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MT Code § 75-10-1003 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 75. Environmental Protection|Chapter 10. Waste and Litter Control|Part 10. Infectious Waste Management Act|75-10-1003. Definitions

  75-10-1003. Definitions. As used in this part, the following definitions apply:   (1) "Disposal" or "dispose" has the meaning provided in 75-10-203.   (2) "Generate" or "generation" means to produce infectious waste.   (3) "Infectious" means capable of producing disease. To be infectious, the following four factors simultaneously must be present:   (a) virulence, which is the ability of microorganisms to cause disease;   (b) dose, which is microorganisms in a quantity sufficient to cause infection;   (c) portal of entry, which is an opening or route of access into a human body; and   (d) host susceptibility, which means the host's natural resistance is incapable of preventing infection.   (4) "Infectious waste" means waste capable of producing infectious disease. Infectious waste includes but is not limited to:   (a) cultures and stocks of infectious agents and associated biologicals;   (b) human pathological waste, including tissues, organs, and body parts removed during surgery or an autopsy;   (c) free-flowing waste human blood and products of blood, including serum, plasma, and other blood components and items soaked or saturated with blood; and   (d) sharps that have been used in patient care, medical research, or industrial laboratories.   (5) "Intermediate point" means a place where infectious waste is not treated or disposed of.   (6) "Person" means an individual, firm, partnership, company, association, corporation, city, town, local government entity, federal agency, or any other governmental or private entity, whether organized for profit or not.   (7) "Sharps" means any discarded health care article that may cause punctures or cuts, including but not limited to:   (a) broken glass that may be contaminated with blood;   (b) needles; and   (c) scalpel blades.   (8) "Steam sterilization" means a treatment method for infectious waste using saturated steam within a pressure vessel (known as a steam sterilizer, autoclave, or retort) at a time, for a period of time, and at a temperature sufficient to kill infectious agents within the waste.   (9) "Storage" or "store" means to hold for a temporary period.   (10) "Transport" or "transportation" means to move infectious waste from the point of generation to any intermediate point or to the point of ultimate treatment or disposal.   (11) "Treat" or "treatment" means to apply a method, technique, or process, including incineration, designed to render infectious waste sterile.   History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 483, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 209, Ch. 418, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 97, L. 2007.
MT Code § 75-10-1004 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 75. Environmental Protection|Chapter 10. Waste and Litter Control|Part 10. Infectious Waste Management Act|75-10-1004. Prohibition

  75-10-1004. Prohibition. (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), a person may not generate, treat, store, transport, or dispose of infectious waste in a manner not authorized under the provisions of this part or rules adopted under the provisions of this part.   (2) The prohibition in subsection (1) does not apply to the generation of infectious waste by an individual in reasonable association with the individual's household operations.   History: En. Sec. 4, Ch. 483, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 97, L. 2007.
MT Code § 75-10-1006 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 75. Environmental Protection|Chapter 10. Waste and Litter Control|Part 10. Infectious Waste Management Act|75-10-1006. Generation licensing and regulation -- rulemaking authority

  75-10-1006. Generation licensing and regulation -- rulemaking authority. (1) A person that is required to obtain a license from a board or department of the state to operate a health care facility, as defined in 50-5-101, or to engage in a profession or occupation:   (a) may not generate infectious waste, store infectious waste at a place where infectious waste is generated, or transport infectious waste from the point of generation to an intermediate point without a license; and   (b) shall comply with the rules adopted under this part by the board or department responsible for licensing that person.   (2) A board or department of the state that issues a license to a person that generates infectious waste:   (a) shall adopt rules to implement this part governing the following activities by a licensee:   (i) generation of infectious waste;   (ii) storage of infectious waste at a place where infectious waste is generated;   (iii) transportation of infectious waste from the place of generation to an intermediate point; and   (b) may impose and adjust annual fees commensurate with the costs of regulation.   History: En. Sec. 6, Ch. 483, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 97, L. 2007.
MT Code § 75-10-1007 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 75. Environmental Protection|Chapter 10. Waste and Litter Control|Part 10. Infectious Waste Management Act|75-10-1007. Criminal penalty

  75-10-1007. Criminal penalty. A person who violates this part or a rule adopted pursuant to this part is guilty of a misdemeanor. Absolute liability, as provided for in 45-2-104, is imposed for a violation of this part or a rule adopted under this part.   History: En. Sec. 5, Ch. 97, L. 2007; amd. Sec. 106, Ch. 2, L. 2009.
MT Code § 75-10-1101 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 75. Environmental Protection|Chapter 10. Waste and Litter Control|Part 11. Notice of Motor Oil Recycling Center|75-10-1101. Waste oil notice

