80-15-108. Confidentiality
80-15-108. Confidentiality. (1) The department and the department of environmental quality shall maintain the confidentiality of data declared confidential by EPA and chemical registrant data and information protected from disclosure by federal or state law. (2) The department of environmental quality shall comply with the requirements of 75-5-105 and the department shall comply with the requirements of […]
80-15-109. reserved
80-15-109 reserved.
80-15-110. State regulations no more stringent than federal regulations or guidelines
80-15-110. State regulations no more stringent than federal regulations or guidelines. (1) After April 14, 1995, except as provided in subsections (2) through (5) or unless required by state law, the department of environmental quality may not adopt a rule to implement this chapter that is more stringent than the comparable federal regulations or guidelines that […]
80-15-101. Short title
80-15-101. Short title. This chapter may be cited as the “Montana Agricultural Chemical Ground Water Protection Act”. History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 668, L. 1989.
80-15-102. Definitions
80-15-102. Definitions. Unless the context requires otherwise, in this chapter, the following definitions apply: (1) ”Agricultural chemical” means any of the following: (a) a pesticide as defined in 80-8-102; (b) an isomer, degradation, or metabolic product of a pesticide; or (c) a commercial fertilizer as defined in 80-10-101. (2) ”Aquifer” means a water-bearing, subsurface formation capable of yielding sufficient quantities of […]
80-15-103. Policy
80-15-103. Policy. It is the public policy of this state to: (1) protect ground water and the environment from impairment or degradation due to the use of agricultural chemicals; (2) allow for the proper and correct use of agricultural chemicals; (3) provide for the management of agricultural chemicals to prevent, minimize, and mitigate their presence in ground water; and […]
80-15-104. Administration
80-15-104. Administration. (1) The department and the department of environmental quality shall administer this chapter. (2) The department of environmental quality is responsible for the establishment and enforcement of agricultural chemical ground water standards and interim numerical standards as authorized by 80-15-201, ground water monitoring as authorized by 80-15-202 and 80-15-203, providing comments to the department during […]
80-15-105. Rulemaking
80-15-105. Rulemaking. (1) The department of environmental quality, subject to the provisions of 80-15-110, shall adopt rules for the administration of this chapter for which the department of environmental quality has responsibility. These rules must include but are not limited to: (a) standards and interim numerical standards for agricultural chemicals in ground water as authorized by 80-15-201; […]
80-15-106. Educational programs
80-15-106. Educational programs. (1) The department, in cooperation with the Montana state university-Bozeman extension service, shall develop and conduct appropriate educational programs to promote the policy specified in 80-15-103. The department and the Montana state university-Bozeman extension service may charge a fee for the educational programs, commensurate with the costs of program development and administration. (2) All […]
80-15-107. Research
80-15-107. Research. The department or the department of environmental quality shall promote, for the purposes described in 80-15-103, cooperative ground water research programs with units of the university system and associated agricultural experiment stations, the bureau of mines and geology, and other appropriate agencies, organizations, and individuals. History: En. Sec. 7, Ch. 668, L. 1989; amd. Sec. […]