JurisdictionMontanaTitle 75ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Ch. 6PUBLIC WATER SUPPLIES, DISTRIBUTION, AND TREATMENT
Part 1Public Water Supply
This text of Montana § 75-6-130 (Development Plans -- Department Requirements -- Rulemaking) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Montana primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.
75-6-130 . Development plans -- department requirements -- rulemaking.
(1)Unless authorized by a development plan approved by the department of environmental quality under this section, a public water or wastewater supply system may not certify or authorize additional connections to its water or wastewater system that would exceed its approved rated capacity.
(2)The department shall approve a municipal or eligible county water and/or sewer district development plan to allow additional connections to a public water or wastewater supply system if the municipality or eligible county water and/or sewer district demonstrates that:
(a)the additional connections will not exceed the approved rated capacity of the system;
(b)the additional connections will not create a risk to public health or
Free access — add to your briefcase to read the full text and ask questions with AI
75-6-130 . Development plans -- department requirements -- rulemaking. (1) Unless authorized by a development plan approved by the department of environmental quality under this section, a public water or wastewater supply system may not certify or authorize additional connections to its water or wastewater system that would exceed its approved rated capacity.
(2) The department shall approve a municipal or eligible county water and/or sewer district development plan to allow additional connections to a public water or wastewater supply system if the municipality or eligible county water and/or sewer district demonstrates that:
(a) the additional connections will not exceed the approved rated capacity of the system;
(b) the additional connections will not create a risk to public health or the environment;
(c) the plan will not cause a violation of any provision of or rule adopted under this part or Title 75, chapter 5 or 6, or any condition or requirement of an approval or order issued pursuant to this part or Title 75, chapter 5 or 6; and
(d) the additional connections will not cause the municipality or eligible county water and/or sewer district to exceed the flow rate, volume, or place of use of its water right as defined under 85-2-102 .
(3) A municipality or eligible county water and/or sewer district with a development plan approved under this section shall submit an annual report detailing its compliance with the approved plan to the department.
(4) A development plan approved under this section may be used by the department to approve connections that would exceed the system's approved rated capacity only if the connection would serve a subdivision subject to review under Title 76, chapter 3, and the governing body has required department certification before final plat approval in accordance with 76-3-507 (5).
(5) The department may revoke or require modification of an approved development plan if:
(a) the conditions of development have fundamentally changed;
(b) the municipality or eligible county water and/or sewer district has violated the requirements of this section or a condition of an approved development plan; or
(c) the department otherwise determines that the conditions of subsection (2) have not been or will not be satisfied.
(6) A municipality or eligible county water and/or sewer district that violates this section or a condition of an approved development plan is subject to penalties under 75-6-114 .
(7) The department may adopt rules to implement this section.
(8) Nothing in this section requires a municipality or eligible county water and/or sewer district to submit a development plan for review unless the municipality or eligible county water and/or sewer district intends to approve connections beyond the system's rated capacity.
(9) As used in this section, the following definitions apply:
(a) "Development plan" means a planning document that outlines the current rated capacity of a water or wastewater system and the system's proposed capacity after upgrades, marked by milestones of construction activity as a percentage of existing capacity, are made to the system and includes a timeline for when the design, bidding, and construction of upgrades to an existing system will be completed.
(b) "Rated capacity" means the gross capacity of a water or wastewater system as required by the design standards provided for in Title 75, chapter 6, wastewater discharge permit limits set in Title 75, chapter 5, and water right limits required in Title 85.