§ 30-5-111 — Rules of practice and procedure; hearings; emergency orders; notice; public inspection

Wyoming § 30-5-111

• Jurisdiction: Wyoming
• Title 30: Mines and Minerals
• Ch. 5: OIL AND GAS
• Art. 1: IN GENERAL

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(a) The commission shall prescribe rules and regulations
governing the practice and procedure before it.
(b) No rule, regulation, or order, or amendment thereof,
except as otherwise provided in this act, shall be made by the
commission without a hearing upon at least ten (10) days notice.
The hearing shall be held at such time and place as may be
prescribed by the commission, and any interested person shall be
entitled to be heard.
(c) When an emergency requiring immediate action is found
by the commission to exist, it is authorized to issue an
emergency order without notice or hearing, which shall be
effective upon promulgation. No emergency order shall remain
effective for more than fifteen (15) days.
(d) Notice of all hearings before the commission shall be
given by the commission by one (1) publication in a newspaper of
general circulation in Natrona county, and by one (1)
publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the county
where the land affected, or some part thereof, is situated. In
all cases where there is an application for the entry of a
pooling order, the commission, in addition to such publication
notice, shall cause notice of the hearing to be mailed to all
owners whose interests are sought to be pooled. In all cases
where a complaint is made by the commission, or by the state oil
and gas supervisor or by any party that any provision of this
act, or any rule, regulation or order of the commission is being
violated, notice of the hearing on such complaint shall be
served on the parties charged with such violation by any officer
authorized by law to serve summons in civil actions or by an
agent authorized and directed by the commission or its
secretary, in the same manner as is provided in the code of
civil procedure for service of process in civil actions in the
district courts of this state; proof of such service by an
officer shall be in the form provided by law with respect to
civil process and proof of such service by an agent shall be by
such agent's affidavit.
(e) All notices of hearings required to be given by the
commission shall issue in the name of the state, and be signed
by a member of the commission or its secretary, and shall
specify the style and number of the proceeding, the time and
place of hearing, and shall briefly state the purpose of the
proceeding.
(f) In addition to the notice herein provided the
commission may, by rule, regulation or order, require such
additional notice to be given in such manner and for such time
as it may deem necessary and proper.
(g) All rules, regulations, and orders issued by the
commission shall be in writing, shall be entered in full in
books to be kept by the commission for that purpose, shall be
indexed, and shall be public records open for inspection at all
times during reasonable office hours. Except for orders
establishing or changing rules of practice or procedure, all
orders made and published by the commission shall include and be
based upon written findings of fact, which said findings of fact
shall be entered and indexed as public records in the manner
hereinbefore provided. A copy of any rule, regulation, or order
certified by the commission or its secretary shall be received
in evidence in all courts in this state with the same effect as
the original.
(h) The commission may act upon its own motion, or upon
the petition of any interested person. On the filing of a
petition for a hearing concerning any matter within the
jurisdiction of the commission, it shall promptly fix a date for
a hearing thereon and shall cause notice of the hearing to be
given. The hearing shall be held without undue delay after the
filing of the petition. The commission shall enter its order
within thirty (30) days after the hearing. Any person affected
by any order of the commission shall have the right at any time
to apply to the commission to repeal, amend, modify, or
supplement the same.
(j) The commission shall require that an engineer
testifying as an expert at a hearing before the commission be a
registered professional engineer in the state of Wyoming.