Administrative Rules of Montana › Department 17 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 17.30 - WATER QUALITY › Subchapter 17.30.6 - Surface Water Quality Standards and Procedures › Rule 17.30.611 - WATER-USE CLASSIFICATION-YELLOWSTONE RIVER DRAINAGE

Current through Register Vol. 13, July 5, 2024
(1) The water-use
				classifications adopted for the Yellowstone River are as follows:
(a) Yellowstone River drainage to the Laurel
				water supply intake (approximately at latitude 45.6545, longitude
				-108.7590)...... B-1
(b)
				Yellowstone River drainage from the Laurel water supply intake (approximately
				at latitude 45.6545, longitude -108.7590) to the Billings water supply intake
				(approximately at latitude 45.7745, longitude -108.4778) except waters on the
				Crow Indian Reservation and the tributaries listed in (1)(b)(i) through
				(iii)............ B-2
(i) Clarks Fork of the
				Yellowstone River drainage from source up to and including Jack Creek near
				Bridger
				.........................................................................................................................................
				B-1
(ii) Mainstem of the Clarks
				Fork of the Yellowstone River from Jack Creek to the Yellowstone River
				............................................................................................................................................
				B-2
(iii) Tributaries to the Clarks
				Fork Yellowstone River from Jack Creek to the Yellowstone River except the
				portion of West Fork of Rock Creek listed in (1) (b) (iii) (A)
				........................................................................................................................
				B-1
(A) West Fork of Rock Creek drainage to
				the Red Lodge water supply intake (approximately at latitude 45.1593, longitude
				-109.2779)...................................................................................................................................
				A-1
(c)
				Yellowstone River drainage from the Billings water supply intake to the North
				Dakota state line excluding waters on the Crow Indian Reservation and the
				Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation and including the Big Horn River drainage
				except the waters listed in (1)(c)(i) through
				(vii)........................................... C-3
(i) Yellowstone River mainstem
				....................................................................................................................................
				B-3
(ii) Pryor Creek drainage
				outside the Crow Indian Reservation
				boundary......................................................................................
				B-1
(iii) Big Horn drainage above
				but excluding Williams Coulee near Hardin and excluding waters within the Crow
				Indian Reservation......................................... B-1
(iv) Big Horn River mainstem from the Crow
				Indian Reservation boundary to Yellowstone
				River....................................................... B-2
(v) Tongue River (mainstem) from the western
				crossing of the Wyoming boundary and the Tongue River Reservoir to Prairie Dog
				Creek (approximately at latitude 45.2692, longitude -106.6243)
				...................................................................................................................................
				B-2
(vi) Tongue River mainstem
				from Prairie Dog Creek to Yellowstone River
				......................................................................................................................................
				B-3
(vii) Fox Creek drainage near
				Sidney .....................................................................
				B-2.