Administrative Rules of Montana › Department 17 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 17.30 - WATER QUALITY › Subchapter 17.30.6 - Surface Water Quality Standards and Procedures › Rule 17.30.607 - WATER-USE CLASSIFICATIONS-CLARK FORK COLUMBIA RIVER DRAINAGE EXCEPT THE FLATHEAD AND KOOTENAI RIVER DRAINAGES

Current through Register Vol. 13, July 5, 2024
(1) The water-use
				classifications adopted for the Clark Fork of the Columbia River drainage are
				as follows:
(a) Clark Fork River drainage
				except waters listed in (1)(a)(i) through (xv)
				............................................................................................................
				B-1
(i) Warm Springs drainage to Meyer's Dam
				near Anaconda ........................... A-1
(ii) Hearst Lake drainage to the Lower Hearst
				Inlet (approximately at latitude 46.1013, longitude -113.0665) and Fifer Gulch
				drainage to the Anaconda city limits. (Anaconda municipal water supply)
				..........................................................................................................................
				A-Closed
(iii) Silver Bow Creek
				(mainstem) from the confluence of Blacktail Creek to Warm Springs Creek
				.........................................................................................................................................
				I (The concentrator tailings pond and Silver Bow Creek drainage from this pond
				downstream to Blacktail Creek and the tailings ponds at Warm Springs have no
				classification.)
(iv) Yankee
				Doodle Creek drainage to and including Moulton reservoir (approximately at
				latitude 46.0901, longitude -112.5092)
				.................................................................................
				A-Closed
(v) Basin Creek drainage
				to and including the South Butte water supply reservoir (approximately at
				latitude 45.8543,longitude -112.5454)
				................................................... A-Closed
(vi) Clark Fork River (mainstem) from Warm
				Springs Creek to Cottonwood Creek (near Deer Lodge)
				............................................................................................................................
				C-2
(vii) Clark Fork River
				(mainstem) from Cottonwood Creek to the Little Blackfoot
				River........................................................................................................................................
				C-1
(viii) Tin Cup Joe Creek
				drainage to the Deer Lodge water supply intake (approximately at latitude
				46.3892, longitude -112.8543)................. A-Closed
(ix) Georgetown Lake and tributaries above
				Georgetown Dam (headwaters of Flint Creek drainage)
				................................................................................................................................
				A-1
(x) Fred Burr Lake and
				headwaters from source to the outlet of the lake (Philipsburg water supply at
				approximate latitude 46.3096, longitude
				-113.1746)..............................................................................................
				A-Closed
(xi) South Boulder Creek
				drainage to the Philipsburg water supply intake (approximately at latitude
				46.3447, longitude -113.2266).......................... A-1
(xii) Rattlesnake Creek drainage to the
				Missoula water supply intake (approximately at latitude 46.9149, longitude
				-113.9638)................. A-Closed
(xiii) Packer and Silver Creek drainage
				(tributaries to the St. Regis River) to the Saltese water supply intake
				...................................................................................................................
				A-1
(xiv) Ashley Creek drainage to
				the Thompson Falls water supply intake (approximately at latitude 47.6066,
				longitude -115.3)
				.......................................................................................
				A-Closed
(xv) Pilgrim Creek drainage
				to the Noxon water supply intake (approximately at latitude 47.9906, longitude
				-115.7747)
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				A-1