  75-10-1101. Waste oil notice. (1) Each retailer and wholesaler offering motor oil for sale shall visibly display at an appropriate location within the retail store or wholesale outlet a sign indicating the location of the nearest waste oil recycling collection center if the center is within 25 miles of the retailer or wholesaler.   (2) The department of environmental quality shall design an oil recycling sign to be used by retailers and wholesalers. The department may establish the specifications for the sign by rule.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 623, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 210, Ch. 418, L. 1995.
MT Code § 75-10-1201 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 75. Environmental Protection|Chapter 10. Waste and Litter Control|Part 12. Septage Disposal -- Licensure|75-10-1201. Definitions

  75-10-1201. Definitions. As used in this part, the following definitions apply:   (1) "Board" means the board of environmental review provided for in 2-15-3502.   (2) "Department" means the department of environmental quality provided for in 2-15-3501.   (3) "Disposal" means the discharge, injection, deposit, dumping, spilling, leaking, or placing of septage into or onto the land or water.   (4) "Domestic sewage" means waste and wastewater from humans or household operations that are discharged to or otherwise enter a treatment works.   (5) "Industrial wastewater" means wastewater generated in a commercial or industrial process.   (6) "Person" means an individual, firm, partnership, association, corporation, city, town, local government entity, or other government or private entity, whether organized for profit or not.   (7) (a) "Septage" means liquid or solid material removed from a septic tank, cesspool, portable toilet, or similar treatment works that receives only domestic sewage.   (b) Septage does not include material removed from a septic tank, cesspool, or similar treatment works that receives industrial wastewater and does not include grease removed from a grease trap at a restaurant.   (8) "Treatment works" means a publicly owned or privately owned device or system used to treat, including to recycle and to reclaim, either domestic sewage or a combination of domestic sewage and industrial waste of a liquid nature.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 378, L. 1999.
MT Code § 75-10-1202 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 75. Environmental Protection|Chapter 10. Waste and Litter Control|Part 12. Septage Disposal -- Licensure|75-10-1202. Department rulemaking authority

  75-10-1202. Department rulemaking authority. Except as provided in subsection (4), the department shall adopt rules governing the licensure of a person engaged in the business of cleaning cesspools, septic tanks, and privies or disposing of septage. The rules must provide:   (1) procedures for issuance, denial, renewal, and revocation of licenses;   (2) requirements that provide for the sanitary disposal of septage, including:   (a) application of septage to agricultural land, forest land, and reclamation sites;   (b) standards governing rates of application pursuant to subsection (2)(a);   (c) land application standards and restrictions, including:   (i) pathogen restrictions and treatment requirements;   (ii) vector attraction reduction requirements;   (iii) frequency of monitoring; and   (iv) recordkeeping requirements; and   (3) surface disposal standards, including:   (a) the vector attraction reduction requirements for septage placed on an active sewage sludge unit;   (b) the frequency of monitoring required when septage is placed on an active sewage sludge unit;   (c) the recordkeeping required when septage is placed on a surface disposal site; and   (d) requirements for the disposal of waste from:   (i) cesspools, septic tanks, portable toilets, and other similar treatment works that receive industrial wastewater or grease removed from grease traps; and   (ii) grease traps.   (4) The department may not adopt rules pertaining to the business operations of persons engaged in the business of cleaning cesspools, septic tanks, and privies or disposing of septage, including the fees charged for cleaning or leasing portable toilets.   History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 378, L. 1999.
MT Code § 75-10-1203 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 75. Environmental Protection|Chapter 10. Waste and Litter Control|Part 12. Septage Disposal -- Licensure|75-10-1203. Special revenue account

  75-10-1203. Special revenue account. There is an account in the state special revenue fund. Money in the account must be used to fund administration and enforcement of this part. The department shall use $50 of each license fee collected under 75-10-1212 to provide training and education for those licensed under this part.   History: En. Sec. 10, Ch. 378, L. 1999; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 18, L. 2005.
MT Code § 75-10-1204 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 75. Environmental Protection|Chapter 10. Waste and Litter Control|Part 12. Septage Disposal -- Licensure|75-10-1204. through 75-10-1209 reserved

  75-10-1204 through 75-10-1209 reserved.
MT Code § 75-10-1210 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 75. Environmental Protection|Chapter 10. Waste and Litter Control|Part 12. Septage Disposal -- Licensure|75-10-1210. License required -- exception

  75-10-1210. License required -- exception. (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), a person may not engage in the business of cleaning cesspools, septic tanks, or privies or dispose of septage unless licensed by the department.   (2) An owner or lessee of property from which septage is removed may dispose of that septage on that person's property if:   (a) the person pumps the septage with the person's equipment or retains a person licensed pursuant to the provisions of subsection (1) to pump the septage; and   (b) the disposal does not violate disposal restrictions or rules adopted pursuant to 75-10-1202 or create a nuisance or public health hazard.   History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 378, L. 1999.
MT Code § 75-10-1211 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 75. Environmental Protection|Chapter 10. Waste and Litter Control|Part 12. Septage Disposal -- Licensure|75-10-1211. Application for license

