Montana Code 23-2-522. Discharge of waste from vessel prohibited
23-2-522. Discharge of waste from vessel prohibited. (1) A person may not discharge or cause, permit, or allow to be discharged any garbage, refuse, waste, or sewage from any vessel into, upon, or near the waters at a stream, river, or lake within the boundaries of the state of Montana.
Terms Used In Montana Code 23-2-522
- Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
- Department: means the department of fish, wildlife, and parks of the state of Montana. See Montana Code 23-2-502
- Person: means an individual, partnership, firm, corporation, association, or other entity. See Montana Code 23-2-502
- Process: means a writ or summons issued in the course of judicial proceedings. See Montana Code 1-1-202
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Montana Code 1-1-201
- Vessel: means every description of watercraft, unless otherwise defined by the department, other than a seaplane on the water, used or capable of being used as a means of transportation on water. See Montana Code 23-2-502
(2)The department of environmental quality shall adopt rules to protect water quality and aquatic ecosystems by establishing guidelines for the installation of vessel pumpout facilities.
(3)In adopting the rules, the department shall use these definitions:
(a)”Marine sanitation device” means any equipment on board a vessel that is designed to receive, retain, treat, or discharge sewage and also means any process to treat the sewage.
(b)”Vessel terminal” means a private or public shoreside installation on any waters of Montana that provides mooring, docking, berthing, and other facilities for the use of vessels.
(4)The rules must include standards for the construction, operation, and maintenance of vessel pumpout facilities.
(5)This section may not be construed to require the department to install pumpout facilities without prior legislative approval and an appropriation.