§ 99-3-2503 — Level III construction projects new development

Wyoming § 99-3-2503

• Jurisdiction: Wyoming
• Title 99: Water Projects
• Ch. 3: AUTHORIZATION FOR WATER DEVELOPMENT CONSTRUCTION
• Art. 25: 2020 CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS

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(a) Authorization is granted for the Level III new
development construction projects identified in this section
subject to the general conditions specified in W.S. 99-3-103,
provided that W.S. 99-3-103(a)(iii) shall not apply to the
projects identified in this section unless required by W.S. 41-
2-121. Source Notes for subsection (a): (Laws 2020, Ch. 113, §
1.)
(b) Project – Big Horn Regional Transmission 2020:
(i) Project sponsor: Big Horn Regional Joint Powers
Board;
(ii) Project purpose: Municipal and rural domestic
water supply;
(iii) Project description: Design and construction of
transmission pipelines and appurtenances necessary to make the
project function in the manner intended;
(iv) Total project budget: Six million five hundred
ten thousand dollars ($6,510,000.00);
(v) Project grant: The state of Wyoming shall grant
to the sponsor from water development account I through the
commission for the design, permit procurement, project land
procurement, construction engineering and construction of the
project an amount not to exceed four million three hundred
sixty-one thousand seven hundred dollars ($4,361,700.00) or
sixty-seven percent (67%) of the actual development costs,
whichever is less;
(vi) Appropriation: There is appropriated from water
development account I to the commission four million three
hundred sixty-one thousand seven hundred dollars ($4,361,700.00)
or as much thereof as is necessary to carry out the purpose of
this subsection. Unexpended funds appropriated under this
subsection shall revert to water development account I on July
1, 2025;
(vii) Special conditions: The sponsor is responsible
for acquiring thirty-three percent (33%) of the total project
budget from other sources. Source Notes for subsection (b):
(Laws 2020, Ch. 113, § 1.)
(c) Project – Cheyenne Transmission, Pump Station and Tank
2020:
(i) Project sponsor: City of Cheyenne Board of Public
Utilities;
(ii) Project purpose: Municipal and rural domestic
water supply;
(iii) Project description: Design and construction of
a tank, transmission pipelines and appurtenances necessary to
make the project function in the manner intended;
(iv) Total project budget: Twelve million three
hundred sixty thousand dollars ($12,360,000.00);
(v) Project grant: The state of Wyoming shall grant
to the sponsor from water development account I through the
commission for the design, permit procurement, project land
procurement, construction engineering and construction of the
project an amount not to exceed eight million two hundred
eighty-one thousand two hundred dollars ($8,281,200.00) or
sixty-seven percent (67%) of the actual development costs,
whichever is less;
(vi) Appropriation: There is appropriated from water
development account I to the commission eight million two
hundred eighty-one thousand two hundred dollars ($8,281,200.00)
or as much thereof as is necessary to carry out the purpose of
this subsection. Unexpended funds appropriated under this
subsection shall revert to water development account I on July
1, 2025;
(vii) Special conditions: The sponsor is responsible
for acquiring thirty-three percent (33%) of the total project
budget from other sources. Source Notes for subsection (c):
(Laws 2020, Ch. 113, § 1.)
(d) Project – Cloud Seeding Medicine Bow Mountains 2020-
2021:
(i) Project sponsor: The state of Wyoming;
(ii) Project purpose: To enhance the winter snowpack
in the Medicine Bow, Sierra Madre and Laramie Mountain Ranges;
(iii) Project description: Conduct an operational
winter snowpack augmentation program during the 2020-2021 fall,
winter and spring seasons;
(iv) Total project budget: Seven hundred fifty
thousand dollars ($750,000.00);
(v) Appropriation: There is appropriated from water
development account I to the Wyoming water development office
seven hundred five thousand dollars ($705,000.00) or as much
thereof as is necessary to carry out the purpose of this
subsection. Unexpended funds appropriated under this subsection
shall revert to water development account I on July 1, 2022;
(vi) Special conditions:
(A) The Wyoming water development office shall
acquire funding commitments from Wyoming water users or other
interested parties for operational costs which exceed project
appropriation;
(B) The Wyoming water development office is
authorized to enter into contracts with Colorado organizations
to extend aerial weather modification efforts into Colorado
provided these organizations pay one hundred percent (100%) of
the additional costs associated with operations in Colorado.