  75-10-1211. Application for license. An application for a license must be made to the department on forms provided by the department. The application must contain:   (1) the full name and business address of the applicant;   (2) a list of the counties in which business is to be conducted and a list of disposal sites that the applicant intends to use during the permit year;   (3) for each disposal site listed pursuant to subsection (2), a certification by a local health officer or the local health officer's designated representative in the county in which the disposal site is located that the site meets all applicable state and local requirements;   (4) written permission to use each proposed disposal site signed by the owner, manager, or other person authorized to give permission to use the disposal site; and   (5) any additional information required by rule.   History: En. Sec. 4, Ch. 378, L. 1999.
MT Code § 75-10-1212 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 75. Environmental Protection|Chapter 10. Waste and Litter Control|Part 12. Septage Disposal -- Licensure|75-10-1212. License term, renewal, and fees

  75-10-1212. License term, renewal, and fees. (1) A license expires on December 31 of each calendar year. A license is renewable in accordance with procedures established in rules adopted pursuant to 75-10-1202 and upon receipt of the application provided for in subsection (2) of this section. A license is not transferable. If a person ceases to do business, the license terminates and the license must be returned to the department.   (2) An application for renewal of a license must be made on a form provided by the department. The application must contain:   (a) the full name and address of the licensee;   (b) a list of counties in which business is to be conducted during the renewal term;   (c) a list of disposal sites that the licensee intends to use during the renewal term;   (d) for each disposal site listed pursuant to subsection (2)(c) but not previously listed by the licensee for the year immediately preceding the renewal year:   (i) a certification by the local health officer or the local health officer's representative in the county in which the disposal site is located that the site meets all applicable state and local requirements; and   (ii) written permission to use the site signed by the owner, manager, or other person authorized to give permission to use the site; and   (e) any additional information required by the department by rule.   (3) The fee for a license, including renewal of a license, is $300, payable to the department at the time of application for the license or renewal. A federal agency, city, town, county, or other political subdivision is not required to pay the license fee. A city, town, county, or other political subdivision, including a federal agency if allowed by federal law, shall comply with all other requirements of this part. The department shall annually return $50 of each license fee to the county where the fee was collected. The state portion of the fee must be deposited in the account provided for in 75-10-1203. The county portion of the fee must be used to defer the cost of the county to enforce this part.   (4) In addition to the license fee required under subsection (3), the department shall collect a late fee from any person that has failed to submit a license fee between January 31 and April 1 of a renewal year and that operates a business governed by this part in the renewal year. The late fee is $125 and must be deposited in the account provided for in 75-10-1203. The late fee is the exclusive remedy for the late payment of a renewal fee.   History: En. Sec. 5, Ch. 378, L. 1999; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 18, L. 2005.
MT Code § 75-10-1213 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 75. Environmental Protection|Chapter 10. Waste and Litter Control|Part 12. Septage Disposal -- Licensure|75-10-1213. through 75-10-1219 reserved

  75-10-1213 through 75-10-1219 reserved.
MT Code § 75-10-1220 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 75. Environmental Protection|Chapter 10. Waste and Litter Control|Part 12. Septage Disposal -- Licensure|75-10-1220. Injunction

  75-10-1220. Injunction. (1) The department may sue to enjoin the operation or maintenance of a septage collection or disposal operation until compliance with this part, the rules of the department, or an order issued pursuant to this part has been demonstrated.   (2) Upon request of the department, the attorney general or the county attorney of the county in which a septage collection or disposal operation is located may petition the district court to enjoin further operation or maintenance of the septage collection or disposal operation.   History: En. Sec. 6, Ch. 378, L. 1999.
MT Code § 75-10-1221 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 75. Environmental Protection|Chapter 10. Waste and Litter Control|Part 12. Septage Disposal -- Licensure|75-10-1221. Department revocation or denial of license

  75-10-1221. Department revocation or denial of license. The department may deny or revoke a license after giving the applicant written notice and an opportunity for a hearing before the board. The decision to deny or revoke a license may be made only after a finding that a business or disposal site cannot be operated or is not being operated in compliance with this part or a rule or order issued pursuant to this part. The hearing held before the board on a denial or revocation must be held pursuant to the provisions of the Montana Administrative Procedure Act.   History: En. Sec. 7, Ch. 378, L. 1999.
MT Code § 75-10-1222 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 75. Environmental Protection|Chapter 10. Waste and Litter Control|Part 12. Septage Disposal -- Licensure|75-10-1222. Administrative enforcement

