Mont. Admin. r. 4.11.908

Current through Register Vol. 23, December 6, 2024
Rule 4.11.908 - CORRECTIVE ACTIONS
(1) In issuing a compliance or emergency order the department may require the following actions:
(a) monitoring to determine residue levels, trends and movement of agricultural chemicals in ground water, soils or other materials;
(b) characterization of ground water features such as direction of flow, depth and rate of flow;
(c) inventory of wells, surface water features, springs, groundwater recharge areas, and other ground water resources in the area or in a SMZ that may be affected;
(d) monitoring the direction, depth and rate of movement of any impaired or degraded ground water;
(e) removal and disposal, relocation or treatment of soil or other materials;
(f) provision for alternate water supplies for drinking and suitable water for irrigation and other beneficial uses;
(g) provision for removal or reduction of agricultural chemicals from impaired or degraded ground water using appropriate clean-up technology;
(h) procedural or operational changes that prevent, reduce or minimize the probability of ground water impairment or degradation from agricultural chemicals; and
(i) other provisions deemed appropriate to protect ground water.
(2) The department may require that persons who are served with a compliance or emergency order submit a written plan that describes the procedures for conducting corrective actions. Examples of procedures that may be required include quality assurance procedures, analytical methods, detection limits, sampling and monitoring methods, clean-up and the other provisions of this rule.

Mont. Admin. r. 4.11.908

NEW, 1990 MAR p. 2244, Eff. 12/28/90.

Sec. 80-15-105, MCA; IMP, Sec. 80-15-403 and 80-15-405, MCA;