045-3 Wyo. Code R. § 3-2 - Definitions

The following definitions shall apply to this chapter:

(a) "Area" means the rights-of-way located between 2 stated railroad mileposts lying to the right or left side, or both sides, of the main track(s). Locations requiring fireguard treatment shall be designated by railroad mileposts.

(b) "Auto gate cattle guard" means, instead of a gate, an opening in a fence with a ground grill that stock will not cross.

(c) "Commission" means the Transportation Commission of Wyoming.

(d) "Commission agent" means the Wyoming State Forestry Division (WSFD) acting for and on behalf of the Commission.

(e) "Department" means the Wyoming Department of Transportation (WYDOT), Utilities and Railroads Section, 5300 Bishop Boulevard, Cheyenne, WY 82009-3340 (telephone307-777-4859 ).

(f) "Fencing" means fences that meet or exceed Department fencing standards on both sides of the track.

(g) "Field inspection" means an inspection of any railroad right-of-way within Wyoming, except any railroad right-of-way within any town or city limit.

(h) "Fireguard" means a man-made or natural obstruction to prevent fire from spreading to lateral areas along railroad rights-of-way or the obstruction created by discing, blading, sterilizing, burning, or spraying.

(i) "Livestock or stock" means all classes of horses, asses, mules, cattle, sheep, swine, buffalo, llamas, beefalo, and other domesticated animals.

(j) "Milepost" means a physical marker installed by the railroad companies along their rights- of-way used for identifying distances measured in miles.

(k) "Person" means individuals, associations of individuals, firms, partnerships, companies, corporations, their lessees, trustees, or receivers, appointed by any court whatsoever in the singular number as well as the plural.

(l) "Property or rights-of-way" means all property acquired by the railroad company for the construction, operation, and maintenance of railroads and related facilities, whether or not a railroad has been constructed on it.

(m) "Specifications" means the treatment procedures, as determined by the Commission in consultation with the railroad, outlining the methods the railroad company shall use to establish a proper fireguard.

(n) "Suppression costs" means the costs (expressed in dollar and cents) established by the Wyoming Fire Mobilization Guide and interagency cooperative agreements for expenses incurred extinguishing fires in areas adjacent to railroad company rights-of-way, caused by or resulting from railroad company operations, except those rights-of-way lying within town or city limits.

(o) "State Forestry Division" means the State Forestry Division under the jurisdiction of the Office of State Lands and Investments.

(p) "Treatment" means the physical act of discing, blading, sterilizing, burning, or spraying.

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045-3 Wyo. Code R. § 3-2