020-17 Wyo. Code R. §§ 17-2 - Petitions
(a) Any person having an interest which is or
may be adversely affected has the right to petition the council to have an area
designated as unsuitable for surface coal mining operations, or to have an
existing designation terminated.
(b) Designation. A petition for designation
shall be notarized and must contain:
(i) The
petitioner's name, address, and telephone number;
(ii) A discussion of the petitioner's
interest which is or may be adversely affected;
(iii) A precise description of the boundaries
of the area covered by the petition, including its location and size, and a
USGS topographic map outlining the perimeter of the petitioned area;
(iv) An identification of the criterion or
criteria on which the proposed designation rests, including potential adverse
effects on people, land, air or other resources including petitioner's
interests, resulting from mining in the area;
(v) Allegations of fact, specific to the
petitioned area and to the petitioner's interests, which tend to establish the
criterion or criteria on which the proposed designation rests;
(vi) A specific identification of the sources
of supporting evidence on which the allegations of fact rest;
(vii) Where the petitioner does not own all
property interests affected by the designation, an identification of any or all
such property interests known to the petitioner; and
(viii) Other information which is requested
by the Administrator.
(c) Termination of designation. A petition to
terminate a designation or designations shall be notarized and must contain:
(i) The petitioner's name, address, and
telephone number;
(ii) A discussion
of the petitioner's interest which is or may be adversely affected;
(iii) A precise description of the boundaries
of the area to be covered by the petition, including its location and size, and
a USGS topographic map outlining the perimeter of the petitioned
area;
(iv) An identification of the
designation or designations which the petitioner seeks to terminate;
(v) For each such designation, an
identification of the specific criterion or criteria which the petitioner seeks
to challenge;
(vi) Allegations of
fact which support the challenge;
(vii) A specific identification of the
sources of evidentiary support on which the allegations rest. This must not
include evidence presented in the designation proceeding;
(viii) Where the petitioner does not own all
property interests which may be affected by the termination of a designation,
an identification of any or all such property interests known to the
petitioner; and
(ix) Other
information which is requested by the Administrator.
(d) All allegations of fact and supporting
evidence must assume that contemporary mining practices required under the Act
and regulations would be followed if the area were to be mined.
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