Guidelines and Standard Operating Procedures

Guidelines are for mine operators and are intended to provide the operators with guidance in the preparation of permits and reports, and to aid in the interpretation of LQD rules, regulations, policies, and statutes.

Standard Operating Procedures (SOP's) are for LQD staff and are intended to provide consistency in the review of permits and annual reports and in the interpretation of LQD rules, regulations, policies, and statutes. The Guidelines and SOPs may be viewed from this page. Some of these documents are lengthy, so please be patient if trying to view.

Guidelines

Guideline 1 - Topsoil and Overburden (This is used for noncoal and coal operations)

Guideline 2 - Vegetation (This is used for noncoal operations. For coal operations see appendix A of Coal Rules.)

Guideline 3 - Radiological Survey (This is used for noncoal and coal operations)

Guideline 4 - In-Situ Mining (This is used for noncoal operations) (Updated 3/7/13)

Guideline 5 - Wildlife (This is used for noncoal and coal operations)

Guideline 6 - Organization and Topic Guideline for an Application for a "Permit to Mine" or an "Amendment" (This is used for noncoal operations)

Guideline 6a - Format and General Content Guideline for Permit Applications, Amendments and Revisions for Coal Mining Operations (This is used for coal operations)

Guideline 6ar - Format and General Content Guideline for a Permit Renewal Application for Coal Mining Operations (This is used for coal operations)

Guideline 8 - Hydrology (This is used for noncoal and coal operations)

Guideline 9 - Alluvial Valley Floors (This is used for coal operations)

Guideline 10 - Fencing (This is used for noncoal and coal operations)

Guideline 11 - Reporting Cultural and Paleontological Resources Within Mine Permit Areas (This is used for noncoal and coal operations)

Guideline 12 - Standardized Reclamation Performance Bond Format and Cost Calculation Methods (This is used for noncoal and coal operations) (Updated 10/17/12)

Guideline 13 - Permitting of Sedimentation Ponds (This is used for coal operations)

Guideline 14 - Recommended Procedures for Developing a Monitoring Program on Permanently Reclaimed Areas (This used for coal operations)

Guideline 15 - Alternative Sediment Control Measures (This is used for noncoal and coal operations)

Guideline 16 - Wyoming Gold Mining & Mineral Exploration (This is in .pdf format, please see above)
Notice: Please see Guideline 19 for Noncoal - Non-commercial, Recreational Panning & Dredging

Guideline 17 - Permanent Postmine Impoundments (This is used for noncoal and coal operations)

Guideline 18 - Coal Compensatory Wetland Mitigation

Guideline 19 - Noncoal - Recreational Prospecting in Wyoming (Panning, Dredging and Sluicing) (Updated 11/28/12)

Notice: Restrictions have been instituted on Douglas Creek and tributaries in Albany County Due to drought conditions. For further information contact the Forest Service at 307.745.2345 or Land Quality at 307.777.7757

Guideline 20 - Bond release procedures for coal operations.

Guideline 21 - Rough Backfill Verification and Area Bond for Coal Mines (This is used for coal operations) (Reformatted 9/10/10)

Guideline 22 - Verification and Compliance Standards for Phase I Partial Incremental Bond Release (This is used for coal operations) (Reformatted 9/10/10)

Guideline 23 - Verification and Compliance Standards for Phase 2 Bond Release on Coal Mines (This is used for coal operations) (Added 6/8/10)

Guideline 24 - Pre-application Process for Permit Applications, Amendment and Revisions (This is used for noncoal and coal operations) (Updated 3/14/13)

(ALL COAL AND NONCOAL SOPS HAVE BEEN UPDATED TO .PDF FORMAT )

SOPS

Coal SOPS [Table of Contents] (Updated 1/24/12)

C-sop 1.5 - Procedures for Naming, Submitting, Receiving, Maintaining and Using the Electronic Permit (This is in production at the moment)

C-sop 1.7 - Format for State Decision Documents

C-sop 1.8 - Coal Permit Transfers

C-sop 1.9 - Procedures for Public Notices (This is used for coal operations)

C-sop 1.11 - In-Depth Reviews of Coal Permits

C-sop2.1 - Overlapping and Abutting Coal Mine Permit Area Boundaries

C-sop 2.3 - Temporary Cessation of Operations (Reclamation Delays) for Coal Mines

C-sop 3.1 - Postmining Topography Assessments

C-sop 3.2 - Oil and Gas Operations within Coal Permit Boundaries

C-sop 3.3 - Professional Certification of Impoundments and Roads (Added 1/24/12)

C-sop 5.2 - Compliance Assessment Methods and Records for Soil Replacement Performance Standards and Associated Permit Commitments During Land Quality Division Compliance Inspections

C-sop 5.4 - Contemporaneous Reclamation

C-sop 6.1 - Procedures for Testing to Certify Blasters and Issuance of Blaster's Certificates

C-sop 6.2 - Blasting Regulations

C-sop 7.2 - Abandoned Drill Hole and Bond Release Procedures

C-sop 7.4 - Sediment Control Release for Permanently Reclaimed Lands

C-sop 8.1 - Time and Distribution Accounting Information

C-sop 8.2 - Information Dissemination to the Public/Copying Department Documents

Noncoal SOPS [Table of Contents]

NC-sop 1.3 - Non Coal Permit Transfer

NC-sop 1.4 - Procedures for Public Notices (This is used for noncoal operations)

NC-sop 2.1 - Interim Mine Stabilization for Noncoal Mines

NC-sop 7.1 - Final Bond Release and Permit Termination Procedures for Small and Regular Mine Permits When the Total, Cumulative Reclaimed Acreage Does not Exceed 20 Acres

NC-sop 7.3 - Abandoned Drill Hole and Bond Release Procedures

NC-sop 8.1 - Time and Distribution Accounting Information

NC-sop 8.2 - Information Dissemination to the Public/Copying Department Documents

Revised 3/14/2013