Wyoming Attorney General Opinions
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Could Wyoming's Environmental Quality Council adopt environmental rules on its own, or did it always need a positive recommendation from the Department of Environmental Quality first?
It always needed a recommendation. Wyoming AG Peter Michael concluded the Environmental Quality Act gave the Council authority to approve rules only 'after recommendation from the director' of DEQ. Th…
Could Wyoming's Environmental Quality Council use the Environmental Quality Act to require that all coalbed natural gas produced water actually be put to beneficial agricultural use, as a way to limit how much water gets discharged?
No. Attorney General Patrick Crank concluded that the Environmental Quality Act gave DEQ and the EQC authority to regulate water quantity only when quantity affected water quality. The Act's stated pu…
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Attorney general opinions in Wyoming are written by the Wyoming Attorney General's office in response to questions from state agencies, legislators, and prosecutors. They are not binding like court decisions, but courts and agencies treat them as persuasive guidance on how state law applies. Every opinion above has a plain-English question and short answer, plus a link to the full original text.