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bill NO. _____________
INTRODUCED
BY _________________________________________________
By Request of the ****
A BILL FOR AN ACT ENTITLED: "AN ACT requiring a public comment period for air quality registrations; and AMENDING SECTION 75-2-234, MCA."
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA:
Section 1. Section 75-2-234, MCA, is amended to read:
"75-2-234. Registration. (1) The department may adopt rules for the registration of certain classes of sources of air contaminants in lieu of a permit application required under 75-2-211(2).
(2) The rules must include a 15-day public comment period for all registered sources. The department shall fully consider written and oral submissions respecting the proposed registration. For each registration, the department shall issue a concise statement of the principal reasons for and against the registration."