020-19 Wyo. Code R. § 19-1 - Definitions

(a) "Production" means the amount determined by the pro rata share, based upon percentage of ownership, of coal produced by surface coal mining operations.

(b) "Qualified laboratory" means a public agency, private consulting firm, institution, or analytical laboratory the name of which appears on the Director's list of those laboratories which can provide the required determination or statement described in Section 2 and which are named as qualified laboratories within the list published in the Federal Register.

(c) "Qualified small operators" means any person who intends to apply for and is eligible to receive a permit pursuant to the Act who has not organized or reorganized a business solely for the purpose of receiving assistance and who establishes that the probable total annual production will not exceed 100,000 tons from:

(i) All operations in which the applicant owns more than a 5 percent interest, or controls it in any manner whatsoever;

(ii) All operations owned or controlled by persons who own more than 5 percent of the applicant or control the applicant, either directly or indirectly; and

(iii) All operations owned by members of the applicant's family and the applicant's relatives, unless it is established that there is not direct or indirect business relationship between or among them.

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