Montana Code Annotated 2021

TITLE 82. MINERALS, OIL, AND GAS

CHAPTER 4. RECLAMATION

Part 4. Opencut Mining Reclamation

Exemption -- Opencut Operations On Federal And State Lands

82-4-406. Exemption -- opencut operations on federal and state lands. This part is not applicable to operations on certain federal and state lands as specified by the department, provided it is first determined by the department that laws, regulations, or rules administered or issued by the federal or state agency administering or having jurisdiction over the affected land impose controls for opencut operations on those lands equal to or greater than those imposed by this part.

History: En. 50-1517 by Sec. 1, Ch. 219, L. 1975; amd. Sec. 31, Ch. 39, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 50-1517; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 385, L. 2007; amd. Sec. 105, Ch. 324, L. 2021.