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(2) In order to obtain a permit the operator must file with the 

 department, within 90 days prior to any action described in (1) above, 

 an operating plan to describe proposed actions and locations. 



(3) The department shall then effect an inspection of the proposed site. 

 This inspection v/ill specifically determine, at a minimum, fundamental 

 resource information needs as they relate to the site itself. Resource 

 information needs shall include, but not be limited to, descriptions of 

 existing air, soil and water resources and an estimation of the effect 

 of the proposed forestry action upon those resources. If it is decided 

 that monitoring systems will be needed to ensure the non-degradation of 

 these resources, such systems will be developed at the direction of 



the department. 



(4) The permit application shall be on forms prescribed and provided 



by the department and shall include the name and address of the operator, 

 timber owner, and landowner, the legal description of the operating area, 

 and other information the department considers necessary for the 

 administration of the rules adopted by the board. 



(5) Any changes in the original application material must be reported 

 to the department within thirty (30) days of the change by the operator, 

 timber owner or landowner v/hich filed the original application. Within 

 fifteen (16) days of receipt of the notice of change, the department shall 

 mail a copy of the notice of change to whichever party, landowner, timber 

 owner, operator, that did not submit the notice of change. 



(6) (a) An application fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) shall be 

 paid before the permit required in this section shall be issued. The 

 operator shall file with the department a bond payable to the State of 

 Montana with surety satisfactory to the department in the penal sum to 



be determined by the board (on the recommendation of the director) of not 



