§ 99-3-2603 — Level III construction projects – new development

Wyoming § 99-3-2603

• Jurisdiction: Wyoming
• Title 99: Water Projects
• Ch. 3: AUTHORIZATION FOR WATER DEVELOPMENT CONSTRUCTION
• Art. 26: 2021 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 2021, Ch. 12, §
1.)
(b) Project – Cloud Seeding Medicine Bow Mountains 2021-
2022:
(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 2021-2022 fall,
winter and spring seasons;
(iv) Total project budget: Seven hundred seventy-
eight thousand dollars ($778,000.00);
(v) Appropriation: There is appropriated from water
development account I to the Wyoming water development office
seven hundred twenty-eight thousand dollars ($728,000.00) 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, 2023;
(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 (b): (Laws 2021, Ch. 12, § 1.)
(c) Project – Cloud Seeding Wind River Mountains 2021-
2022:
(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 2021-2022 fall,
winter and spring seasons;
(iv) Total project budget: Five hundred seventy-one
thousand dollars ($571,000.00);
(v) Appropriation: There is appropriated from water
development account I to the Wyoming water development office
two hundred fifteen thousand dollars ($215,000.00) 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, 2023;
(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 two hundred ten thousand dollars
($210,000.00);
(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 (c): (Laws 2021,
Ch. 12, § 1.)
(d) Project – Lander Well and Transmission Pipeline 2021:
(i) Project sponsor: City of Lander;
(ii) Project purpose: Municipal and rural domestic
water supply;
(iii) Project description: Design and construction of
well connections, pumping facilities, transmission pipelines and
appurtenances necessary to make the project function in the
manner intended;
(iv) Total project budget: Two million eight hundred
fifty-seven thousand four hundred dollars ($2,857,400.00);
(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 million nine hundred
fourteen thousand four hundred fifty-eight dollars
($1,914,458.00) 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 million nine hundred
fourteen thousand four hundred fifty-eight dollars
($1,914,458.00) 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, 2028;
(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 (d):
(Laws 2021, Ch. 12, § 1; 2025, Ch. 111, § 2.)
(e) Project – Northwest Rural Water System Improvements
2021:
(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, storage tanks and transmission
pipelines and appurtenances necessary to make the project
function in the manner intended;
(iv) Total project budget: Two million one hundred
ten thousand dollars ($2,110,000.00);
(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 million four hundred
thirteen thousand seven hundred dollars ($1,413,700.00) 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 one million four hundred
thirteen thousand seven hundred dollars ($1,413,700.00) 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, 2026;
(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 (e):
(Laws 2021, Ch. 12, § 1.)
(f) Project – Torrington Well Connection 2021:
(i) Project sponsor: City of Torrington;
(ii) Project purpose: Municipal and rural domestic
water supply;
(iii) Project description: Design and construction of
a well connection, pumping facilities, transmission pipelines
and appurtenances necessary to make the project function in the
manner intended;
(iv) Total project budget: Five hundred eighty-one
thousand dollars ($581,000.00);
(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 hundred eighty-nine
thousand two hundred seventy dollars ($389,270.00) 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 hundred eighty-
nine thousand two hundred seventy dollars ($389,270.00) 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 2021, Ch. 12, § 1, 2023, Ch. 180, § 2.)