18-5-502 and which facility the board of county commissioners

18-5-502 and which facility the board of county commissioners has referred to the council under W.S. 18-5-509;

(G) Any commercial facility generating electricity from solar power and associated solar collector systems if the facility:

(I) Has a rated power capacity of more than thirty (30) megawatts;

(II) Would result in a surface disturbance equal to or greater than one hundred (100) acres; or

(III) Is expanded to where the facility would satisfy subdivision (I) or (II) of this subparagraph.

(H) Any facility that would meet the definition of subparagraphs (E) or (G) of this paragraph but is planned for construction and siting or has its ownership or business structure organized in a way to circumvent the definition of "industrial facility" or "facility" or the requirements of this chapter while engaging in conduct that otherwise would be subject to the requirements of this article. A facility that meets the definition of this chapter shall comply with all requirements applicable to facilities defined by subparagraphs (E) and (G) of this paragraph.

(viii) "Local government" means any county, city, town or school district or any combination thereof as formed under the Wyoming Joint Powers Act;

(ix) Repealed by Laws 1992, ch. 60, § 4.  (x) "Permit" means the permit issued by the council and required for the construction or operation of any industrial facility or facilities;

(xi) "Person" includes an individual, group, firm, partnership, corporation, cooperative, association, or other entity excluding the state, federal government and local government. "Person" also includes the parent company, partnership or holding entity for a commercial facility generating electricity from wind or solar;

(xii) "Administrator" means the administrator of the division;

(xiii) "Division" means the industrial siting division of the department of environmental quality;

(xiv) "Collector system" means the electrical transmission infrastructure, including conductors, towers, substations, switchgear and other components necessary to deliver power from any commercial facility generating electricity from wind or solar up to, but not including, electric substations or similar facilities necessary to interconnect to existing or proposed transmission lines that serve load or export energy from Wyoming;

(xv) "Affected landowner" means any person holding record title to land on which any portion of a commercial facility generating electricity from wind or solar is proposed to be constructed and including any portion of any collector system located on those same lands. For purposes of this chapter, an affected landowner may be represented by any designated person;

(xvi) "Tribal government" means the tribal government of the Eastern Shoshone tribe, the tribal government of the Northern Arapaho tribe of the Wind River Indian Reservation and the cooperative tribal governing body.

35-12-103. Creation of industrial siting division.

There is created within the department of environmental quality the industrial siting division.

35-12-104. Industrial siting council created; composition; terms; removal; compensation.  (a) There is created the industrial siting council consisting of seven (7) members who are residents of Wyoming.

(b) The terms of council members shall be six (6) years, except that on the initial appointment three (3) members shall serve for six (6) years, two (2) members shall serve for four (4) years and two (2) members shall serve two (2) years as designated by the initial appointment.

(c) Members shall be appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate. The governor may remove any member as provided in W.S. 9-1-202. If a vacancy occurs the governor shall appoint a new member as provided in W.S.