Legislative Environmental Policy Office Publications

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2011-2012

• Permitting in Montana, DEQ -- air quality, opencut mining, wastewater (2012)
  
• Permitting in Montana, DNRC -- oil and gas drilling, ground water permits (2012)
  
• A Citizen's Guide to Montana Energy Law (2011)
  
• A Council Member's Guide to the Environmental Quality Council (2011)
  

2009-2010

• Boiling it Down: A study of water policy in Montana (2010)
  
• Harvesting Energy: An analysis of methods for increasing the use of forest and agricultural residues for biomass-based energy generation in Montana (2010)
  
• The Coke Can From Columbus: An analysis of methods for increasing recycling and solid waste diversion in Montana (2010)
  
• Montana's Energy Policy Review (2010)
  
• Monetary Incentives for Tourism and Recreational Access (2010)
  
• Montana Index of Environmental Permits, 17th edition/printing (2010)
  
  • By chapter
  • Full report (large pdf)
• Conservation Easements: 20 Things Everyone Should Know (2010)
  
• Permitting in Montana (printable format) (2010)
  
• Understanding Energy in Montana (2009)
  
  • Updated energy statistics
• Electricity Law Handbook (2009)
  
• Water Rights in Montana (2009)
  
• EQC Brochure (2009)
  
• A Guide to Montana Water Quality Regulation (2009)
  
• A Guide to the Montana Environmental Policy Act (2009)
  
• A Council Member's Guide to the Environmental Quality Council (2009)
  

2007-2008

• Trust Land Management (2008)
• Water - Montana's Treasure (2008)
  
• Conservation Easements: 20 Things Everyone Should Know (2008)
  
• Climate Change (2008)
  
• Petroleum Tank Release Fund (2008)
  
• Water Rights in Montana (2008)
  
• Electricity Law Handbook (2008)
  
• A Guide to Montana Water Quality Regulation (2008)
  
• Montana Index of Environmental Permits, 16th edition/printing (2008) (large pdf)
  
• Eminent Domain in Montana (2007)
  
• EQC Brochure (2007)
  
• A Guide to Split Estates (reflects Montana law beginning Oct. 1, 2007)
  Tips for printing brochure: Print landscape on 8 1/2 by 14 inch paper, 2-sided. Fold in half, then fold outside edges toward center.
• A Council Member's Guide to the Environmental Quality Council (2007)
  

2005-2006

• A Guide to Split Estates (reflects Montana law until September 30, 2007)
  
• Financing the Administration of Montana's Trust Lands (2006)
  
• HJR 33 Study of Contract Timber Harvesting (2006)
  
• Improving the State Superfund Process (2006)
  
• HJR 10: Study of Wildland Fire Policy and Statutes (2006)
  
• Water Policy in Montana (2006)
  
• Split Estates: The relationship between surface and minerals (2006)
  
• A Guide to the Montana Environmental Policy Act (2006)
  
• Water Rights in Montana (2006)
  
• Montana Index of Environmental Permits, 15th edition/printing (2006)
  
• 2005-06 EQC Brochure
  
• A Council Member's Guide to the Environmental Quality Council (2005)
  

2003-2004

• An Informational Guide to State Debt (2004)
  
• Montana's Water--Where is it? Who can use it? Who decides? (2004)
  
• Hydrogen, Wind, Biodiesel, and Ethanol (2004)
  
• Montana Index of Environmental Permits, 14th edition/printing (2004)
  
• Understanding Energy in Montana (2004)
  
  • By chapter
    
  • Full report (large pdf)
• Metal Mine Bonding in Montana: Status and Policy Considerations (2004)
  
• Zortman and Landusky Mines: Water Quality Impacts (2004)
  
• Electricity Law Handbook (2004)
  
• Water Rights in Montana (2004)
  
• A Guide to the Montana Environmental Policy Act (2004)
  
• Petroleum and Petroleum Products in Montana (2003)
  
• A Citizen's Guide to Public Participation in Environmental Decisionmaking (2003)
  