  75-10-1222. Administrative enforcement. (1) If the department believes that a violation of this part, a rule adopted under this part, or an order issued under this part has occurred, it may serve written notice of the violation, by certified mail, on the alleged violator or the violator's agent. The notice must specify the provision of this part, the rule, or the condition of approval alleged to have been violated and the facts alleged to constitute a violation. The notice must include an order to take necessary corrective action within a reasonable period of time. The time period must be stated in the order. Service is complete on the date of mailing.   (2) If the alleged violator does not request a hearing before the board within 30 days of the date of service, the order is final. Failure to comply with a final order may subject the violator to an action commenced pursuant to 75-10-1221.   (3) If the alleged violator requests a hearing before the board within 30 days of the date of service, the board shall schedule a hearing. After the hearing is held, the board may:   (a) affirm or modify the department's order issued under subsection (1) if the board finds that a violation has occurred; or   (b) rescind the department's order if the board finds that a violation has not occurred.   (4) An order issued by the department or the board may set a date by which the violation must cease and set a time limit for the violator to correct the violation.   (5) (a) An action initiated by the department under this section may include an administrative penalty not to exceed $500 for each day of violation. Administrative penalties collected under this section must be deposited in the account provided for in 75-10-1203.   (b) Penalties assessed under this section must be determined in accordance with the penalty factors in 75-1-1001.   (6) The contested case provisions of the Montana Administrative Procedure Act, provided for in Title 2, chapter 4, part 6, apply to a hearing under this section.   History: En. Sec. 8, Ch. 378, L. 1999; amd. Sec. 17, Ch. 487, L. 2005.
MT Code § 75-10-1223 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 75. Environmental Protection|Chapter 10. Waste and Litter Control|Part 12. Septage Disposal -- Licensure|75-10-1223. Penalties and fines

  75-10-1223. Penalties and fines. (1) A person who disposes of septage in violation of 75-10-1210 or of the standards adopted pursuant to 75-10-1202 is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined an amount not to exceed $500.  (2) (a) A person who violates this part or a rule or order adopted pursuant to this part is subject to a civil penalty of not more than $500. Each day that violation of this part, a rule of the department, or an order issued pursuant to this part occurs constitutes a separate violation. The department or the county attorney of the county in which the violation occurred may file an action to collect the penalty.   (b) Penalties assessed under this subsection (2) must be determined in accordance with the penalty factors in 75-1-1001. An action to recover penalties must be brought in the district court of the county in which the violation occurred.   (3) Penalties collected by the department under this section must be deposited in the environmental rehabilitation and response account in the state special revenue fund provided for in 75-1-110. Fines and penalties collected by a county must be deposited in the general fund of the county.   History: En. Sec. 9, Ch. 378, L. 1999; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 338, L. 2001; amd. Sec. 18, Ch. 487, L. 2005; amd. Sec. 39, Ch. 535, L. 2021.
MT Code § 75-10-1301 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 75. Environmental Protection|Chapter 10. Waste and Litter Control|Part 13. Methamphetamine Contamination -- Indoor Property Decontamination Standards|75-10-1301. Finding and purpose

  75-10-1301. Finding and purpose. The legislature finds that some properties are being contaminated with hazardous chemical residues created by the manufacture of methamphetamine or the smoke from the use of methamphetamine. Innocent members of the public may be harmed when they are unknowingly exposed to these residues if the properties are not decontaminated prior to any subsequent rental, sale, or use of the properties. Remediation of properties has been frustrated by the lack of a decontamination standard. The purpose of this part is to protect the public health, safety, and welfare by providing specific cleanup standards and authorizing the department to establish a voluntary program that will provide for a property decontamination process that will meet state standards.  History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 461, L. 2005; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 93, L. 2021.
MT Code § 75-10-1302 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 75. Environmental Protection|Chapter 10. Waste and Litter Control|Part 13. Methamphetamine Contamination -- Indoor Property Decontamination Standards|75-10-1302. Definitions

  75-10-1302. Definitions. Unless the context requires otherwise, in this part, the following definitions apply:  (1) "Department" means the department of environmental quality provided for in 2-15-3501.   (2) (a) "Inhabitable property" means any building or structure used as a clandestine methamphetamine drug lab or that has been contaminated from smoke from the use of methamphetamine that is intended to be primarily occupied by people, either as a dwelling or a business, including a storage facility, mobile home, or recreational vehicle, that may be sold, leased, or rented for any length of time.   (b) The term does not mean any water system, sewer system, land, or water outside of a building or structure described in subsection (2)(a).   (3) "Surface material" means any porous or nonporous substance common to the interior of a building or structure, including but not limited to ceilings and walls, window coverings, floors and floor coverings, counters, furniture, heating and cooling duct work, and any other surfaces to which inhabitants of the building or structure may be exposed.   History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 461, L. 2005; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 93, L. 2021.