Industrial Siting

The Industrial Siting Division administers the Wyoming Industrial Development  Information and Siting Act and the Rules and Regulations of the Industrial Siting Council Chapters 1 and 2. These rules can be viewed at the Wyoming Secretary of State's Website.

 


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Facilities subject to requirement of the Industiral Development information and Siting Act and who must seek a permit from the Industrial Siting Council:

 

1. Facilities with an estimated construction cost of $186.7 Million or more, the current threshold construction costs called for by W.S. 35-12-102. 

* If the estimated construction cost is $149.4 - $186.7 Million
a Certificate of Insufficient Jurisdiction must be obtained from the Industrial Siting Council

 

2. Facilities regardless of cost:

 

A. Any commercial waste incineration or disposal facility capable of receiving greater than 500 short  tons per day of household refuse or mixed household and industrial refuse; 

B. Any commercial facility which incinerates or disposes of any regulated quantity of hazardous wastes which are subject to hazardous waste shipping manifest requirements under subtitle C of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act.

 

C. Any commercial radioactive waste management facility defined by W. S. 35-11-103(d)(v).

 

D. Any commercial facility generating electricity from wind and associated collector systems consisting of 30 or more turbines.

 

E. Any facility over which a board of county commissioners has authority to issue the permit required by W.S. 18-5-502 (County regulation of wind energy project) and which the board of county commissioners has referred to the council under W.S. 18-5-509 (County referral). Although applicant facility may be exempt through W.S.35-12-119 or W.S.35-11-1502, all are encouraged to come to the ISD to receive a jurisdictional determination 


Contact:

Industrial Siting Division
Todd Parfitt, Administrator
307-777-7555

Tom Schroeder, Program Principal
307-777-7369

Tia Raamot, Principal Economist
307-777-7588

Herschler Building 4 West
122 West 25th Street
Cheyenne, WY 82002