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MT Code § 75-1-110 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 75. Environmental Protection|Chapter 1. Environmental Policy and Protection Generally|Part 1. General Provisions|75-1-110. Environmental rehabilitation and response account

  75-1-110. Environmental rehabilitation and response account. (1) There is an environmental rehabilitation and response account in the state special revenue fund provided for in 17-2-102.   (2) There must be deposited in the account:   (a) fine and penalty money received pursuant to 75-10-1223, 82-4-311, and 82-4-424 and other funds or contributions designated for deposit to the account;   (b) reimbursements received pursuant to 75-10-1403;   (c) unclaimed or excess reclamation bond money received pursuant to 82-4-241, 82-4-311, and 82-4-424; and   (d) interest earned on the account.   (3) Money in the account is available to the department of environmental quality by appropriation and must be used to pay for:   (a) reclamation and revegetation of land affected by mining activities, research pertaining to the reclamation and revegetation of land, and the rehabilitation of water affected by mining activities;   (b) reclamation and revegetation of unreclaimed mine lands for which the department may not require reclamation by, or obtain costs of reclamation from, a legally responsible party;   (c) remediation of sites containing hazardous wastes as defined in 75-10-403, hazardous or deleterious substances as defined in 75-10-701, or solid waste as defined in 75-10-203; or   (d) response to an imminent threat of substantial harm to the environment, to public health, or to public safety for which no funding or insufficient funding is available pursuant to 75-1-1101.   (4) Any unspent or unencumbered money in the account at the end of a fiscal year must remain in the account until spent or appropriated by the legislature.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 338, L. 2001; amd. Sec. 98, Ch. 2, L. 2009; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 107, L. 2009; amd. Sec. 8, Ch. 200, L. 2009.
MT Code § 75-1-202 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 75. Environmental Protection|Chapter 1. Environmental Policy and Protection Generally|Part 2. Environmental Impact Statements|75-1-202. Agency rules to prescribe fees

  75-1-202. Agency rules to prescribe fees. Each agency of state government charged with the responsibility of issuing a lease, permit, contract, license, or certificate under any provision of state law may adopt rules prescribing fees that must be paid by a person, corporation, partnership, firm, association, or other private entity when an application for a lease, permit, contract, license, or certificate will require an agency to compile an environmental impact statement as prescribed by 75-1-201 and the agency has not made the finding under 75-1-205(1)(a). An agency shall determine whether it will be necessary to compile an environmental impact statement and assess a fee as prescribed by this section within any statutory timeframe for issuance of the lease, permit, contract, license, or certificate or, if no statutory timeframe is provided, within 90 days. Except as provided in 85-2-124, the fee assessed under this section may be used only to gather data and information necessary to compile an environmental impact statement as defined in parts 1 through 3. A fee may not be assessed if an agency intends only to file a negative declaration stating that the proposed project will not have a significant impact on the human environment.   History: En. 69-6518 by Sec. 1, Ch. 329, L. 1975; R.C.M. 1947, 69-6518(1); amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 337, L. 2005.
MT Code § 75-1-203 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 75. Environmental Protection|Chapter 1. Environmental Policy and Protection Generally|Part 2. Environmental Impact Statements|75-1-203. Fee schedule -- maximums

