Montana Code Annotated 2023

TITLE 82. MINERALS, OIL, AND GAS

CHAPTER 4. RECLAMATION

Part 3. Metal Mine Reclamation

Exemption -- Operations On Federal Lands

82-4-309. Exemption -- operations on federal lands. This part does not apply to operations on certain federal lands as specified by the department, provided it is first determined by the department that federal law or regulations issued by the federal agency administering such land impose controls for reclamation of said lands substantially equal to or greater than those imposed by this part.

History: En. Sec. 23, Ch. 252, L. 1971; R.C.M. 1947, 50-1223; amd. Sec. 97, Ch. 324, L. 2021.