Source Notes for subsection (d): (Laws 2020, Ch. 113, § 1.)
(e) Project – Cloud Seeding Wind River Mountains 2020-
2021:
(i) Project sponsor: The state of Wyoming;
(ii) Project purpose: To enhance the winter snowpack
in the Wind River Mountain Range;
(iii) Project description: Conduct an operational
winter snowpack augmentation program during the 2020-2021 fall,
winter and spring seasons;
(iv) Total project budget: Five hundred thirty
thousand dollars ($530,000.00);
(v) Appropriation: There is appropriated from water
development account I to the Wyoming water development office
two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000.00) or as much thereof as
is necessary to carry out the purpose of this subsection.
Unexpended funds appropriated under this subsection shall revert
to water development account I on July 1, 2022;
(vi) Special conditions:
(A) The state of Wyoming shall participate at a
rate up to thirty-seven percent (37%) of actual project
operations costs not to exceed one hundred ninety-five thousand
dollars ($195,000.00);
(B) Prior to commencing project operations, the
Wyoming water development office shall acquire funding
commitments from other Colorado River basin water users or other
interested parties for a minimum of sixty-three percent (63%) of
actual project operations costs;
(C) If the project is cancelled, the Wyoming
water development office is authorized to use the appropriated
funds to remove weather modification equipment and reclaim
project sites. Source Notes for subsection (e): (Laws 2020,
Ch. 113, § 1.)
(f) Project – Gillette Regional Extensions – Phase V 2020:
(i) Project sponsor: City of Gillette;
(ii) Project purpose: Municipal and rural domestic
water supply;
(iii) Project description: Design and construction of
transmission pipelines and appurtenances necessary to make the
project function in the manner intended;
(iv) Total project budget: Four million six hundred
ten thousand dollars ($4,610,000.00);
(v) Project grant: The state of Wyoming shall grant
to the sponsor from water development account I through the
commission for the design, permit procurement, project land
procurement, construction engineering and construction of the
project an amount not to exceed three million eighty-eight
thousand seven hundred dollars ($3,088,700.00) or sixty-seven
percent (67%) of the actual development costs, whichever is
less;
(vi) Appropriation: There is appropriated from water
development account I to the commission three million eighty-
eight thousand seven hundred dollars ($3,088,700.00) or as much
thereof as is necessary to carry out the purpose of this
subsection. Unexpended funds appropriated under this subsection
shall revert to water development account I on July 1, 2027;
(vii) Special conditions: The sponsor is responsible
for acquiring thirty-three percent (33%) of the total project
budget from other sources. Source Notes for subsection (f):
(Laws 2020, Ch. 113, § 1; 2025, Ch. 111, § 2.)
(g) Project – Glenrock Transmission Pipeline 2020:
(i) Project sponsor: Town of Glenrock;
(ii) Project purpose: Municipal and rural domestic
water supply;
(iii) Project description: Design and construction of
transmission pipelines and appurtenances necessary to make the
project function in the manner intended;
(iv) Total project budget: One million four hundred
thirty thousand dollars ($1,430,000.00);
(v) Project grant: The state of Wyoming shall grant
to the sponsor from water development account I through the
commission for the design, permit procurement, project land
procurement, construction engineering and construction of the
project an amount not to exceed nine hundred fifty-eight
thousand one hundred dollars ($958,100.00) or sixty-seven
percent (67%) of the actual development costs, whichever is
less;
(vi) Appropriation: There is appropriated from water
development account I to the commission nine hundred fifty-eight
thousand one hundred dollars ($958,100.00) or as much thereof as
is necessary to carry out the purpose of this subsection.
Unexpended funds appropriated under this subsection shall revert
to water development account I on July 1, 2027;
(vii) Special conditions: The sponsor is responsible
for acquiring thirty-three percent (33%) of the total project
budget from other sources. Source Notes for subsection (g):
(Laws 2020, Ch. 113, § 1, 2023, Ch. 180, § 2.)
(h) Project – Guernsey Transmission Pipeline 2020:
(i) Project sponsor: Town of Guernsey;
(ii) Project purpose: Municipal and rural domestic
water supply;
(iii) Project description: Design and construction of
transmission pipelines, water tank upgrades and appurtenances
necessary to make the project function in the manner intended;
(iv) Total project budget: Three million eighty
thousand dollars ($3,080,000.00);
(v) Project grant: The state of Wyoming shall grant
to the sponsor from water development account I through the
commission for the design, permit procurement, project land
procurement, construction engineering and construction of the
project an amount not to exceed two million sixty-three thousand
six hundred dollars ($2,063,600.00) or sixty-seven percent (67%)
of the actual development costs, whichever is less;
(vi) Appropriation: There is appropriated from water
development account I to the commission two million sixty-three
thousand six hundred dollars ($2,063,600.00) or as much thereof
as is necessary to carry out the purpose of this subsection.