  • to view on the web
    
  • for printing (pdf file)
    

2001-2002

• A Guide to Montana Water Quality Regulation (2002)
  
• Coal Bed Methane and Water Policy in Montana (2002)
  
• Understanding Electricity in Montana (2002)
  
• Electricity Law Handbook (2002)
  
• Final Status of Natural Resource Legislation in the 57th Montana Legislature (2001)
  
• Montana Index of Environmental Permits, 13th edition/printing (2002)
  

1999-2000

• Public Benefits and Private Rights: Countervailing Principles of Eminent Domain. House Join Resolution No. 34. Report to the 57th Legislature of the State of Montana.
  • Final Report. Volume I (2000
    
  • Proposed Legislation. Volume II (2000)
    
  • Public Comment. Volume III (2000)
    
  • Eminent Domain in Montana (A brief citizen's guide)
    
• Improving the Montana Environmental Policy Act Process: Senate Joint Resolution No. 18. Report to the 57th Legislature of the State of Montana (2000)
  
• Montana Index of Environmental Permits, 12th edition/printing (2000)
  
• Water Policy 2000 (2000)
  
• Funding for Growth Policies (2000)
  
• Final Status of Natural Resource Legislation in the 56th Montana Legislature (1999)
  
• Planning for Growth in Montana: Final Report to the 56th Legislature of the State of Montana (1999)
  
• Compliance with and Enforcement of Montana's Natural Resource and Environmental Laws (1999)
  
• Montana's Revised Water Quality Monitoring, Assessment, and Improvement Program (HB 546 and TMDLs in Practice): an EQC Report to the Montana Legislature (1999)
  

1997-1998

• Montana Index of Environmental Permits, 11th edition/printing (1998)
  
• Status of and Alternatives for the Management of Waste Tires in Montana: Report to the 56th Legslature (1998)
  
• Montana's Water Policy, 1997-1998. An EQC Communique to the Montana Legislature (1998)
  
• Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks' Water Leasing Study. Environmental Quality Council Final Report to the 56th Legislature (1998)
  
• HJR 10 Compliance and Enforcement Summary Report (1997)
  
• HJR 10 Compliance and Enforcement Study Technical Report (1997)
  
• Final Status of Natural Resource Legislation in the 55th Montana Legislature (1997)
  

1995-1996

• Montana Index of Environmental Permits, 10th edition/printing (1996)
  
• Our Montana Environment. Where Do We Stand (1996)
  
• Report on Water Policy to the 55th Legislature (1996)
  
• SJR 34 Hazardous Waste Management Study (1995)
  
• Report on Water Policy to the 54th Legislature (1995)
  
• SJR 29 Water Quality Nondegradation Study (1995)
  
• Final Status of Natural Resource Legislation in the 54th Montana Legislature (1995)
  

1993-1994

• Transportation Energy Collaborative (1994)
  
• Montana Index of Environmental Permits, 9th edition/printing (1994)
  
• Final Status of Natural Resource Legislation in the 53rd Montana Legislature (1993)
  
• HJR 31 Energy Study Report (includes Montana energy law survey) (1993)
  
  • HJR 31 Energy Study Summary Report (1992)
    
  • Appendix H: Montana Energy Data (1992)
    
• MEPA Handbook
  

1991-1992

• Water Policy Committee: Report to the 53rd Montana Legislature (1992)
  
• HJR 17: Interim Study of Lakeshore Development (1992)
  
• Final Status of Natural Resource Legislation in the 52nd Montana Legislature (1991)
  
• Energy and Montana: An Overview (1991)
  
• SJR 19: Interim Study of Solid Waste Management (1991)
• Annual Report, Twelfth Edition: Research Issues (1991)
  
• Montana Index of Environmental Permits, 8th edition/printing (1991)
  

1989-1990

• Final Status of Natural Resource Legislation in the 51st Montana Legislature
  
• SJR 22: Interim Study on Ground Water Quality Protection and Management (1990)
  
• Log Scaling Study (1990)
  
