Montana Code Annotated 1999

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     76-4-102. Definitions. As used in this part, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the following words or phrases have the following meanings:
     (1) "Board" means the board of environmental review.
     (2) "Department" means the department of environmental quality.
     (3) "Extension of public sewage disposal system" means a sewerline that connects two or more sewer service lines to a sewer main.
     (4) "Extension of public water supply system" means a waterline that connects two or more water service lines to a water main.
     (5) "Facilities" means public or private facilities for the supply of water or disposal of sewage or solid waste and any pipes, conduits, or other stationary method by which water, sewage, or solid wastes might be transported or distributed.
     (6) "Public water supply system" or "public sewage disposal system" means, respectively, a water supply or sewage disposal system that serves 10 or more families or 25 or more persons for at least 60 days out of the calendar year.
     (7) "Registered professional engineer" means a person licensed to practice as a professional engineer under Title 37, chapter 67.
     (8) "Registered sanitarian" means a person licensed to practice as a sanitarian under Title 37, chapter 40.
     (9) "Reviewing authority" means the department or a local department or board of health certified to conduct a review under 76-4-104.
     (10) "Sanitary restriction" means a prohibition against the erection of any dwelling, shelter, or building requiring facilities for the supply of water or the disposition of sewage or solid waste or the construction of water supply or sewage or solid waste disposal facilities until the department has approved plans for those facilities.
     (11) "Sewer service line" means a sewerline that connects a single building or living unit to a public sewer system or extension of a system.
     (12) "Solid wastes" means all putrescible and nonputrescible solid wastes (except body wastes), including garbage, rubbish, street cleanings, dead animals, yard clippings, and solid market and solid industrial wastes.
     (13) "Subdivision" means a division of land or land so divided that creates one or more parcels containing less than 20 acres, exclusive of public roadways, in order that the title to or possession of the parcels may be sold, rented, leased, or otherwise conveyed and includes any resubdivision and any condominium or area, regardless of size, that provides permanent multiple space for recreational camping vehicles or mobile homes.
     (14) "Water service line" means a waterline that connects a single building or living unit to a public water system or extension of a system.

     History: En. Sec. 149, Ch. 197, L. 1967; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 509, L. 1973; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 529, L. 1975; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 557, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 69-5002(part); amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 490, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 592, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 240, Ch. 418, L. 1995.

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