Solid waste program amendments.

ORIGINAL
House
Bill No
.
HB0055

ENROLLED ACT NO.

37
,

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

SIXTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
2015 General Session

AN ACT relating to environmental quality; amending requirements for the municipal solid waste remediation program and municipal solid waste cease and transfer program to require the use of accounting principles as specified; requiring landfills enrolled in either program to account for liabilities associated with municipal solid waste landfilling as specified; amending provisions of the municipal solid waste remediation program pertaining to credits for remediation and monitoring work performed before the inception of the program as specified; repealing conflicting provisions; and providing for an effective date.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:

Section
1
.

W.S. 35
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11
‑
532(c
)(
intro),
35
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11
‑
534(c)(viii)
(intro)
and 35
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11
‑
535(c)
(intro)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
, (iv) and by creating a new paragraph (v)
are amended to read:

35
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11
‑
532
.

Municipal solid waste facility operator financial responsibility; penalties.

(c)

Municipal solid waste facility operators shall employ
generally accepted
accounting principles
, including the recognition of

pursuant to the Uniform Municipal Fiscal
Procedures Act,
W.S. 16
‑
4
‑
101 through 16
‑
4
‑
125
,
which recognize
liabilities associated with:

35
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11
‑
534
.

Program criteria; requirements for local operator.

(c)

To be eligible for enrollment under the program, the local operators of a leaking municipal solid waste landfill shall:

(viii)

Employ
generally accepted
accounting principles in managing all solid waste facilities under the
control of the local operator or political subdivision,
including the recognition of
pursuant to the Uniform Municipal Fiscal Procedures Act, W.S. 16
‑
4
‑
101 through 16
‑
4
‑
125
, which
recognize

liabilities associated with:

35
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11
‑
535
.

Municipal solid waste landfill remediation account; authorized expenditures from the account.

(c)

Pursuant to subsection (d) of this section,
I
n addition to expenditures from the account authorized by W.S. 35
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11
‑
534(
a), the department shall
reimburse
issue a credit
in an amount not to exceed
the local operator's twenty
‑
five percent (25%) share
required by W.S. 35
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11
‑
534(c)(v)
of the total cost of
eligible
remediation and monitoring activities
provided in W.S. 35
‑
11
‑
534(a)
,

for past remediation and monitoring expenses incurred by the local operator as specified in this subsection
.
The department shall issue
credits
under this subsection for

costs incurred by a local operator
who performed
for

remediation and monitoring activities from the account if:

(ii)

The remediation and monitoring activities were initiated
between
after

July 1, 2006
;
and December 31, 2012;

(iii)

The local operator of a municipal solid waste landfill provides the department with an accurate accounting of the costs of remediation and monitoring activities conducted at the municipal solid waste landfill
between

after

July 1, 2006 and
December 31, 2012

the department determines that those remediation and monitoring activities would be eligible for
funding
if they had been performed under the program
;
and

(iv)

The local operator conducts additional remediation and monitoring activities at the leaking municipal solid waste landfill which are eligible for funding under W.S. 35
‑
11
‑
534(a) on or after July 1, 2013
;
.

and

(v)

A credit issued under this subsection shall not exceed an amount equal to seventy
‑
five percent (75%) of the cost incurred by the local operator for eligible remediation and monitoring activities after July 1, 2006.

Section 2
.

W.S. 35
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11
‑
535(
d)
is
repealed.

Section
3
.

This act is effective immediately upon completion of all acts necessary for a bill to become law as provided by Article 4, Section 8 of the Wyoming Constitution.

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