Montana Code Annotated 2021

TITLE 85. WATER USE

CHAPTER 15. DAM SAFETY ACT

Part 2. Construction, Inspection, and Repair of Dams

High-Hazard Dam -- Determination

85-15-209. High-hazard dam -- determination. A person proposing to construct a dam or reservoir with an impounding capacity of 50 acre-feet or more measured at the maximum normal operating pool shall make application to the department for a determination of whether the dam or reservoir is a high-hazard dam. The application must include the information required by the department. The department shall make the determination required by this section within 60 calendar days after a complete application is received by the department.

History: En. Sec. 6, Ch. 501, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 418, L. 1993.