Montana Code 75-10-1210. License required — exception
75-10-1210. License required — exception. (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), a person may not engage in the business of cleaning cesspools, septic tanks, or privies or dispose of septage unless licensed by the department.
Terms Used In Montana Code 75-10-1210
- Department: means the department of environmental quality provided for in 2-15-3501. See Montana Code 75-10-1201
- Disposal: means the discharge, injection, deposit, dumping, spilling, leaking, or placing of septage into or onto the land or water. See Montana Code 75-10-1201
- Person: means an individual, firm, partnership, association, corporation, city, town, local government entity, or other government or private entity, whether organized for profit or not. See Montana Code 75-10-1201
- Property: means real and personal property. See Montana Code 1-1-205
- Septage: means liquid or solid material removed from a septic tank, cesspool, portable toilet, or similar treatment works that receives only domestic sewage. See Montana Code 75-10-1201
(2)An owner or lessee of property from which septage is removed may dispose of that septage on that person’s property if:
(a)the person pumps the septage with the person’s equipment or retains a person licensed pursuant to the provisions of subsection (1) to pump the septage; and
(b)the disposal does not violate disposal restrictions or rules adopted pursuant to 75-10-1202 or create a nuisance or public health hazard.