Mont. Code Ann. § 75-5-304
Adoption of standards -- pretreatment, effluent, performance
En. Sec. 6, Ch. 21, L. 1971; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 506, L. 1973; amd. Sec. 62, Ch. 349, L. 1974; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 455, L. 1975; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 444, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 69-4808.2(1)(h); amd. Sec. 7, Ch. 497, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 156, L. 2013; amd. Sec. 37, Ch. 324, L. 2021.
(1) The department shall:
- (a) adopt pretreatment standards for wastewater discharged into a municipal disposal system;
- (b) adopt effluent standards as defined in 75-5-103;
- (c) adopt toxic effluent standards and prohibitions;
- (d) establish standards of performance for new point source discharges; and
- (e) adopt rules necessary to ensure the primacy of the department to regulate cooling water intake structures under 33 U.S.C. 1326(b).
- (2) In taking action under subsection (1), the department shall ensure that the standards are cost-effective and economically, environmentally, and technologically feasible.
History: En. Sec. 6, Ch. 21, L. 1971; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 506, L. 1973; amd. Sec. 62, Ch. 349, L. 1974; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 455, L. 1975; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 444, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 69-4808.2(1)(h); amd. Sec. 7, Ch. 497, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 156, L. 2013; amd. Sec. 37, Ch. 324, L. 2021.