• Rural Development Study (1990)
  
• Water Policy Committee: Report to the 52nd Montana Legislature (1990)
• A Study of Water Resources Research Centers and Graduate Programs in Water Resources in the United States (1989)

1987-1988

• Montana Index of Environmental Permits, 7th edition/printing (1988)
  
• Final Status of Natural Resource Legislation in the 50th Montana Legislature
  
• Water Policy Committee: Report to the 51st Montana Legislature (1988)
  
• HJR 49: Forest Practices and Watershed Effects (1988)
  
• Evaluation of Montana's Water Rights Adjudication Process (1988)
  
• Annual Report, Eleventh Edition: Research Issues (1988)
• Annual Report, Tenth Edition: Research Topics (1987)
  
• Montana Legislation on Hazardous Substances in the Environment: Status and Legislative Outlook (1987)
  
• Montana Water Policy: Innovations, Realities and Propsects (1987)
  
• A Montana Water Quality Program Assessment for Oil and Gas Practices, Forest Practices and Subdivisions (1987)
  
• Montana Index of Environmental Permits, 6th edition/printing (1987)
  

1985-1986

• Report of the Water Policy Committee to the 50th Legislature of the State of Montana (1986)
  
• Oil and Gas Industry Study (1986)
• Comparison of Environmental Regulation of the Oil and Gas Industry in the Rocky Mountain States and Alberta (1986)
  
• Montana Environmental Policy Act Review of Oil and Gas Drilling Permits (1986)
  
• Final Status of Natural Resource Legislation in the 49th Montana Legislature (1985)
  
• Report of the Select Committee on Water Marketing (1985)
  
• Annual Report, Ninth Edition: Montana's Water (1985)
  
• A Guide to the Montana Major Facility Siting Act (1985)
  
• Right-To-Know: A Guide to Montana's Employee and Community Hazardous Chemical Information Act (1985)
  
• Environmental Quality Council: Annual Report Ninth Edition. Montana's Water (1985)
  
• Report to the 49th Legislature on the Renewable Energy and Conservation Program (1985)
  

1983-1984

• Small Scale Hydro in Montana (1984)
  
• Montana Ground Water Status Report (1983)
  
• Annual Report, Eighth Edition (1983)
  
• Montana Index of Environmental Permits, 5th edition/printing (1984)
  
• Report to the 48th Montana Legislature on the Renewable Energy Grant and Loan Program (1983)

1981-1982

• Summary Proceedings: Montana Ground Water Conference: Planning a Ground Water Strategy, April 22-23, 1982
  
• Agency Implementation of the Montana Environmental Policy Act (1982)
  
• Environmental Regulations and Montana's Economy: A Public Forum, October 4-5, 1982
  
• Socio-Economic Impacts of Large-Scale Hard-Rock Mining (1982)
  
• Environmental Regulations and Montana's Economy (1981)
  
• Natural Resource Issues in the 47th Legislature (1981)
  
• Montana Index of Environmental Permits, 4th edition/printing (1981--formerly the Environmental Permit Directory)
  

1979-1980

• HJR-60: Coordination of Permit Procedures (1980)
  
• Promoting Industrial Growth and Diversification in Montana (1980)
  
• A Survey of Industry Experiences and Attitudes in Montana (1980)
  
• House Joint Resolution 21 (1980)
  
• Final Report on House Joint Resolution 51: The Problems and Benefits of Mining Bentonite in Montana (1980)
  
• Citizen Participation in Siting Energy Facilities in Montana: Final Report, Part I. March 1, 1980 (no copies)
  
• Annual Report, Seventh Edition (1979-1980)
  
• Providing Science & Technology Resource Capability for the Montana Legislature (1979)
  
• Environmental and Natural Resource Experts for the 1979 Legislature (1979)
  

1977-1978

• Environmental Permit Directory (1978)
  
• Oil and Gas Leasing Program: Department of State Lands (1978)
  
• Environmental Impact Statements: A Citizens' Brochure (1978)
  