  75-1-203. Fee schedule -- maximums. (1) In prescribing fees to be assessed against applicants for a lease, permit, contract, license, or certificate as specified in 75-1-202, an agency may adopt a fee schedule that may be adjusted depending upon the size and complexity of the proposed project. A fee may not be assessed unless the application for a lease, permit, contract, license, or certificate will result in the agency incurring expenses in excess of $2,501 to compile an environmental impact statement.   (2) The maximum fee that may be imposed by an agency may not exceed 2% of any estimated cost up to $1 million, plus 1% of any estimated cost over $1 million and up to $20 million, plus 1/2 of 1% of any estimated cost over $20 million and up to $100 million, plus 1/4 of 1% of any estimated cost over $100 million and up to $300 million, plus 1/8 of 1% of any estimated cost in excess of $300 million.   (3) If an application consists of two or more facilities, the filing fee must be based on the total estimated cost of the combined facilities. The estimated cost must be determined by the agency and the applicant at the time the application is filed.   (4) Each agency shall review and revise its rules imposing fees as authorized by this part at least every 2 years.   (5) In calculating fees under this section, the agency may not include in the estimated project cost the project sponsor's property or other interests already owned by the project sponsor at the time the application is submitted. Any fee assessed may be based only on the projected cost of acquiring all of the information and data needed for the environmental impact statement.   History: En. 69-6518 by Sec. 1, Ch. 329, L. 1975; R.C.M. 1947, 69-6518(2), (7); amd. Sec. 47, Ch. 112, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 41, Ch. 349, L. 1993; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 251, L. 2001; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 396, L. 2011.
MT Code § 75-1-204 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 75. Environmental Protection|Chapter 1. Environmental Policy and Protection Generally|Part 2. Environmental Impact Statements|75-1-204. Application of administrative procedure act

  75-1-204. Application of administrative procedure act. In adopting rules prescribing fees as authorized by this part, an agency shall comply with the provisions of the Montana Administrative Procedure Act.   History: En. 69-6518 by Sec. 1, Ch. 329, L. 1975; R.C.M. 1947, 69-6518(4).
MT Code § 75-1-206 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 75. Environmental Protection|Chapter 1. Environmental Policy and Protection Generally|Part 2. Environmental Impact Statements|75-1-206. Multiple applications or combined facility

  75-1-206. Multiple applications or combined facility. In cases where a combined facility proposed by an applicant requires action by more than one agency or multiple applications for the same facility, the governor shall designate a lead agency to collect one fee pursuant to this part, to coordinate the preparation of information required for all environmental impact statements which may be required, and to allocate and disburse the necessary funds to the other agencies which require funds for the completion of the necessary work.   History: En. 69-6518 by Sec. 1, Ch. 329, L. 1975; R.C.M. 1947, 69-6518(6).
MT Code § 75-1-207 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 75. Environmental Protection|Chapter 1. Environmental Policy and Protection Generally|Part 2. Environmental Impact Statements|75-1-207. Major facility siting applications excepted

  75-1-207. Major facility siting applications excepted. (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), a fee as prescribed by this part may not be assessed against any person, corporation, partnership, firm, association, or other private entity filing an application for a certificate under the provisions of the Montana Major Facility Siting Act, Title 75, chapter 20.  (2) The department of environmental quality may require payment of costs under 75-1-205(1)(a) by a person who files a petition under 75-20-201(4).   History: En. 69-6518 by Sec. 1, Ch. 329, L. 1975; R.C.M. 1947, 69-6518(3); amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 337, L. 2005; amd. Sec. 37, Ch. 19, L. 2011; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 409, L. 2021.
MT Code § 75-1-209 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 75. Environmental Protection|Chapter 1. Environmental Policy and Protection Generally|Part 2. Environmental Impact Statements|75-1-209. through 75-1-219 reserved

  75-1-209 through 75-1-219 reserved.
MT Code § 75-1-301 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 75. Environmental Protection|Chapter 1. Environmental Policy and Protection Generally|Part 3. Environmental Quality Council|75-1-301. Definition of council

  75-1-301. Definition of council. In this part "council" means the environmental quality council provided for in 5-16-101.   History: En. by Code Commissioner, 1979.
MT Code § 75-1-302 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 75. Environmental Protection|Chapter 1. Environmental Policy and Protection Generally|Part 3. Environmental Quality Council|75-1-302. Meetings

  75-1-302. Meetings. The council may determine the time and place of its meetings but shall meet at least once each quarter. Each member of the council is entitled to receive compensation and expenses as provided in 5-2-302. Members who are full-time salaried officers or employees of this state may not be compensated for their service as members but shall be reimbursed for their expenses.   History: En. Sec. 10, Ch. 238, L. 1971; amd. Sec. 6, Ch. 103, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 69-6510.
MT Code § 75-1-303 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 75. Environmental Protection|Chapter 1. Environmental Policy and Protection Generally|Part 3. Environmental Quality Council|75-1-303. through 75-1-310 reserved

