Title 30, Title 30 — Mines And Minerals

Machinery; standard safety methods and devices required. (a) All machinery shall be guarded by standard approved methods and devices which shall adequately provide protection against accidents and prevent all access to the danger zones during operation. (b) All persons shall avai…

Cutter chains; enumeration of equipment to be guarded; control of dust when drilling; repairing or oiling moving machinery prohibited. (a) The cutter chains of mining machines shall be locked securely by mechanical means to prevent accidental movement while being trammed or when …

Use of internal combustion engines prohibited; exception. (a) The use of equipment underground powered by internal combustion engines is prohibited except for those engines conforming to standards accepted by the MSHA for underground internal combustion engines. Equipment with en…

Locomotives generally. (a) Locomotives shall be equipped with proper devices for rerailing of locomotives and cars. (b) An audible warning device and headlights shall be provided on each locomotive, shuttle car and any other self-propelled mobile equipment used underground. (c) W…

Man-trips operated by locomotives; belt lines; illumination of stations. (a) Man-trips operated by locomotives shall be pulled at safe speed consistent with the condition of roads and type of equipment used, and shall be so controlled that they can be stopped within the limits of…

Standards and use of hoisting equipment established by rule. (a) The inspector shall establish by rule requirements for the operation of hoisting equipment. The rules shall include permissible materials, manning and training requirements, load limitations, guard requirements for …

Cages; standards and use established by rule. (a) Cages used for hoisting persons shall be of substantial construction with: (i) Adequate steel bonnets; (ii) Enclosed sides; (iii) Gates, safety chains or bars across the ends of the cage when persons are being hoisted or lowered; …

Telephone service or communication facilities; location; insulation; protection; additional standards by rule. (a) Telephone service or equivalent communication facilities installed to reduce the possibility of interruption of service shall be provided in underground mines at the…

Fire-fighting equipment; fire prevention regulations. (a) Each mine shall be provided with suitable fire-fighting equipment, adequate for the size of the mine, such as supplies of rock dust at doors and at other strategic places, water lines and hose, water chemical trucks and fi…

Fire danger to be minimized; when open flame prohibited. (a) All structures or installations either underground or above ground shall be constructed to minimize the danger of fire. (b) No material shall be stored underground or above ground that creates or constitutes a fire haza…

Use of arc, spark or open flame prohibited; exceptions; search for flame-producing devices; welding and cutting operations; nonpermissible electric lamps prohibited. (a) All persons in underground workings of a mine are prohibited from intentionally creating any arc, spark or ope…

First-aid equipment and training standards established by rule. (a) Repealed by Laws 1995, ch. 31, § 2. (b) Repealed by Laws 1995, ch. 31, § 2. (c) Repealed by Laws 1995, ch. 31, § 2. (d) Repealed by Laws 1995, ch. 31, § 2. (e) The inspector shall establish by rule standards for …

Electric installations and equipment. (a) The inspector shall adopt rules for electrical installation and equipment safety requirements for mines. The rules shall establish: (i) Placement and other safety requirements for high potential power lines; (ii) Placement, housing, cooli…

Ventilation regulations generally; quantity of air required; record of measurements. (a) The operator shall provide and maintain, at all times, for all persons in every working place, a good and sufficient amount of ventilation circulating an adequate quantity of fresh air suffic…

Booster fans prohibited; exceptions; safeguards required when used. (a) Booster fans are prohibited unless the inspector determines their installation is necessary for the safe operation and proper ventilation of the mine and gives permission in writing to install them. In mines …

Prevention of dust; standards established by rule. (a) Repealed by Laws 1995, ch. 31, § 2. (b) Repealed by Laws 1995, ch. 31, § 2. (c) Repealed by Laws 1995, ch. 31, § 2. (d) Repealed by Laws 1995, ch. 31, § 2. (e) Repealed by Laws 1995, ch. 31, § 2. (f) Repealed by Laws 1995, ch…

Title. This act may be cited as the "Interstate Mining Compact".

Interstate Mining Compact. The Interstate Mining Compact is hereby enacted into law and entered into with all other jurisdictions legally joining therein in the form substantially as follows: Article I Findings and Purposes (a) The party states find that: (i) Mining and the contr…

Membership. (a) Subject to W.S. 30-4-106, the state of Wyoming hereby joins the Interstate Mining Compact commission to further the findings and purposes embodied in the compact. The state through the office of the governor is authorized to join and participate in the Interstate …

Applicability. (a) No provisions of the Interstate Mining Compact, nor any policies of the Interstate Mining Compact commission, shall be construed to limit, repeal or supersede any law of the state of Wyoming. (b) The governor and the legislature, or agents of either, shall have…

Expenses. The department of environmental quality may pay annually out of funds collected from mining permit fees, or from funds granted to the state by the federal office of surface mining reclamation and enforcement, the annual membership dues payable to the Interstate Mining C…

General power of governor; withdrawal. (a) Within the limitations of this section, the governor shall be entitled to exercise all the power of his office necessary in his judgment to maintain the state in good standing as a member of the Interstate Mining Compact commission and t…

Definitions. (a) As used in this act unless the context otherwise requires: (i) The term "waste" means and includes: (A) Physical waste, as that term is generally understood in the oil and gas industry; (B) The inefficient, excessive or improper use, or the unnecessary dissipatio…

Waste prohibited; power of commission to allocate allowable production. (a) The waste of oil and gas or either of them in the state of Wyoming as in this act defined is hereby prohibited. (b) Whenever in order to prevent waste the commission limits the total amount of oil and gas…

