Afton Town Council report for July
Members of the Afton Town Council along with Mayor Jeff Jensen held their monthly meeting on July 9. Here are items of note from that meeting: • Josh Peavler, Director of Public Utilities, reported to the council and recapped…
Gordon: Wyoming files additional lawsuit challenging new EPA rule
CHEYENNE (WNE) — Gov. Mark Gordon announced Thursday that Wyoming has filed an additional lawsuit challenging a new rule from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) targeting the coal industry. Wyoming has joined West Virginia and Georgia, along with 19…
Barrasso criticizes Biden administration’s new power plant rule
By Jonathan Gallardo Gillette News Record Via- Wyoming News Exchange GILLETTE — Last week, the Biden administration finalized a rule that compels coal power plants and new natural gas-fired power plants to cut or capture 90% of their climate…
EPA withdraws decision on Afton water
• D.C. delegation assisted, calling the EPA demands ‘not warranted.’ In August of 2022 the Environmental Protection Agency, (EPA) put the Town of Afton under notice, advising the community’s water source, the Periodic (Intermittent) Spring was under direct influence of…
Gordon criticizes proposed EPA rule on methane emissions
CHEYENNE (WNE) — In comments submitted Tuesday, Gov. Mark Gordon criticized the Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed rule establishing a waste emission charge for methane discharges from oil and gas facilities. Gordon stressed that states like Wyoming are effectively addressing methane…
Afton Parks Master Plan is Thursday
• Pickleball, skateboarding and splash pad are options. So as not to interfere with this Thursday’s Community of Kindness event scheduled from 4-7 p.m. at the Afton Civic Center, the Town of Afton scheduled their Parks Master Plan for right…
EPA’s new ‘climate super-polluter’ rule likely to pinch small operators
By Zak Sonntag Casper Star-Tribune Via- Wyoming News Exchange CASPER — The Environmental Protection Agency last week finalized a new rule that aims to vastly curtail emissions from methane — a so-called “climate super-polluter” — by requiring the oil and…
SVI Radio Interview-Oct. 10: Violet Sanderson, Afton Town Administrator
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Appeals court sides with Wyoming and PacifiCorp on haze pollution
By Aedan Hannon Casper Star-Tribune Via- Wyoming News Exchange CASPER — A panel of judges sided with Wyoming and the state’s largest electric utility in a battle over haze pollution last week finding that the Environmental Protection Agency erred and…
Bedford boil order still in effect; no ETA for lifting it
As of August 18, 2023, the Bedford Water and Sewer District (BWSD) reiterated that the boil order for the area is still in effect and that there is no estimated time frame for the order to be lifted. “Bacteria was…