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Enforcement Actions
The DEQ undertakes enforcement actions to preserve safe environmental conditions throughout Wyoming.
This page contains information on the enforcement actions that the Water Quality Division may undertake, as well as a record of enforcement actions that have been undertaken by WQD.
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Electronic Documents Submittal
Electronic document submittal is available for WQD permit applications, reports, and other communications.
Visit: WDEQ Water Quality Division Downloads
You do NOT need to follow up the electronic submission with a hard copy submission unless you are specifically contacted by a WQD staff person with a request to do so.
Need to report a spill or complaint? Please visit https://deqspills.wyo.gov/home
Submitting a public comment? WQD is unable to accept public notice comments through this system. Refer to the public notice document for instructions on how to submit comments or visit https://wq.wyomingdeq.commentinput.com/comment/search.
NOTICE: All applications for water distribution systems and/or sewage collection systems that are within the Cheyenne Board of Public Utilities (BOPU) district shall be submitted to the BOPU for approval. Contact Frank Strong or Bryce Dorr at (307) 637-6460, ENGreview@cheyennebopu.org, or http://cheyennebopu.org for additional information.
Recent General Permit Authorizations
The DEQ Water Quality Division accepts comments on all permits authorized under a general permit for a period of 30 days, as provided for in W.S. 35-11-801(d).
Interested persons may mail or fax comments to the main Cheyenne office. The ‘Date’ column in the table below indicates the date the authorization was posted to the website. Comments must be received before 5:00 pm on the 30th day after the authorization was posted to the website. For example, comments for an authorization posted on 10/1/18 must be received by 5:00 p.m. on 10/31/18. DEQ does not accept emailed comments.
You may sort the table by posting date or search for the type of general permit, the county where the permit was issued, the permit number, or the name of the person or company to whom the permit was issued.
If you wish to review the general permit documents, please go to the web page for each permitting program:
- Storm Water Construction, Mineral Mining, and Industrial General Permits.
- Underground Injection Control (UIC) General Permits
- Water and Wastewater Construction General Permits.
- WYPDES General Permits
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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.
Slaughterhouses
This website provides information on the appropriate Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) permit(s) for those interested in the construction and operation of small wastewater systems, specifically slaughterhouses (aka meat processors or meat packing plants).
Underground Injection Control (UIC) Permit coverage for slaughterhouse-derived waste discharge is required under Wyoming Water Quality Rules (WWQR) Chapter 27. Permit coverage is required to protect groundwater and human health. Certain constituents within slaughterhouse-derived waste can negatively impact groundwater quality; groundwater is often used to supply domestic drinking water to public and private users.
For more information, please click on our fact sheet below.
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Contact
| NAME | PROGRAMS | PHONE |
| Lily Barkau | Groundwater Section Manager, Cheyenne | (307)777-7072 |
| Vacant | Ground Section Geology Supervisor, UIC, GPC, & Federal Facilities Programs | (307)777-8275 |
| John Passehl | Federal Facilities Program, Geology Supervisor, Cheyenne | (307)777-5623 |
| Justin Scott | UIC Program, Geology Supervisor, Cheyenne | (307)777-7511 |
| Tyler Harris | UIC Program, Project Geologist, Cheyenne | (307)777-7608 |
| Aaron Birkemeier | UIC Program, Natural Resources Program Principal, Cheyenne | (307)777-5501 |
| Hunter Hubbard | UIC Program, Project Geologist, Cheyenne | (307)777-2960 |
| Wylee Rizzitello | GPC Program, Natural Resources Program Principal, Cheyenne | (307)777-9355 |
| Julia Glicini | UIC Program, Natural Resource Analyst, Cheyenne | (307)777-6080 |
| Brenden Stefanowicz | GPC Program, Natural Resource Analyst, Cheyenne | (307)777-7092 |
| Graeme Finley | UIC Program, Senior Project Geologist, Casper | (307)473-3478 |
| Christy Hutchinson | GPC Program, Natural Resources Program Principal, Casper | (307)473-3468 |
| Steven Loose | GPC Program, Geology Supervisor, Lander | (307)335-6942 |
| Jack Leitner | UIC Program, Natural Resource Analyst, Lander | (307)335-6752 |
Helpful Links
This page contains a variety of links to supplementary Groundwater information and resources, from reports to data and information systems.
Monitoring Data
This page contains information, including fact sheets and maps, about Groundwater monitoring programs in Wyoming.
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Aquifer Prioritization Project
This project developed a method to prioritize aquifers for groundwater monitoring based on their geology and potential contaminant sources.
Groundwater Vulnerability Mapping Project
GIS coverage maps and reports are available for each county. Please run the Autorun.exe in each county's zip file to access all data except the maps. To access map data, please download the shapefiles separately and import them into ArcMap.
Ambient Groundwater Monitoring Program
- Wyoming Groundwater Quality Monitoring Sites (USGS website)
Pesticide Monitoring Program
Wyoming's Pesticide Monitoring Program is a cooperative monitoring effort between the Wyoming Dept. of Agriculture and the US Geologic Survey (USGS). Since 1995, the U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the Wyoming Department of Agriculture, has been sampling groundwater in Wyoming. Sampling of surface water for pesticides began in 2006.
Groundwater and surface water data, maps, and reports, including fact sheets are available for each county.