020-7 Wyo. Code R. §§ 7-1 - Permit and License Revision Applications

(a) Any permit or research and development testing license may be revised by identifying alterations to the mining or reclamation plan in the annual report or addendum thereto, or by submitting an application in accordance with this Section, at the noncoal operator's discretion. However, an operator must submit an application for any significant permit revision that would require public notice under Section 2.

(b) Each application to revise a permit or research and development testing license shall contain:

(i) The name and address of the operator;

(ii) The permit number and date approved;

(iii) A description of the change and why the change is being sought;

(iv) An outline or index indicating what pages, maps, tables, or other parts of the approved permit or license will be affected by the revision;

(v) The following information, if different from that submitted in the original permit or license application:

(A) The precise location of the permit or license area by legal subdivision, section, township, range, county, and municipal corporation, if any;

(B) The names and last known addresses of the owners of record of the surface and mineral rights of the land covered by the permit or license; and

(C) The names and last known addresses of the owners of record of the surface rights of the lands immediately adjacent to the permit or license area.

(vi) A detailed description of the proposed revised mining, reclamation, or research and development testing operation, which shall also include:

(A) For any proposed newly affected lands, if not submitted and approved in the original application for the permit:

(I) A USGS topographic map or equivalent of the permit or license area distinctly outlining and identifying the land to be affected by the revised mining or reclamation operation;

(II) The information required in Wyoming Statute (W.S.) § 35-11-406(a)(vii) and (ix) or, for in situ mining operations, the information required in W.S. § 3511 - 428;

(III) The extent to which the revised mining or reclamation operation will disturb, change, or deface the lands proposed to be affected; and

(IV) The proposed future use or uses of the affected lands and the plan whereby the operator will reclaim the affected lands to the proposed use or uses.

(B) Any changes in the estimate of the total cost of reclaiming the affected and proposed affected lands, computed in accordance with established engineering principles.

(vii) Any additional information necessary to support or justify the changes; and

(viii) Such other information as the Administrator deems necessary.

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020-7 Wyo. Code R. §§ 7-1

Amended, Eff. 11/17/2022.