Montana Code Annotated 2023

TITLE 75. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

CHAPTER 2. AIR QUALITY

Part 2. Standards, Permits, and Variances

Disclosure Statement Required

75-2-232. Disclosure statement required. (1) An air quality permit for a commercial medical waste or commercial hazardous waste incinerator may not be issued, transferred, or altered pursuant to 75-2-211 and 75-2-215 without an application under this section. Before an application for the issuance, transfer, or alteration of a permit under 75-2-211 and 75-2-215 for a commercial medical waste or commercial hazardous waste incinerator may be approved, the applicant and each principal with respect to the applicant shall submit to the department a disclosure statement containing the following information:

(a) the name, business address, and social security number of the applicant and each principal;

(b) a description of any civil and administrative complaint filed within 5 years before the date of the application against the applicant or a principal for the violation of an environmental protection law and whether the complaint resulted in a civil or administrative penalty;

(c) a description of all judgments of criminal conviction entered against the applicant or a principal for the violation of an environmental protection law within 5 years before the date of the application; and

(d) a description of all judgments of criminal conviction entered against the applicant or a principal for the violation of an environmental protection law within 5 years before the date of the application in another state that resulted from the operation of a medical waste incinerator or a commercial hazardous waste incinerator. For the purposes of this subsection (d), an environmental protection law of another state means a law or administrative rule adopted pursuant to a law regulating solid or hazardous waste or underground storage tanks or protecting the air or water resource.

(2) A disclosure statement, as required in subsection (1), must be executed under oath or affirmation and is subject to the penalty for perjury. The department may verify and investigate the information contained in a statement required under this section.

(3) A person required to file a disclosure statement under this section shall provide assistance or information requested by the department that is related to the statement and shall cooperate in an inquiry or investigation conducted by the department under subsection (2).

History: En. Sec. 5, Ch. 639, L. 1993.