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Rules and Regulations

All official Wyoming State Rules and Regulations are kept at the Wyoming Secretary of State’s Office. Click here to view all current Rules and Regulations.

Trade Secret Confidentiality Requests

Entities requesting permits from the DEQ are required to provide detailed descriptions of the activities or processes involved, so the DEQ may evaluate compliance with standards to protect public health and the natural resources of the state. These descriptions often include information that is considered "trade secrets" or proprietary by the entity. The DEQ must balance the obligation to keep confidential any trade secrets or proprietary information disclosed during the permitting process with the obligation to comply with the Wyoming Public Records Act (W.S. 16-4-203(d)) and Wyoming Environmental Quality Act (W.S. 35-11-1101(a)).

The following checklist has been developed for submitting requests to keep documents containing "trade secrets" confidential. The checklist summarizes the trade secret confidentiality issue in the State of Wyoming and refers to three documents that provide guidance for such requests:

  1. seminal August 29, 2011 letter from former DEQ Director John Corra to a member of industry describing the components of a trade secret confidentiality request and the extent to which the DEQ will be able to keep this information confidential. These concepts are reiterated and refined in the checklist
  2. An excerpt from the Wyoming Supreme Court’s March 2014 decision in Powder River Basin Res. Council v. Wyoming Oil and Gas Conservation Comm’n., 320 P.3d 222 (Wyo. 2014), adopting the federal Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) definition of “trade secrets.” 
  3. 40 C.F.R. § 2.208 lists additional criteria that must be met in order for information to be considered a “trade secret.”

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E-Payment

Welcome to DEQ’s new e-payment processor. For your convenience, please consider paying with a credit card. Among the options below, the single item option is for items such as records requests or permit application fees. The multiple item option is for paying for several items located at sites, such as Storage Tank Program fees.

There is a service charge for online convenience. The pricing schedule is as follows:
 
  • Less than $60 is a flat $2.00 service charge.
  • Greater than $61 to $5,000 is at 3.5%
  • Greater than $5,000 is at 5%
  • American Express is 3.5% plus $2.00 service charge.
*Only use CPTeller links provided on the DEQ webpage above.  DEQ will never send emails or texts requesting credit card payments outside of the links provided below through this web page.
 
If you do need assistance with using the forms or recommendation for which one to use, please call Steven Girt at 307-777-7163