§ 37-14-103 — Emergency response fee

(a) In addition to any other fees and taxes provided by
law, an emergency response fee of four hundred fifty dollars
($450.00) shall apply to each package of radioactive materials
transported through this state. The department of transportation
shall collect this fee when it issues a permit under W.S. 31-18-
407(a). All emergency response fees collected by the department
of transportation pursuant to this subsection and W.S. 31-18-
407(a) shall be deposited in a separate account to be used for
the payment of costs associated with training for and conducting
emergency response procedures related to the transportation of
radioactive materials.
(b) As used in this section:
(i) "Radioactive materials" means:
(A) Highway route controlled quantities of
radioactive materials as defined in 49 C.F.R. 173.403(l) as
amended as of January 1, 1989; and
(B) Nuclear waste being transported to the waste
isolation pilot plant in New Mexico, to any facility established
pursuant to section 135 of the federal "Nuclear Waste Policy Act
of 1982" as amended, 42 U.S.C. 10101 et seq., to any repository
licensed for the permanent deep geological disposal of high-
level radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel, or to any
monitored retrievable storage facility established pursuant to
section 141 of the federal "Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982" as
amended.
(ii) "Package" means a container plus its contents
that are assembled to assure compliance with the minimum federal
packaging requirements for radioactive materials;
(iii) "Shipper" means the party or carrier
responsible for shipments of radioactive materials under this
section.