# Civil penalty for violation of federal Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act of 1968; compromise and recovery thereof

**Citation:** Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 37-2-129  
**Type / status:** regulation / current  
**Agency:** Wyoming Legislature  
**Effective:** Not stated  
**Published:** Not stated

(a) Such civil penalty may be compromised by the commission, and such determination shall be in the nature of a final order appealable by the person alleged to have committed the violation only upon his refusal to pay. In determining the amount of the penalty, or the amount agreed upon in compromise

## Document text

(a) Such civil penalty may be compromised by the commission, and such determination shall be in the nature of a final order appealable by the person alleged to have committed the violation only upon his refusal to pay. In determining the amount of the penalty, or the amount agreed upon in compromise, the size of the business of the person charged, the gravity of the violation and the good faith of the person charged in attempting to achieve compliance after notification of a violation shall be considered. The amount of the penalty when finally determined, or the amount agreed upon in compromise may be deducted from any sums owing by the state to the person charged or may be recovered in a civil action in the state courts. (b) Any action to recover said sums shall be commenced in the courts in and for the county or district in which the principal office of the commission is located.

## Provenance

- Official: Yes
- Source: <https://wyoleg.gov/statutes/compress/title37.pdf>
- Source ID: `wyoming-pipeline-safety`
- SHA-256: `7dd545f3d6e8a0b6387b3cef6cc382f0dc1ccf559111a914aa8df50c347624c0`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-20T11:56:58.237Z
- Exported: 2026-08-23T02:29:31.119Z
- Document slug: `wy-stat-37-2-129`

### Source metadata

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{
  "jurisdiction": "US-WY",
  "statutoryLayer": "pipeline-safety-enforcement-and-jurisdiction",
  "legalScope": "Current Wyoming PSC gas-pipeline safety provisions expressly located in PSC Rules Chapters 1 and 3, plus Wyoming Statutes 37-2-128 through 37-2-131(a). The rules adopt dated federal gas-safety requirements and add utility safety, incident, interruption, meter-location, and leak-reporting requirements.",
  "applicabilityCaveat": "Apply each provision only after determining Wyoming intrastate status, the operator and facility class, whether the entity is a public utility under W.S. 37-1-101(a)(vi), and the reach of W.S. 37-2-131(a). The PSC states that its delegated safety jurisdiction covers intrastate gas transmission, gas distribution, LP-gas distribution, regulated gas gathering, construction, and LNG systems, but excludes interstate gas and hazardous-liquid pipeline safety. Some Chapter 3 provisions address 'utilities' or 'natural gas utilities' and should not be generalized to every gas pipeline operator without separate jurisdiction analysis.",
  "certificationCaveat": "PHMSA program certification under 49 U.S.C. 60105 is distinct from a Wyoming Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity. The former allocates gas-pipeline safety inspection and enforcement authority; the latter is state economic construction approval. PSC construction authority can reach qualifying gas and liquid pipeline projects even though the PSC expressly disclaims hazardous-liquid pipeline-safety jurisdiction. The PSC webpage's locator to Chapter 1, Section 2(a)(xxxiv)(D) is stale; the current SOS text places the relevant major-utility-facility definition at Section 3(a)(xli)(D).",
  "references": [],
  "rights": "Wyoming government source material is reproduced for legal research. The SOS site displays a copyright notice and does not grant a general reuse license. Incorporated federal and private standards are not reproduced; private ANSI, ASME, and other standards may be copyrighted. Rights review is required before redistribution beyond fair-use archival and citation purposes.",
  "rightsReviewRequired": true,
  "sectionSuffix": "129",
  "originSourceId": "wy-legislature-statutes",
  "region": "WY"
}
```