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L. Other Laws that May Apply
Laws |
Contact |
Public Water Supply WatershedsThere are no requirements for DEQ to review any activities simply due to a watershed supplying a public water supply. |
Department of Environmental Quality |
Shoreline Protection and Aquatic Land Conservation OrdinanceApplies to all private individuals and government entities proposing to work in, over, or near any stream, river, lake, or wetland on the Flathead Reservation. |
Shoreline Protection |
County Septic System RegulationsApply to anyone proposing to construct, alter, extend, or operate a sewage treatment and disposal system. Conventional systems must be 100 feet from the 100 year floodplain and 6 feet from groundwater. Alternative designs that are 4 to 6 feet from groundwater must be approved. |
County Sanitarian |
General Mining Laws/Small Miner's Placer and Dredge OperationsApply to anyone operating a placer, dredge, hardrock, coal, sand, or gravel mine on private or public land. |
Department of Environmental Quality |
Lakeshore Protection ActApplies to all private individuals and government entities proposing to do work in or near a body of water within a county's jurisdictional area. |
County Government Offices |
Montana Dam Safety ActApplies to the construction, repair, or removal of any dam that impounds 50 acre feet or more at the normal operating pool. Construction and operation permits may be required on dams larger than 50 acre-feet. |
Dam Safety Program |
Montana Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (MPDES Permit)Applies to all discharges to surface water or groundwater, including those related to industrial, municipal, and other commercial discharges. In addition, several general discharge permits have been developed to streamline permitting of construction dewatering, sand and gravel operations, sewage lagoons, fish farms, animal feeding operations, disinfected water, suction dredging, and placer mining projects. |
Water Protection Bureau |
Montana Water Quality ActProhibits the pollution of state waters and the placement of wastes in a location where they are will cause pollution of any state water. |
Department of Environmental Quality |
Fish Stocking Permit for Private Fish PondsA permit is required to stock fish in a private pond. The permit entitles the holder to stock the pond with fish from a lawful source. Applicants must verify that stocking fish does not pose an unacceptable risk to game fish or species of special concern in adjacent waters. |
Fisheries Division |
Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes Water Quality ProgramOrdinance 89 B prohibits pollution of Flathead Reservation waters. All projects affecting reservation waters must be permitted in accordance with tribal water quality standards. All federally permitted point source discharges require certification under Section 401 of the Clean Water Act to ensure that permit conditions will maintain tribal water quality. The tribes were delegated 401 certification authority by EPA in 1995. |
Tribal Water Quality Program |
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) PermitThe Environmental Protection Agency is the NPDES permitting agency for point source discharge permits on the Flathead Reservation. NPDES forms are available upon request from the tribal NPDES office. |
EPA Compliance Officer |
Permitting of stormwater discharges is also part of the NPDES program. Therefore, for all projects that may result in discharges of stormwater into reservation surface waters, submit a Notice of Intent and Notice of Completion. |
Stormwater Program EPA Region VIII 999 18th Street Denver, CO 80202-2466 |
| Construction activity greater or equal to 1 acre that could potentially contribute stormwater to surface water on the Flathead Reservation requires the development of a stormwater pollution plan. The plan must be submitted to the water quality program 30 days before construction begins. | Tribal Water Quality Program |
