Montana § 75-10-104 - Duties Of Department

§ 75-10-104. Duties Of Department

Duties of department. The department shall: (1) prepare, adopt, and implement a state solid waste management and resource recovery plan as required by 75-10-111 and 75-10-807 ; (2) adopt rules necessary for the implementation of this part, including but not limited to rules: (a) governing the submission of plans for a solid waste management system; (b) (i) establishing, for the purpose of determining the tonnage or volume-based solid waste management fee that a facility is subject to under 75-10-115 (1)(c), methods for determining or estimating the amount of solid waste incinerated or disposed of at a facility; and (ii) governing the application fee, flat annual license renewal fee, and tonnage or volume-based renewal fee for solid waste management systems; (c) establishing the license application fee that a facility is subject to under 75-10-115 (1)(a); (d) establishing the flat annual license renewal fee that a facility is subject to under 75-10-115 (1)(b); (e) establishing the tonnage or volume-based annual renewal fee that a facility is subject to under 75-10-115 (1)(c); and (f) providing procedures for the quarterly collection of the solid waste management fee provided for in 75-10-204 (6); (3) provide technical assistance to persons within the state for planning, designing, constructing, financing, and operating: (a) a solid waste management system in order to ensure that the system conforms to the state plan; (b) integrated waste management programs; and (c) collection, disposal, reduction, and educational programs for household hazardous waste and small quantities of hazardous waste that are exempt from regulation under Title 75, chapter 10, part 4; (4) enforce and administer the provisions of this part; (5) approve plans for a proposed solid waste management system submitted by a local government; and (6) serve as a clearinghouse for information on waste reduction and reuse, recycling technology and markets, composting, and household hazardous waste disposal, including chemical compatibility.