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HB0261 • 2017

Diversion dam operation and turbidity measure.

AN ACT relating to water; authorizing public irrigation and power districts to release and eliminate the annual accumulation of suspended load behind diversion dams in excess of existing turbidity requirements; requiring the department of environmental quality to develop standards and time limits; providing for rulemaking; and providing for effective dates.

Did Not Pass

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Sponsor
Representative Northrup
Last action
2017-02-03
Official status
inactive
Effective date
Not listed

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Amendments

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HB0261HS001

Standing Committee • HAgriculture

Filed

Plain English: Filed Standing Committee by HAgriculture

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Bill History

  1. 2017-02-03 House

    H Did Not Consider in CoW

  2. 2017-02-03 House

    H COW

  3. 2017-02-02 House

    H Placed on General File

  4. 2017-02-02 House

    H05 - Agriculture:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 5-4-0-0-0

  5. 2017-01-30 House

    H Introduced and Referred to H05 - Agriculture

  6. 2017-01-30 House

    H Received for Introduction

  7. 2017-01-27 LSO

    Bill Number Assigned

Current Bill Text

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2017
STATE OF WYOMING
17LSO-0629
Introduced
1.3

HOUSE BILL

NO.

HB0261

Diversion dam operation and turbidity measure.

Sponsored by:
Representative(s) Northrup and Senator(s) Coe and Hicks

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to water; authorizing public irrigation and power districts to release and eliminate the annual accumulation of suspended load behind diversion dams in excess of existing turbidity requirements; requiring the department of environmental quality to develop standards and time limits; providing for rulemaking; and providing for effective dates.

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

Section 1
.

W.S. 41
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7
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820
is
creat
ed to read:

41
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7
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20
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Powers;
diversion dam
operation
.

(a)

A district shall operate
and maintain

its works and systems, in particular
diversion dams
, to achieve turbidity
measurement
standards
required by the department of environmental quality
, except:

(i)

To manage the annual accumulation of suspended load behind a diversion dam, the department of environmental quality, at the request of a district, shall establish, through its water quality standards rule making process, alternative allowable turbidity and suspended solids standards;

(ii)

In developing the alternative allowable turbidity and suspended solids standards, the department of environmental quality shall also establish the appropriate time frame and duration that the alternative standards will be allowed;

(iii)

The alternative turbidity and suspended solids standards established under this section shall not
result in irreparable harm and shall result in only minimal effect on water uses.

Section 2
.

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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