§ 37-9-1201 — Emergency preparedness plan

(a) Each rail common carrier having annual carrier
operating revenues in excess of ten million dollars
($10,000,000.00), which transports a hazardous material or
hazardous waste (as defined by Title 49 of the Code of Federal
Regulations, Section 171.8, as may be revised and amended),
shall adopt an emergency preparedness plan within sixty (60)
days of the effective date of this act or the date of the rail
common carrier's first transport of such materials within the
state of Wyoming. The plan shall include as a minimum, the
following:
(i) Notification procedures for advising the
appropriate fire department or district or other public agency
having the responsibility for responding to any emergency
occurring in the area of any condition involving a release or
threatened release of a hazardous material or hazardous waste
where there is a reasonable belief that the actual or threatened
release poses a significant present or potential harm to
persons, property or the environment;
(ii) Procedures for mitigation of any such release or
threatened release to minimize any potential harm or damage to
persons, property or the environment; and
(iii) Training procedures to instruct railroad
personnel on the actions to take in the event of any condition
involving a release or threatened release of a hazardous
material or hazardous waste where there is a reasonable belief
that the actual or threatened release poses a significant
present or potential harm to persons, property or the
environment.
(b) The plan required in subsection (a) of this section
shall be filed with the Wyoming department of transportation
within fifteen (15) days of the rail carrier's adoption of such
emergency preparedness plan.
(c) Any rail common carrier which violates any provision
of this section or its emergency preparedness plan shall be
liable for a penalty of up to ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00)
per day for each violation, to be assessed in a civil action.