Industrial, wind and solar projects-hearing deadline.

Plain English Breakdown

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Industrial and Renewable Energy Project Deadlines

This law changes deadlines for reviewing applications related to industrial, wind, and solar projects.

What This Bill Does

• Extends the deadline for counties to hold a hearing on wind or solar project applications from sixty days to ninety days after determining completeness.
• Increases the time for counties to make decisions on permit applications for wind or solar projects from forty-five days to sixty days after completing the hearing.
• Gives industrial project applicants more time to provide additional information before review, extending it from thirty days to forty-five days.
• Lengthens the deadline for a hearing on industrial siting permit applications from ninety days to one hundred twenty days after receiving an application.

Who It Names or Affects

• Counties and the Industrial Siting Council responsible for reviewing project applications
• Applicants seeking permits for industrial, wind, and solar projects

Terms To Know

Industrial siting permit

A type of permit required for certain large-scale industrial projects.

Application deadline

The date by which a task or action must be completed according to the law.

Limits and Unknowns

• This act only affects applications submitted on and after January 1, 2026.
• It does not specify what happens if an application is incomplete beyond the new deadlines.

Official Summary Text

Bill Summary - 25LSO-0379

Bill No.:

SF0154

Effective:

1/1/2026

LSO No.:

25LSO-0379

Enrolled Act No.:

SEA No. 0046

Chapter No.:

78

Prime Sponsor:

Boner

Catch Title:

Industrial, wind and solar projects-hearing deadline.

Has Report:

No

Subject:

Amending deadlines for reviewing industrial, wind, and solar projects.

Summary/Major Elements:

Current law establishes a process by which counties and the Industrial Siting Council review applications for permits for siting industrial projects, wind projects, and solar projects. The law specifies deadlines by which the governmental entities must complete various steps of the application and review process.

This act amends those deadlines. For counties, the deadline by which the county must hold a hearing on the application for a wind or solar facility is extended from sixty (60) days to ninety (90) days after determining that the application is complete.

The deadline for counties to render a decision on a permit application is extended from forty‑five (45) days to sixty (60) days after completion of the hearing.

For industrial projects under the jurisdiction of the Industrial Siting Council, the deadline for an applicant to provide additional information before review is extended from thirty (30) days to forty‑five (45) days.

For a hearing on industrial projects, the deadline is extended from ninety (90) days to one hundred twenty (120) days after receiving a permit application.

The act applies to all permit applications submitted on and after January 1, 2026.

The above summary is not an official publication of the Wyoming Legislature and is not an official statement of legislative intent.

While the Legislative Service Office endeavored to provide accurate information in this summary, it should not be relied upon as a comprehensive abstract of the bill.

Current Bill Text

25LSO-0379

ORIGINAL Senate

ENGROSSED
File No
.
SF0154

ENROLLED ACT NO. 46,

SENATE

SIXTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
2025 General Session

AN ACT relating to industrial development and siting; amending the deadline by which the director of the department of environmental quality must hold a hearing on industrial siting permit applications; amending deadlines to cure incomplete applications; amending deadlines for counties to hold hearings and reach decisions on permit applications for wind and solar projects; specifying applicability; and providing for an effective date.

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

Section 1
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W.S. 18
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5
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506, 18
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5
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507(a) and 35
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12
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110(d) and (f)(intro) are amended to read:

18
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5
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506.

Hearing and public comment.

Any board of county commissioners receiving an application to permit a facility shall hold a public hearing to consider public comment on the application no less than forty
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five (45) days and not more than
sixty (60)
ninety (90)
days after determining that the application is complete.
The applicant may agree to extend the date by which a public hearing is held under this section.
Written comment on the application shall be accepted by the board of county commissioners for not less than forty
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five (45) days after determining that the application is complete.

18
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5
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507.

Decision of the board; findings necessary.

(a)

Within
forty
‑
five (45)
sixty (60)
days from the date of completion of the hearing required by W.S. 18
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5
‑
506, the board shall make complete findings, issue an opinion, render a decision upon the record either granting or denying the application and state whether or not the applicant has met the standards required by this article. The decision shall be subject to the remedies provided in W.S. 18
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5
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508. The board shall grant a permit if it determines that the proposed facility complies with all standards properly adopted by the board of county commissioners and the standards required by this article.

35
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12
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110.

Service of notice of application; information and recommendations; application deficiencies; procedure; jurisdiction; hearing.

(d)

On receipt of an application, the director shall conduct a review of the application to determine if it contains all the information required by W.S. 35
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12
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109 and the rules and regulations.

If the director determines that the application is incomplete, he shall within thirty (30) days of receipt of the application notify the applicant of the specific deficiencies in the application. The applicant shall provide the additional information necessary within
thirty (30)
forty
‑
five (45)
days of a receipt of a request for additional information from the director.

(f)

Not more than
ninety (90)
one hundred twenty (120)
days after receipt of an application for a permit, the director shall:

Section 2
.

This act shall apply to all applications for permits submitted under the Industrial Development Information and Siting Act and under W.S. 18
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5
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501 through 18
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5
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513 on and after January 1, 2026.

Section 3
.

This act is effective January 1, 2026.

(END)

Speaker of the House

President of the Senate

Governor

TIME APPROVED: _________

DATE APPROVED: _________

I hereby certify that this act originated in the Senate.

Chief Clerk

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