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Panel weighs hazardous-materials reporting fee to fund portal and emergency response teams; industry voices caution
Summary
The Office of Homeland Security urged a Tier II reporting fee to sustain an electronic submission portal and State Emergency Response Commission activities; the committee heard fee scenarios and substantial RERT funding needs but chose not to reallocate mineral revenue caps and asked for alternatives and appropriations input.
Wyoming homeland security officials urged the Transportation, Highways & Military Affairs interim committee on Tuesday to adopt a modest hazardous-materials reporting fee to pay for an electronic Tier II submission portal and to support State Emergency Response Commission (SERC) activities and local emergency planning committees.
Talise Hanson presented bill draft 25LSO0084, which would add a new subsection authorizing a per-filing fee for facilities required to submit Tier II reports under federal law (42 U.S.C. §11022). The draft leaves the per-filing amount and an annual cap to the committee and proposes an applicability and effective date of July 1, 2025 for filings on or after that date.
Lynn Budd, director of the Wyoming Office of Homeland Security, said federal grant funding has declined and the state needs a revenue source to cover a required electronic submission…
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