SF0179

Amends Wyoming's sage grouse compensatory mitigation framework to allow operators to perform their own mitigation measures and prohibits the use of eminent domain for mitigation activities.

• Allows operators to perform compensatory mitigation measures within a service area that includes the same or reasonably equivalent properties in Wyoming where impacts occur, and receive credit from the board of land commissioners for those measures. (W.S. 9-19-203(f))
• Requires operators to retain responsibility for mitigation measures for the entire period of expected impact, and prohibits delegation of responsibility except to a mitigation credit provider with board approval. (W.S. 9-19-203(f))
• Prohibits any person from exercising eminent domain authority for compensatory mitigation activities under the sage grouse mitigation statute. (W.S. 9-19-203(g))
• Requires the board of land commissioners to adopt rules for evaluating and approving operator-offered mitigation measures and restoration credits as part of the compensatory mitigation credit system. (W.S. 9-19-203(b)(vi), Sec. 2)
• Directs the board of land commissioners to promulgate all rules necessary to implement the act. (Sec. 2)

Effective: July 1, 2025

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