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 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.
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:
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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.
A discharger specific variance is a temporary change to Wyoming’s Surface Water Quality Standards granted to a permittee in circumstances where it is not economically feasible to meet an effluent limit based on the standards.
Discharger specific variances may be granted by the Water Quality Division Administrator, following consideration of public input, on an ongoing basis. Each discharger specific variance can only be as long as necessary, must be reviewed at least once every five years, and include the following:
Eric Hargett, Program Supervisor (Cheyenne)
Surface Water Quality Standards
307-777-7079
NAME/EMAIL ADDRESS | PROGRAM | PHONE |
David Waterstreet, Program Manager | Watershed Program | 307-777-6709 |
Clean Water Act (CWA) Section 401 Certification and Turbidity Waivers | ||
Vacant (Cheyenne) | CWA Section 401 Certification, Turbidity Waivers | 307-777-6701 |
Data Quality Assurance and Quality Control (QA/QC) | ||
Jillian Scott (Cheyenne) | Data QA/QC | 307-777-6372 |
Surface Water Monitoring Program | ||
Jeremy Zumberge, Program Supervisor (Sheridan) | Surface Water Monitoring Program | 307-675-5638 |
Tavis Eddy (Lander) | Surface Water Monitoring Program | 307-335-6957 |
Vacant (Cheyenne) | Surface Water Monitoring Program | |
Vacant (Sheridan) | Surface Water Monitoring Program | 307-675-5632 |
James Tarzon (Cheyenne) | Surface Water Monitoring Program | 307-777-6353 |
Vacant (Sheridan) | Surface Water Monitoring Program | 307-675-5637 |
Michael Wachtendonk (Lander) | Surface Water Monitoring Program | 307-335-6751 |
Surface Water Quality Standards | ||
Eric Hargett, Program Supervisor (Cheyenne) | Surface Water Quality Standards | 307-777-7079 |
Rachel Eyres (Cheyenne) | Surface Water Quality Standards, Harmful Cyanobacterial Blooms | 307-777-2073 |
Tori Nye (Cheyenne) | Surface Water Quality Standards, National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) | 307-777-7050 |
Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL)/Assessment/ Nonpoint Source Pollution/Program | ||
Ron Steg, Program Supervisor (Lander) | Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) | 307-335-6980 |
Joanna Harter (Lander) | Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) | 307-335-6965 |
Mackenzie Hairfield (Cheyenne) | Nonpoint Source Program Coordinator | 307-777-6733 |
Water Quality Lab | ||
Steve Vien, Lab Supervisor (Cheyenne) | Water Quality Lab | 307-777-7654 |
Rex Bagley (Cheyenne) | Water Quality Lab | 307-777-7151 |
Amaryllis Briggs (Cheyenne) | Water Quality Lab | 307-777-6783 |
Alexis Lester(Cheyenne) | Water Quality Lab | 307-777-3770 |
This page contains a variety of downloadable Guidance documents that explain Surface Water Quality Standards procedures.