Wyoming § 9-14-102 Unauthorized federal agency actions

Wyoming Statutes

§ 9-14-102 — Unauthorized federal agency actions

Wyoming·Title 09 Administration of the Government·Ch. 14 PROTECTION OF CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS·Art. 1 PROTECTION OF WYOMING INTERESTS

(a)The legislature finds:

(i)Rules enacted and other actions taken by a federal agency in excess of authority authorized by the United States congress acting within its powers under the United States constitution violate the constitution;

(ii)The federal environmental protection agency has increasingly expanded its rulemaking authority granted by the United States congress;

(iii)Current rulemaking and other actions of the federal environmental protection agency have severely impacted the ability of the state and its citizens to prudently develop the state's natural resources;

(iv)The federal occupational safety and health administration has expanded its regulation of highly hazardous chemicals on questionable authority;

(v)When rulemaking and other actions of the federal environmenta

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(a) The legislature finds:
(i) Rules enacted and other actions taken by a
federal agency in excess of authority authorized by the United
States congress acting within its powers under the United States
constitution violate the constitution;
(ii) The federal environmental protection agency has
increasingly expanded its rulemaking authority granted by the
United States congress;
(iii) Current rulemaking and other actions of the
federal environmental protection agency have severely impacted
the ability of the state and its citizens to prudently develop
the state's natural resources;
(iv) The federal occupational safety and health
administration has expanded its regulation of highly hazardous
chemicals on questionable authority;
(v) When rulemaking and other actions of the federal
environmental protection agency or the federal occupational
safety and health administration rest on questionable
congressional authority the state is authorized to protect its
interests and the interests of its citizens and should challenge
those actions, including unlawful rulemaking.
(b) The legislature declares it is the state's policy to
vigorously defend its interests and those of its citizens
against rulemaking and other actions of the federal
environmental protection agency or the federal occupational
safety and health administration which are not authorized by the
United States congress or which rest upon questionable
authority.
(c) The attorney general may seek to take action before
the federal environmental protection agency, the federal
occupational safety and health administration or in any state or
federal court to stop the enforcement, administration or
implementation of rulemaking or other actions taken by those
agencies if, in his judgment, the rulemaking or other action
exceeds the authority granted by the United States congress or
otherwise rests on questionable authority. Before intervening in
or initiating any lawsuit pursuant to this section, the attorney
general shall obtain the approval of the governor.