  75-1-303 through 75-1-310 reserved.
MT Code § 75-1-311 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 75. Environmental Protection|Chapter 1. Environmental Policy and Protection Generally|Part 3. Environmental Quality Council|75-1-311. Examination of records of government agencies

  75-1-311. Examination of records of government agencies. The council shall have the authority to investigate, examine, and inspect all records, books, and files of any department, agency, commission, board, or institution of the state of Montana.   History: En. Sec. 15, Ch. 238, L. 1971; R.C.M. 1947, 69-6515.
MT Code § 75-1-312 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 75. Environmental Protection|Chapter 1. Environmental Policy and Protection Generally|Part 3. Environmental Quality Council|75-1-312. Hearings -- council subpoena power -- contempt proceedings

  75-1-312. Hearings -- council subpoena power -- contempt proceedings. In the discharge of its duties, the council may hold hearings, administer oaths, issue subpoenas, compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of any papers, books, accounts, documents, and testimony, and cause depositions of witnesses to be taken in the manner prescribed by law for taking depositions in civil actions in the district court. In case of disobedience on the part of a person to comply with a subpoena issued on behalf of the council or a committee of the council or of the refusal of a witness to testify on any matters regarding which the witness may be lawfully interrogated, it is the duty of the district court of any county or the judge of the district court, on application of the council, to compel obedience by proceedings for contempt as in the case of disobedience of the requirements of a subpoena issued from the court on a refusal to testify in the court.   History: En. Sec. 16, Ch. 238, L. 1971; R.C.M. 1947, 69-6516; amd. Sec. 2488, Ch. 56, L. 2009.
MT Code § 75-1-313 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 75. Environmental Protection|Chapter 1. Environmental Policy and Protection Generally|Part 3. Environmental Quality Council|75-1-313. Consultation with other groups -- utilization of services

  75-1-313. Consultation with other groups -- utilization of services. In exercising its powers, functions, and duties under parts 1 through 3, the council shall:   (1) consult with such representatives of science, industry, agriculture, labor, conservation organizations, educational institutions, local governments, and other groups as it deems advisable; and   (2) utilize, to the fullest extent possible, the services, facilities, and information (including statistical information) of public and private agencies and organizations and individuals in order that duplication of effort and expense may be avoided, thus assuring that the council's activities will not unnecessarily overlap or conflict with similar activities authorized by law and performed by established agencies.   History: En. Sec. 17, Ch. 238, L. 1971; R.C.M. 1947, 69-6517.
MT Code § 75-1-314 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 75. Environmental Protection|Chapter 1. Environmental Policy and Protection Generally|Part 3. Environmental Quality Council|75-1-314. Reporting requirements

  75-1-314. Reporting requirements. (1) The departments of environmental quality, agriculture, and natural resources and conservation shall report to the council in accordance with 5-11-210 the following natural resource and environmental compliance and enforcement information:  (a) the activities and efforts taking place to promote compliance assistance and education;   (b) the size and description of the regulated community and the estimated proportion of that community that is in compliance;   (c) the number, description, method of discovery, and significance of noncompliances, including those noncompliances that are pending; and   (d) a description of how the department has addressed the noncompliances identified in subsection (1)(c) and a list of the noncompliances left unresolved.   (2) When practical, reporting required in subsection (1) should include quantitative trend information.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 38, L. 1997; amd. Sec. 98, Ch. 261, L. 2021.
MT Code § 75-1-315 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 75. Environmental Protection|Chapter 1. Environmental Policy and Protection Generally|Part 3. Environmental Quality Council|75-1-315. through 75-1-320 reserved

  75-1-315 through 75-1-320 reserved.
MT Code § 75-1-321 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 75. Environmental Protection|Chapter 1. Environmental Policy and Protection Generally|Part 3. Environmental Quality Council|75-1-321. Repealed

  75-1-321. Repealed. Sec. 82, Ch. 545, L. 1995.   History: En. Sec. 11, Ch. 238, L. 1971; R.C.M. 1947, 69-6511.
MT Code § 75-1-322 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 75. Environmental Protection|Chapter 1. Environmental Policy and Protection Generally|Part 3. Environmental Quality Council|75-1-322. Repealed