Unexpended funds appropriated under this subsection shall revert
to water development account I on July 1, 2025;
(vii) Special conditions: The sponsor is responsible
for acquiring thirty-three percent (33%) of the total project
budget from other sources. Source Notes for subsection (h):
(Laws 2020, Ch. 113, § 1.)
(j) Project – Newcastle Water System Improvements 2020:
(i) Project sponsor: City of Newcastle;
(ii) Project purpose: Municipal and rural domestic
water supply;
(iii) Project description: Design and construction of
pumping facility upgrades and appurtenances necessary to make
the project function in the manner intended;
(iv) Total project budget: One hundred seventy
thousand dollars ($170,000.00);
(v) Project grant: The state of Wyoming shall grant
to the sponsor from water development account I through the
commission for the design, permit procurement, project land
procurement, construction engineering and construction of the
project an amount not to exceed one hundred thirteen thousand
nine hundred dollars ($113,900.00) or sixty-seven percent (67%)
of the actual development costs, whichever is less;
(vi) Appropriation: There is appropriated from water
development account I to the commission one hundred thirteen
thousand nine hundred dollars ($113,900.00) or as much thereof
as is necessary to carry out the purpose of this subsection.
Unexpended funds appropriated under this subsection shall revert
to water development account I on July 1, 2025;
(vii) Special conditions: The sponsor is responsible
for acquiring thirty-three percent (33%) of the total project
budget from other sources. Source Notes for subsection (j):
(Laws 2020, Ch. 113, § 1.)
(k) Project – Northwest Rural Water System Improvements
2020:
(i) Project sponsor: Northwest Rural Water District;
(ii) Project purpose: Municipal and rural domestic
water supply;
(iii) Project description: Design and construction of
pumping facility upgrades and appurtenances necessary to make
the project function in the manner intended;
(iv) Total project budget: One million ten thousand
dollars ($1,010,000.00);
(v) Project grant: The state of Wyoming shall grant
to the sponsor from water development account I through the
commission for the design, permit procurement, project land
procurement, construction engineering and construction of the
project an amount not to exceed six hundred seventy-six thousand
seven hundred dollars ($676,700.00) or sixty-seven percent (67%)
of the actual development costs, whichever is less;
(vi) Appropriation: There is appropriated from water
development account I to the commission six hundred seventy-six
thousand seven hundred dollars ($676,700.00) or as much thereof
as is necessary to carry out the purpose of this subsection.
Unexpended funds appropriated under this subsection shall revert
to water development account I on July 1, 2025;
(vii) Special conditions: The sponsor is responsible
for acquiring thirty-three percent (33%) of the total project
budget from other sources. Source Notes for subsection (k):
(Laws 2020, Ch. 113, § 1.)
(m) Project – Sheridan Area Water Supply Transmission
2020:
(i) Project sponsor: City of Sheridan;
(ii) Project purpose: Municipal and rural domestic
water supply;
(iii) Project description: Design and construction of
transmission pipelines and appurtenances necessary to make the
project function in the manner intended;
(iv) Total project budget: Four million six hundred
thirty thousand dollars ($4,630,000.00);
(v) Project grant: The state of Wyoming shall grant
to the sponsor from water development account I through the
commission for the design, permit procurement, project land
procurement, construction engineering and construction of the
project an amount not to exceed three million one hundred two
thousand one hundred dollars ($3,102,100.00) or sixty-seven
percent (67%) of the actual development costs, whichever is
less;
(vi) Appropriation: There is appropriated from water
development account I to the commission three million one
hundred two thousand one hundred dollars ($3,102,100.00) or as
much thereof as is necessary to carry out the purpose of this
subsection. Unexpended funds appropriated under this subsection
shall revert to water development account I on July 1, 2025;
(vii) Special conditions: The sponsor is responsible
for acquiring thirty-three percent (33%) of the total project
budget from other sources. Source Notes for subsection (m):
(Laws 2020, Ch. 113, § 1; 2021, Ch. 12, § 2.)