
(f) Nothing in this section shall prohibit an operator of
an underground facility which is exempted under this section to
voluntarily register that facility under this act.
(g) Underground facilities operated by the owner of a
secured facility which are located entirely within the secured
facility are exempt from the provisions of this act.
(h) The following routine maintenance activities in a
government entity's public right-of-way are exempt from the
provisions of this act:
(i) Snowplowing;
(ii) Adding of granular material to unpaved roads;
(iii) Removal and application of patches to the
surface of pavement;
(iv) Cleaning and sealing of road or pavement cracks
or joints.
(j) Routine county road maintenance is exempt from the
provisions of this act, provided that the maintenance is not
within an area of risk as specified in a notice provided under
W.S. 37-12-302(n).