REGULATIONS 



New Rules and Regulations seem 

 to be the order of the day as 

 various state and federal laws 

 are being complied with. Follow- 

 ing are some of concern to CDs : 



Floodway Management - Proposed 

 minimum standards and rules for 

 implementation of the Montana 

 Floodway Management Act have been 

 prepared and circulated for com- 

 ment. These rules are designed 

 to regulate the type of land 

 development permitted within the 

 designated 100 year floodplain. 

 The Department of Natural Re- 

 sources and Conservation will 

 issue permits. 



Water Quality Standards - Pro- 

 posed amendments to the Mont- 

 ana Water Quality Standards 

 have been circulated by the 

 Department of Health and 

 Environmental Sciences. The 

 new rules provide for adop- 

 tion of a state plan for con- 

 tinuous planning process and 

 water quality management pro- 

 gram. Included is a provi- 

 sion that "pollution resulting 

 from non-point sources , includ- 

 ing irrigation practices, over- 

 grazing, construction, logging 

 practices, and other practices 

 are to be eliminated or mini- 

 mized as ordered by the Depart- 

 ment." All Conservation Dis- 

 tricts have received copies of 

 these standards and should feel 

 free to respond to the Water 

 Quality Bureau, Department of 

 Health, Helena, MT 59601. 

 Subdivisions - Pursuant to Sen- 

 ate Bill 208, the Division of 

 Planning and Economic Develop- 

 ment is in the process of devel- 

 oping minimum standards for use 

 by county commissioners under 

 which to approve plans for sub- 

 divisions. Conservation Dis- 

 tricts can give assistance in 



the area of environmental and 

 natural resource assessments , 

 and may want to suggest addi- 

 tional criteria when the stan- 

 dards are circulated for comment 

 prior to adoption. 

 Mining - Rules and regulations 

 pertaining to strip mining and 

 reclamation have been circulated 

 by the Department of State Lands. 

 Conservation Districts can appre- 

 ciate the requirement required 

 that topsoil be stockpiled and 

 utilized in any mining operation. 

 Any comments should be directed 

 to the State Lands Department. 

 Pesticides - Regulations for the 

 Federal Environmental Pesticide 

 Control Act of 1972 (P.L. 92- 

 516) will include a classifica- 

 tion system for pesticide pro- 

 ducts. Regulations deal with 

 effects on the environment, in- 

 cluding injury to applicators. 

 Comments on the proposed plan 

 were due June 8, 1973 to the 

 Office of Pesticide Programs, 

 Environmental Protection Agency, 

 Washington, D. C. 20450. 



MACD-Dept. of Health & Environ- 

 mental Sciences, Memorandum of 

 Understanding Proposed 



President Charles Lane, to- 

 gether with 0. M. Ueland, DNRC, 

 and Ave Linford, SCS , met re- 

 cently with Don Willems, Chief 

 of the Water Quality Bureau, 

 Dept. of Health and Environmental 

 Sciences to review proposed re- 

 visions in Water Quality stand- 

 ards. A discussion of Federal 

 Water Quality legislation, Mon- 

 tana Water Quality legislation. 

 Conservation District and SCS 

 responsibilities in the area of 

 soil and water, showed a need 

 for cooperation. A special com- 

 mittee was set up to develop a 

 working agreement. 



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