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Committee clears planning bill authorizing water master plans, UW studies and a Popo Agie feasibility study
Summary
Jason Mead, director of the Wyoming Water Development Office, briefed the committee that "the water development program is funded through mineral severance tax distribution, or a portion thereof."
Jason Mead, director of the Wyoming Water Development Office, briefed the Agriculture, State & Public Lands & Water Resources Committee on Senate File 82 and said the "water development program is funded through mineral severance tax distribution, or a portion thereof." The committee voted to report the planning omnibus bill favorably.
The bill authorizes level 1 (master-plan) and level 2 (feasibility) planning studies and lists individual projects eligible for use of water development accounts. Mead described the program's competitive process: applicant sponsors by March 1, vetting and site visits, consultant procurement, and commission and select water committee…
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