75-10-1401. Definitions. As used in this part, unless the context requires otherwise, the following definitions apply:

Terms Used In Montana Code 75-10-1401

  • Department: means the department of environmental quality provided for in 2-15-3501. See Montana Code 75-10-1401
  • Deposition: An oral statement made before an officer authorized by law to administer oaths. Such statements are often taken to examine potential witnesses, to obtain discovery, or to be used later in trial.
  • Deposition: means a written declaration under oath or affirmation, made upon notice to the adverse party for the purpose of enabling the adverse party to attend and cross-examine. See Montana Code 1-1-202

(1)”Department” means the department of environmental quality provided for in 2-15-3501.

(2)”Mine waste” means soil, rock, and other earthen materials excavated from a mine and slimes, tailings, dusts, sludges, or other waste products from the crushing, cleaning, milling, or beneficiation of ores or other mineral-bearing materials, including material that may have migrated from its original place of deposition by erosion or human transit, and that contain hazardous or deleterious substances.

(3)”Smelter waste” means cinders, clinker, slag, and other waste products from the reduction of ores by any means, including material that may have migrated from its original place of deposition by erosion, and that contain hazardous or deleterious substances.