Montana § 80-15-105 - Rulemaking

§ 80-15-105. Rulemaking

Rulemaking. (1) The department of environmental quality, subject to the provisions of 80-15-110 , shall adopt rules for the administration of this chapter for which the department of environmental quality has responsibility. These rules must include but are not limited to: (a) standards and interim numerical standards for agricultural chemicals in ground water as authorized by 80-15-201 ; (b) procedures for ground water monitoring as authorized by 80-15-202 and 80-15-203 ; (c) field and laboratory operational quality assurance, quality control, and confirmatory procedures that are authorized by 80-15-107 , 80-15-202 , and 80-15-203 and that may include, through adoption by reference, procedures that have been established or approved by EPA for quality assurance and quality control; (d) standards for maintaining the confidentiality of data and information declared confidential by EPA and the confidentiality of chemical registrant data and information protected from disclosure by federal or state law as required by 80-15-108 ; and (e) administrative civil penalties as authorized by 80-15-412 . (2) The department shall adopt rules necessary to carry out its responsibilities under this chapter. These rules must include but are not limited to: (a) procedures for ground water monitoring as authorized by 80-15-202 and 80-15-203 ; (b) the content and procedures for development of agricultural chemical ground water management plans, including the content of best management practices and best management plans, procedures for obtaining comments from the department of environmental quality on the plans, and the adoption of completed plans and plan modifications as authorized by 80-15-211 through 80-15-218 ; (c) standards for maintaining the confidentiality of data and information declared confidential by EPA and of chemical registrant data and information protected from disclosure by federal or state law as required by 80-15-108 ; (d) field and laboratory operational quality assurance, quality control, and confirmatory procedures that are authorized by 80-15-107 , 80-15-202 , and 80-15-203 and that may include, through adoption by reference, procedures that have been established or approved by EPA for quality assurance and quality control; (e) emergency procedures as authorized by 80-15-405 ; (f) procedures for issuance of compliance orders as authorized by 80-15-403 ; and (g) procedures for the assessment of administrative civil penalties as authorized by 80-15-412 .