• Subdivisions and MEPA (1978)
  
• Montana Environmental Index (1978)
  
• Annual Report, Sixth Edition (1978)
  
• Energy and the 45th Legislature (1977)
  

1975-1976

• The Montana Environmental Policy Act: A Legal Analysis of MEPA's Role (1976)
  
• EQC Staff Report on Prevention of Significant Deterioration (1976)
  
• Montana Environmental Policy Planning Process (1976)
  
• An Ecological Analysis of the Montana Agricultural Experiment Station's Livestock Grazing Demonstration on Reseeded Surface Mine Spoils Near Colstrip, Montana (1976)
  
• The Transboundary Effect: Safeguarding the Poplar River in Montana (1976)
  
• Montana's Natural Gas Supply Crisis (1976)
  
• Environmental Quality Council: In the Matter of a Public Hearing Regarding Montana's Natural Gas Supply Crisis: Transcript of Proceedings (1976)
  
• A Report on Analyses of Periphyton Collections from the North Fork and the Middle Fork of the Flathead River (1976)
  
• An Algal Survey of Surface Waters in Eastern Montana Suspected to be Influenced by Saline Seep, with Special Emphasis on Salinity Indicators and Potentially Toxic Species (1976)
  
• Montana's Renewable Resources: Today and Tomorrow (1976)
  
• Montana Environmental Permit Directory (1976)
  
• The Montana Environmental Policy Act: The First Five Years (1976)
  
• Microflora of the Yellowstone River, Part III: The Non-Diatom Algae (1976)
  
• Microflora of the Yellowstone River, Part II: Pertubations Through Billings (1976)
  
• Fifth Annual Report (1976)
  
• Fourth Annual Report (1975)
• Montana Energy Policy Study (1975)
  
• Commerce Clause Considerations Relating to a "Local Power" Policy for Siting of Power Generation Facilities in Montana (1975)
  
• Environmental Impacts of Saline Seep in Montana (Revised 1975)
  
• Oversight Hearing on Implementation of the Montana Strip Mining and Reclamation Act (1975)
  

1973-1974

• Ponderosa Pines Ranch: A Subdivision Case Study (1974)
  
• The Potential for Solar Energy in Montana (1974)
  
• The Use of Montana's Coal as an Energy Resource (1974)
  
• Montana Energy Policy Study: Draft Staff Report (1974)
  
• Subdivision in the Flathead (1974)
  
• Montana Land Use Policy Study (1974)
  
• Impact of Land Development Associated with Subdivision on Wildlife Habitat Near Lolo (1974)
  
• Oil and Gas Energy Resources of Montana (1974)
  
• Energy Flow in Montana (1974)
  
• Geothermal Report (1974)
  
• The Role of the State in Federal and Indian Land Use Decisions (1974)
  
• Microflora of the Yellowstone River, Part I: Microflora in the Plankton at the Confluence of the Bighorn River (1974)
  
• Third Annual Report (1974)
• Environmental Impact Statement Guidelines, Revised (1973)
• Second Annual Report (1973)
  
• Fundamentals of Energy Conservation in Buildings (1973)
  
• A Perspective on Subdivision Activity in Montana's Bitterroot Valley (1973)
  
• The Potential for Energy Conservation in Montana (1973)
  
• Underground Natural Resources: The Development of National Policy and Strip Mining of Coal: Unsettled Legal Problems in Montana. (Review Draft of EQC Energy /Land Use Report No. 2) (1973)
  
• Water and Eastern Montana Coal Development (1973)
  
• Eastern Montana Water Resources: Annotated Bibliography (1973)
  
• Impact of Land Development Associated with Subdivision on Wildlife Habitat(1973)
  

1971-1972

• First Annual Report (1972)
  
• Coal Development Potential in Montana (1972)
  
• Environmental and Legal Problems of Land Development in Montana (1972)
• House Bill 66. An act to establish a state policy for the environment and to establish an environmental quality council and setting forth its powers and duties and providing an effective date (1971)