  75-1-322. Repealed. Sec. 82, Ch. 545, L. 1995.   History: En. Sec. 13, Ch. 238, L. 1971; R.C.M. 1947, 69-6513.
MT Code § 75-1-323 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 75. Environmental Protection|Chapter 1. Environmental Policy and Protection Generally|Part 3. Environmental Quality Council|75-1-323. Staff for environmental quality council

  75-1-323. Staff for environmental quality council. The legislative services division shall provide sufficient and appropriate support to the environmental quality council in order that it may carry out its statutory duties, within the limitations of legislative appropriations. The environmental quality council staff is a principal subdivision within the legislative services division. There is within the legislative services division a legislative environmental analyst. The legislative environmental analyst is the primary staff person for the environmental quality council and shall supervise staff assigned to the environmental quality council. The environmental quality council shall select the legislative environmental analyst with the concurrence of the legislative council.   History: En. Sec. 12, Ch. 238, L. 1971; R.C.M. 1947, 69-6512; amd. Sec. 68, Ch. 545, L. 1995.
MT Code § 75-1-1001 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 75. Environmental Protection|Chapter 1. Environmental Policy and Protection Generally|Part 10. Penalties, Fees, and Interest|75-1-1001. Penalty factors

  75-1-1001. Penalty factors. (1) In determining the amount of an administrative or civil penalty to which subsection (4) applies, the department of environmental quality or the district court, as appropriate, shall take into account the following factors:  (a) the nature, extent, and gravity of the violation;   (b) the circumstances of the violation;   (c) the violator's prior history of any violation, which:   (i) must be a violation of a requirement under the authority of the same chapter and part as the violation for which the penalty is being assessed;   (ii) must be documented in an administrative order or a judicial order or judgment issued within 3 years prior to the date of the occurrence of the violation for which the penalty is being assessed; and   (iii) may not, at the time that the penalty is being assessed, be undergoing or subject to administrative appeal or judicial review;   (d) the economic benefit or savings resulting from the violator's action;   (e) the violator's good faith and cooperation;   (f) the amounts voluntarily expended by the violator, beyond what is required by law or order, to address or mitigate the violation or impacts of the violation; and   (g) other matters that justice may require.   (2) After the amount of a penalty is determined under subsection (1), the department of environmental quality or the district court, as appropriate, may consider the violator's financial ability to pay the penalty and may institute a payment schedule or suspend all or a portion of the penalty.   (3) The department of environmental quality may accept a supplemental environmental project as mitigation for a portion of the penalty. For purposes of this section, a "supplemental environmental project" is an environmentally beneficial project that a violator agrees to undertake in settlement of an enforcement action but which the violator is not otherwise legally required to perform.   (4) This section applies to penalties assessed by the department of environmental quality or the district court under Title 75, chapters 2, 5, 6, 8, 11, and 20; Title 75, chapter 10, parts 2, 4, 5, and 12; and Title 76, chapter 4.   (5) The department of environmental quality may adopt rules to implement this section.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 487, L. 2005; amd. Sec. 10, Ch. 320, L. 2017; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 324, L. 2021.
MT Code § 75-1-1002 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 75. Environmental Protection|Chapter 1. Environmental Policy and Protection Generally|Part 10. Penalties, Fees, and Interest|75-1-1002. Collection of penalties, fees, late fees, and interest

  75-1-1002. Collection of penalties, fees, late fees, and interest. (1) If the department of environmental quality is unable to collect penalties, fees, late fees, or interest assessed pursuant to the provisions of Title 75 or Title 76, chapter 4, the department of environmental quality may assign the debt to a collection service or transfer the debt to the department of revenue pursuant to Title 17, chapter 4, part 1.   (2) (a) The reasonable collection costs of a collection service, if approved by the department of environmental quality, or assistance costs charged the department of environmental quality by the department of revenue pursuant to 17-4-103(3) may be added to the debt for which collection is being sought.   (b) (i) All money collected by the department of revenue is subject to the provisions of 17-4-106.   (ii) All money collected by a collection service must be paid to the department of environmental quality and deposited in the general fund or the accounts specified in statute for the assessed penalties, fees, late fees, or interest, except that the collection service may retain those collection costs or, if the total debt is not collected, that portion of collection costs that are approved by the department.   History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 487, L. 2005.
MT Code § 75-1-1102 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 75. Environmental Protection|Chapter 1. Environmental Policy and Protection Generally|Part 11. Environmental Contingency Grant Program|75-1-1102. Repealed

