Rule 36.19.104 - APPLICATION CATEGORIES(1) The act creates three categories of projects: mineral development impacts, crucial state need, and other.(2) Qualified mineral development impacts and crucial state need categories are of equal priority. The "other" project category is subordinate in priority to the other two categories.(3) An applicant shall clearly designate in the application which one of the following three categories it is applying under: mineral development impacts, crucial state need, or other.(4) Based on its review and evaluation of applications as set forth in ARM 36.19.201, the department may assign an application to a different category than that which was originally filed.(5) Projects categorized as "other" shall only be recommended for funding if they are qualified and only to the extent that there are funds remaining after funding recommendations are made in the mineral development impacts and crucial state need categories.Mont. Admin. r. 36.19.104
NEW, 1988 MAR p. 727, Eff. 4/15/88; AMD, 1996 MAR p. 1158, Eff. 3/22/96.90-2-1105, MCA; IMP, 90-2-1105, 90-2-1112, MCA;