§ 272.2551 Wyoming State-Administered Program: Final Authorization.

(a) History of the State of Wyoming authorization. Pursuant to section 3006(b) of RCRA, 42 U.S.C. 6926(b), Wyoming has final authorization for the following elements as submitted to the EPA in Wyoming's base program application for final authorization which was approved by the EPA effective on October 18, 1995. Subsequent program revision applications were approved effective on August 6, 2001, August 23, 2016, and November 24, 2023.

(b) Enforcement authority. The State of Wyoming has primary responsibility for enforcing its hazardous waste management program. However, the EPA retains the authority to exercise its inspection and enforcement authorities in accordance with sections 3007, 3008, 3013, 7003 of RCRA, 42 U.S.C. 6927, 6928, 6934, 6973, and any other applicable statutory and regulatory provisions, regardless of whether the State has taken its own actions, as well as in accordance with other statutory and regulatory provisions.

(c) State Statutes and Regulations—(1) Incorporation by reference. The Wyoming regulations cited in paragraph (c)(1)(i) of this section are incorporated by reference as part of the hazardous waste management program under Subtitle C of RCRA, 42 U.S.C. 6921 et seq. The Director of the Federal Register approves this incorporation by reference in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552(a) and 1 CFR part 51. For the availability of this information at the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) and at the EPA, see § 272.2. You may access copies of the Wyoming regulations that are incorporated by reference in this paragraph from the Wyoming Secretary of State's Office, Herschler Building East, 122 West 25th Street, Suite 100, Cheyenne, WY 82002-0020, (Phone: (307) 777-5847; website: https://rules.wyo.gov/).