Universal Equipment Co. v. State Ex Rel. Department of Environmental Quality

MACY, Chief Justice.

Appellant Universal Equipment Co. challenges the district court’s order requiring it to post an additional performance bond to ensure reclamation of its mine-site buildings and facilities. Appellant contends that the Wyoming Environmental Quality Act (WEQA) does not authorize the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) to impose reclamation and bonding requirements for buildings and facilities which were built before the WEQA was enacted. We affirm.

Appellant raises the following issues:

1. Whether buildings and facilities that existed within a mine permit under the Open…