Montana State Legislature

agenda (Updated 4/5/24)

Letter to Congressional Delegation in Support of Demonstration Project for Recovery of Rare Earth Elements and Critical Minerals at Berkeley Pit

• Letter to Congress

Letter to EPA Requesting Pause in Final Remediation Plan for CFAC

• Letter to EPA

Letter to Technical Assistance Grant Program (EPA) Supporting Application of Coalition for a Clean CFAC

• Letter to Technical Assistance Grant program

Letter to U.S. Department of Agriculture Objecting to New Redefining Old-Growth Forests within National Forest Plans

• Letter to U.S. Agriculture 

Administrative Rule Review

• Rule review memo (LSO)

  Agenda (Updated 3/12/2024)

Backgrounder on Montana Environmental Policy Act

• MEPA Decision

HJ18 (Study on remediation of Smurfit-Stone mill site)

• DNRC Outfalls Letter
• DNRC Outfalls Response

Report on Progress of Future Fisheries Improvement Program (87-1-272)

• FWP Future Fisheries Report

Biennial Report on Harvest of Mountain Sheep from Tendoy Mountain Herd (87-2-702)

• Tendoy Report
• Bighorn Sheep Health Sampling

Administrative Rule Review

• FWP ARM Spreadsheet

Update on Superfund Remediation at Columbia Falls Aluminum Co. Site

• CFAC Cleanup Plan Draft EPA
• CFAC Cleanup Factsheet EPA

Administrative Matters

• EQC Rule Review

Public Comment

• EQC Public Comment (January 2024)
• EQC Public Comment (March 2024)

Final agenda (updated Jan. 17)

Updated Fri., Jan. 19 agenda

HJ18 (Study Remediation of Smurfit-Stone Mill Site)

• Smurfit TWG Meeting Readout - Dec. 2023
• Outfall Pipes DNRC Dec. 2023

Report on Orphan Share State Special Revenue Account Funds (75-10-743, MCA)

• Orphan Share Report DEQ 2023

Report on Sale of State Land Cabins and Sites (77-2-366, MCA)

• Cabin Site Sales Report DNRC 2023

Update on Becoming an Outdoors Woman (BOW) Program

• Becoming an Outdoors Woman Program Update

Effect of Wolverine Listing under Endangered Species Act

• Wolverine Addendum USFWS 2023

Update from Fish and Wildlife Commission Hunting Season-Setting

• Changes from Biennial Season Setting Update

Update on Kootenai Forest Plan Amendment and Grizzlies Outside of Recovery Zones (BORZ)

• Kootenai BORZ USFS 2023

Administrative Rule Review

• Council legal staff memo (LSO, Jan. 5)

State Drought Plan

• Montana Drought Management Plan

Panel on State-Federal Cooperation and Good Neighbor Authority

• Good Neighbor Authority Program Update 2023
• Testimony Montana Wood Products Association

Federal Agency and Court Decisions Related to Coal Mining and Reclamation

• DEQ-OSMRE email/letters 2023
• MEIC v. Westmoreland ruling November 2023

Public Comment

• Public Comment

Agenda

Review of I-193

• Referral letter from Sec. of State (Nov. 29, 2023)
• Draft I-193 petition form (Nov. 2023)
• Legal sufficiency review (Attorney General, Nov. 27, 2023)
• CSKT comments on proposed initiative - 2021 (Nov. 22, 2023)
  • CSKT comments on HB241 (2021) (Feb. 9, 2021)
• Schoening response to CSKT comments (Nov. 29, 2023)
• Submitted public comments (Dec. 5, 2023)

agenda

Wildfire Update

• Wildfire Tables NRCC

Update on Cleanup of Stillwater Co. Train Derailment/Yellowstone River Spill

• Yellowstone train spill aerials
• Yellowstone River Consumption Advisory

Update on Comprehensive Water Review

• CWG 2023 Framing Questions

Update on Land Transfers with Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes

• DNRC Letter CSKT Land Exchange
• Montana DNRC and CSKT Exchange Map
• PowerPoint, Ryan Weiss
• Trust Land Exchange Eligibility within CSKT

Fish Creek Watershed Recreation Planning

• Fish Creek 2022 Public Survey Results Summary
• Fish Creek 2023 Draft Recreation Strategy
• Fish Creek Draft Strategy, Randy Arnold

Update on Petroleum Tank Release Compensation Program

• Petro Fund Biennial Report
• LAD Petro Audit Summary
• PowerPoint, Terry Wadsworth

Critical Commodities (Rare Earth Elements)

• Critical Min. Use and Defense Feb. 2021
• HB 648: Coal Ash Markets Investigation Program Activities Update

Sage Grouse Reports

• DNRC MSGOT Sage Grouse Report 2022
• MT Greater Sage-Grouse Population Report 2023

Roosters for Recruitment Summary

• 2023 Summary

Automated Licensing System: Special Drawings, Bonus Points

• LAD Bonus Point

Adoption of Final Work Plan

• EQC Work Plan
• EQC Detailed Timeline
• EQC Decision Matrix
• Chair Gunderson's Work List

Montana Invasive Species Council (MISC)

• 2022 Annual Report
• MISC Projects

Administrative Rule Report

• Grizzly Bears

Director Updates

• Director Dorrington, DEQ
• Director Temple, FWP

Notice of Violation of MT Water Quality Act (WQA)

• Town of Darby

Agenda

Administrative Matters

• ECQ Rules
• EQC Administrative Rule Report

Interim Overview

• Overview of Work Plan
• EQC Work Plan Decision Matrix
• Natural Resource Legislation Summary

Department of Natural Resources and Conservation

• Organizational Chart
• Goals and Objectives
• Comprehensive Water Review & Drought

Department of Environmental Quality

• Organizational Chart
• Goals and Objectives
• WMRD Organizational Chart (Exh. 9a)
• WMRD Goals and Objectives (Exh. 9b)
• WQD Pending Plan, Spec, and Subdivision Files (Exh. 10)

Libby Asbestos Superfund Oversight Committee

• LASOC Report

Department of Fish, Wildlife, and Parks

• Organizational Chart
• Goals and Objectives
• Legislative Synopsis
• Letter to Rep. Durham and Rep. Marler

Wolf Report

• Report

Draft Elk Plan

• Plan
• Montana 2022 Elk Counts (Exh. 15)

Grizzly Bear Management Proposal

• Proposal

BLM Coal Screen Amendment

• Supplemental EIS/RMP Amendment Info Sheet
• EQC Letter to BLM