Groundwater Pollution Control

The Groundwater Pollution Control (GPC) Program evaluates potential impacts to the groundwaters of the State by activities permitted at the local, state, or federal level.

Program Duties

The GPC Program assists federal agencies with National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) reviews on projects like Pinedale Anticline and Moneta Divide. The GPC Program provides information and assistance to private well owners that have palatability issues or suspected contamination of their water, like the rural wells near Pavillion.

The GPC Program also reviews subdivision applications to ensure that the quality of water supply sources is adequate and that wastewater collection and treatment facilities will not impact groundwater.

The GPC Program and Groundwater Contamination

The GPC Program also oversees sites where groundwater contamination already exists and cleanup is on-going, as well as sites where impacts may occur in the future. Groundwater monitoring tracks the extent and levels of existing contamination while remediation treats the groundwater to remove contaminants.

Monitoring wells and remediation projects must be permitted and constructed properly to ensure that the contamination is not spread further. Examples would be legacy GPC Program sites, which are primarily sites contaminated with petroleum hydrocarbons, or uranium mine cleanup sites. The GPC Program also issues permits for monitoring wells designed to detect potential contamination originating from coal bed methane (CBM) produced water impoundments that may reach shallow aquifers.

Contact

Name/Email

Programs

Office

Phone

Lily Barkau, P.G., Section Manager

Groundwater

Cheyenne

(307) 777-7072

Federal Facilities Program

John Passehl, P.G.

Geology Supervisor, FE Warren, Formerly Used Defense Sites

Cheyenne

(307) 777-5623

Groundwater Pollution Control

Wylee Rizzitello, P.G.

GPC Legacy Cleanup, Know Your Well, Ambient

Cheyenne

(307) 777-9355

Underground Injection Control Class VI Program

Tyler Harris, P.G.

Geology Supervisor

Cheyenne

(307) 777-8275

Hunter Hubbard, P.G.

Senior Project Geologist – Permitting and Compliance

Cheyenne

(307) 777-7189

Ian Romig

Senior Project Geologist  – Permitting and Compliance

Cheyenne

(307) 777-5802

Vacant

Senior Project Geologist  – Permitting and Compliance

Cheyenne

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Lacie Pichler

Natural Resources Program Principal  – Permitting and Compliance

Cheyenne

(307) 777-7195

Underground Injection Control Class I & V Programs

Vacant

Geology Supervisor

Cheyenne

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Julia Reid

Natural Resources Program Principal – Class I & V Permitting

Cheyenne

(307) 777-2960

Mackenzie Hairfield

Natural Resources Program Principal – Class I & V Permitting

Cheyenne

(307) 777-5501

Vacant

Natural Resources Program Principal – Class I & V Permitting

Cheyenne

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Robert Jones

Natural Resources Program Principal – Class V Permitting

Cheyenne

(307) 777-6080

Inspection & Compliance Program

Whitney Lang, P.G.

Geology Supervisor

Casper

(307) 473-3478

Brenden Stefanowicz

Natural Resources Analyst

Cheyenne

(307) 777-7092

Eric Moore

Natural Resources Program Principal

Lander

(307) 335-6958

Vacant

Natural Resources Analyst

TBD

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Forms

This page contains a variety of downloadable documents and information – including the Wyoming Water Quality Form and the Transfer of Ownership Form – Pertaining to Requirements for New Facilities Capable of Causing or Contributing to Pollution

Important Document Notes:

  • The Wyoming Water Quality Application Form must accompany every application. 
  • The Transfer of Ownership Form must be submitted upon change of ownership of any permitted facility. The permit will be transferred to the new owner and automatically includes any conditions established in the original permit. 

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Coal Bed Natural Gas
  • The GPC Program issues permits and tracks compliance monitoring data for Coal Bed Natural Gas (CBM) impoundments to ensure groundwater quality.

    About CBM Impoundments

    The CBM industry uses unlined surface impoundments as one option for managing produced water. As the stored water soaks into the soil, contaminants in the water or already present in the soil can leach out and reach the groundwater below the impoundments. 

    The GPC Program issues permits and tracks compliance monitoring data for impoundments that overlay Class III (livestock) quality shallow groundwater. Additionally, the GPC Program provides compliance monitoring data, and data obtained while drilling more than 2,000 groundwater investigation boreholes, to the general public.   

    Please refer to the following files below for more information

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Pesticide Monitoring

For more information on the Wyoming Pesticide Monitoring Program and pesticide use in Wyoming, please visit the Wyoming Department of Agriculture Pesticide Program website.

Since 1995, the USGS has been monitoring pesticides in Wyoming groundwater.  For more information on the USGS Pesticide Monitoring Program and results by county, please visit the USGS WY/MT Water Science Center website.

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