37-12-301. Short title; definitions. (a) This act may be known and shall be cited as the “Wyoming Underground Facilities Notification Act.” (b) As used in this act: (i) “Business day” means any twenty-four (24) hour period other than Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday; (ii) “Emergency” means a sudden, unforeseen occurrence, including a loss of communications, […]
37-12-302. Notices; exceptions; penalty. (a) Every operator shall file with the notification center a general description of the area served together with the name, address and telephone number of the person from whom necessary information may be obtained concerning the location of underground facilities. (b) Any person preparing or designing architectural or engineering design drawings […]
37-12-304. Notification centers; formation; duties. (a) All operators shall join the notification center and shall participate in the notification center providing for mutual receipt of notification of excavation activities in a specified area and pay their share of the cost for the service provided. (b) The notification center shall: (i) File with the county clerk […]
37-12-305. Exemptions. (a) The following oil and gas production facilities are not subject to this act: (i) Aboveground or underground storage tanks, sumps, impoundments or piping connected to aboveground or underground storage tanks, sumps or impoundments located in the same tract of land as the storage tanks, sumps or impoundments; (ii) Underground production facilities operated […]
37-12-306. Civil penalties; applicability. (a) An action to recover a civil penalty under this section may be brought by an operator, excavator, aggrieved party, the notification center, county attorney, district attorney or the attorney general. Venue for an action shall be in the district court for the county in which the operator, excavator, aggrieved party […]
37-12-307. Architectural or engineering design drawings notice. (a) Any person preparing or designing architectural or engineering design drawings that call for excavation shall make reasonable efforts to determine at no expense to the operator the nature, location, and depth if known, of underground facilities. If the location of an operator’s underground facilities within the proposed […]