Oil and gas conservation commission; composition; expenses; hearings; director of oil and gas conservation; legal advisors. (a) The governor, director of the office of state lands and investments, the state geologist and two (2) additional members from the public at large who sha…

Oil and gas conservation commission; powers and duties; investigations; rules and regulations. (a) The Wyoming oil and gas conservation commission, herein called "the commission," has jurisdiction and authority over all persons and property, public and private, necessary to effec…

Oil and gas conservation commission; hearings; conducted by examiners; procedures. In addition to the powers and authority, either express or implied, granted to the Wyoming oil and gas conservation commission by virtue of the statutes of the state of Wyoming, the commission is h…

When hearings held before commission. (a) Notwithstanding any provision of this act, or any rule of the commission adopted pursuant to the powers granted to it by this act, the hearing on any matter or proceeding shall be held before the commission if: (i) The commission in its d…

Hearings; W.S. 30-5-105 through 30-5-107 subordinate to Administrative Procedure Act. This act shall be supplemental but subordinate to the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act (Original House Bill No. 196, 38th Legislature).

State oil and gas supervisor; appointment; duties; authority of commission to appoint other employees; payment of traveling and living expenses. To enable the commission to carry out its duties and powers under the laws of this state with respect to conservation of oil and gas, a…

Rules and regulations governing drilling units. (a) When required, to protect correlative rights or, to prevent or to assist in preventing any of the various types of waste of oil or gas prohibited by this act, or by any statute of this state, the commission, upon its own motion …

Agreements for waterflooding or other recovery operations, repressuring or pressure-maintenance operations, cycling or recycling operations; operation as a unit of 1 or more pools or parts thereof and pooling of interests in oil and gas therein; amendment of orders and agreements…

Rules of practice and procedure; hearings; emergency orders; notice; public inspection. (a) The commission shall prescribe rules and regulations governing the practice and procedure before it. (b) No rule, regulation, or order, or amendment thereof, except as otherwise provided i…

Summoning witnesses and production of record; no abridgment of rights; failure to testify. (a) The commission shall have the power to summon witnesses, to administer oaths, and to require the production of records, books, and documents for examination at any hearing or investigat…

Time within which suit to be brought by person adversely affected; appeals; procedure. (a) Any person adversely affected by and dissatisfied with any rule, regulation, or order made or issued hereunder, may within ninety (90) days after the entry thereof bring a civil suit or act…

Suits by commission for violation or threatened violation of act; restraining violation; recovery of penalties. Whenever it appears that any person is violating or threatening to violate any provision of this act or any rule, regulation, or order of the commission, the commission…

Notice of intention and permit required to drill well; fee. A person desiring to drill a well in search of oil or gas shall notify the commission of such intent on a form prescribed by the commission, and shall pay a fee established by the commission in accordance with W.S. 30-5-…

Disposition of monies; permissible expenditures; payment of expenses; charge assessed on value of oil or gas produced. (a) Civil penalties collected under this act shall be paid to the state treasurer and credited as provided in W.S. 8-1-109. All other monies collected by the com…

Construction of act generally. It is not the intent or purpose of this law to require, permit, or authorize the commission or supervisor to prorate or distribute the production of oil and gas among the fields of Wyoming on the basis of market demand. This act shall never be const…

Applicability of act. The state of Wyoming being a sovereign state and not disposed to jeopardize or surrender any of its sovereign rights, this act shall apply to all lands in the state of Wyoming lawfully subject to its police powers; provided, it shall apply to lands of the Un…

Penalties for violation of act, orders of commission; penalties cumulative. (a) Any person who violates any provision of this act or who after either actual or constructive notice thereof from the commission or its representative violates any rule, regulation, or order of the com…

Additional forfeiture or civil penalty for flaring of gas in excess of amounts permitted by order of commission. (a) Whenever under the provisions of W.S. 30-5-119 a forfeiture or civil penalty is imposed for the flaring of gas in excess of the amounts permitted by an order of th…

Waste of natural gas prohibited. The use, consumption, burning or escape into the atmosphere of natural gas taken or drawn from any natural gas well or wells, or borings from which natural gas is produced for the products where such natural gas is burned, consumed or otherwise wa…

Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of this act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100.00) or more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) for each offense and each and every day in whi…

Penalty for violation of sections 30-5-121 and

Purchase or taking ratably oil and gas for transportation without discrimination in favor of any owner or producer; oil. Each person now or hereafter purchasing or taking for transportation oil from any owner or producer, shall purchase or take ratably without discrimination in f…

Purchase or taking ratably oil and gas for transportation without discrimination in favor of any owner or producer; gas. Each person now or hereafter purchasing or taking for transportation gas produced from gas wells or from oil wells from any owner or producer shall purchase or…

Purchase or taking ratably oil and gas for transportation without discrimination in favor of any owner or producer; oil and gas conservation commission to administer. In addition to the powers and authority, either expressed or implied, granted to the Wyoming oil and gas conserva…

Payment of penalties. Unless otherwise provided by law, all civil or administrative fines or penalties collected under this article shall be paid over to the state treasurer to be credited to the public school fund of the county in which the violation for which the fine or penalt…

Unitization of areas to restore or enhance the microbial conversion of hydrocarbon substrates to methane gas; purposes; application; contents. (a) Any interested person may file an application with the commission requesting an order authorizing well and reservoir injections to re…