Montana Code Annotated 2003

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     75-6-112. Prohibited acts. A person may not:
     (1) discharge sewage, drainage, industrial waste, or other wastes that will cause pollution of state waters used by a person for domestic use or as a source for a public water supply system or water or ice company;
     (2) discharge sewage, drainage, industrial waste, or other waste into state waters or on the banks of state waters or into an abandoned or operating water well unless the sewage, drainage, industrial waste, or other waste is treated as prescribed by the board;
     (3) commence or continue construction, alteration, extension, or operation of a system of water supply or water distribution that is designed to be a public water supply system or a system of sewer, drainage, waste, or sewage disposal that is designed to be a public sewage system or industrial waste discharge system before the person submits to the department necessary maps, plans, and specifications for its review and the department approves those maps, plans, and specifications. However, any facility reviewed by the department under Title 75, chapter 5, is not subject to the provisions of this section.
     (4) operate or maintain a public water supply system that exceeds a maximum contaminant level established by the board unless the person has been granted or has an application pending for a variance or exemption pursuant to this part;
     (5) violate any provision of this part or a rule adopted under this part; or
     (6) violate any condition or requirement of an approval issued pursuant to this part.

     History: En. Sec. 144, Ch. 197, L. 1967; R.C.M. 1947, 69-4905; amd. Sec. 6, Ch. 556, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 230, L. 1989; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 488, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 15, Ch. 497, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 7, Ch. 195, L. 1999; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 315, L. 2001.

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