Montana Code Annotated 2019

TITLE 75. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

CHAPTER 10. WASTE AND LITTER CONTROL

Part 13. Methamphetamine Contamination -- Indoor Property Decontamination Standards

Decontamination Standards -- Rulemaking Authority -- Samples

75-10-1303. Decontamination standards -- rulemaking authority -- samples. (1) The decontamination standard for methamphetamine inside inhabitable property is less than or equal to 0.1 micrograms of methamphetamine per 100 square centimeters of surface material unless a different standard is adopted by the department by rule to protect human health. The department may adopt standards by rule for precursors to methamphetamine that are consistent with the standard for methamphetamine.

(2) (a) The department may by rule establish the number and locations of surface material samples to be collected based on the circumstances of the contamination and acceptable testing methods.

(b) In the absence of a rule described in subsection (2)(a), at least three samples must be collected from the surface material most likely to be contaminated at each property.

History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 461, L. 2005.