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Wyoming Statutes Title 31. Motor Vehicles § 31-18-407. Emergency response fee; radioactive materials transport permit

Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) The department of transportation shall collect the emergency response fee assessed under W.S. 37-14-103(a) when it issues a permit for each package of radioactive materials transported through this state. The department shall promulgate rules on issuing and revoking permits that are not inconsistent with federal law. The department shall promulgate rules on quarterly reporting and payment of fees, retention of records and audit requirements. The emergency response fee collected under this subsection pursuant to W.S. 37-14-103(a) shall be deposited as provided in W.S. 37-14-103(a).

(b) As used in this section:

(i) “Radioactive waste” means:

(A) Highway route controlled quantities of radioactive waste as defined in 49 C.F.R. 173.403(1) as amended as of January 1, 1989; and

(B) Nuclear waste being transported to the waste isolation pilot plant in New Mexico, to any facility established pursuant to section 135 of the federal “Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982” as amended, 42 U.S.C. 10101 et seq., to any repository licensed for the permanent deep geological disposal of high-level radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel, or to any monitored retrievable storage facility established pursuant to section 141 of the federal “Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982” as amended.

(ii) “Package” means a container plus its contents that are assembled to assure compliance with the minimum federal packaging requirements for radioactive waste.

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