  75-1-1102. Repealed. Secs. 16(1), 21(2), Ch. 418, L. 1987.   History: En. Sec. 2, HB 922, L. 1985.
MT Code § 75-1-1103 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 75. Environmental Protection|Chapter 1. Environmental Policy and Protection Generally|Part 11. Environmental Contingency Grant Program|75-1-1103. through 75-1-1110 reserved

  75-1-1103 through 75-1-1110 reserved.
MT Code § 75-1-1111 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 75. Environmental Protection|Chapter 1. Environmental Policy and Protection Generally|Part 11. Environmental Contingency Grant Program|75-1-1111. Repealed

  75-1-1111. Repealed. Secs. 16(1), 21(2), Ch. 418, L. 1987.   History: En. Sec. 5, HB 922, L. 1985.
MT Code § 75-1-1112 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 75. Environmental Protection|Chapter 1. Environmental Policy and Protection Generally|Part 11. Environmental Contingency Grant Program|75-1-1112. Repealed

  75-1-1112. Repealed. Secs. 16(1), 21(2), Ch. 418, L. 1987.   History: En. Sec. 6, HB 922, L. 1985.
MT Code § 75-1-1201 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 75. Environmental Protection|Chapter 1. Environmental Policy and Protection Generally|Part 12. Voluntary Environmental Audit Act (Terminated)|75-1-1201. Terminated

  75-1-1201. Terminated. Sec. 10, Ch. 534, L. 1997.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 534, L. 1997.
MT Code § 75-1-1202 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 75. Environmental Protection|Chapter 1. Environmental Policy and Protection Generally|Part 12. Voluntary Environmental Audit Act (Terminated)|75-1-1202. Terminated

  75-1-1202. Terminated. Sec. 10, Ch. 534, L. 1997.   History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 534, L. 1997.
MT Code § 75-1-1203 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 75. Environmental Protection|Chapter 1. Environmental Policy and Protection Generally|Part 12. Voluntary Environmental Audit Act (Terminated)|75-1-1203. Terminated

  75-1-1203. Terminated. Sec. 10, Ch. 534, L. 1997.   History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 534, L. 1997.
MT Code § 75-1-1204 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 75. Environmental Protection|Chapter 1. Environmental Policy and Protection Generally|Part 12. Voluntary Environmental Audit Act (Terminated)|75-1-1204. Terminated

  75-1-1204. Terminated. Sec. 10, Ch. 534, L. 1997.   History: En. Sec. 4, Ch. 534, L. 1997.
MT Code § 75-1-1205 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 75. Environmental Protection|Chapter 1. Environmental Policy and Protection Generally|Part 12. Voluntary Environmental Audit Act (Terminated)|75-1-1205. Terminated

  75-1-1205. Terminated. Sec. 10, Ch. 534, L. 1997.   History: En. Sec. 5, Ch. 534, L. 1997.
MT Code § 75-1-1206 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 75. Environmental Protection|Chapter 1. Environmental Policy and Protection Generally|Part 12. Voluntary Environmental Audit Act (Terminated)|75-1-1206. Terminated

  75-1-1206. Terminated. Sec. 10, Ch. 534, L. 1997.   History: En. Sec. 6, Ch. 534, L. 1997.
MT Code § 75-2-101 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 75. Environmental Protection|Chapter 2. Air Quality|Part 1. General Provisions and Administration|75-2-101. Short title

  75-2-101. Short title. Parts 1 through 4 of this chapter are known and may be cited as the "Clean Air Act of Montana".   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 313, L. 1967; R.C.M. 1947, 69-3904; amd. Sec. 264, Ch. 42, L. 1997.