Montana Code 82-4-323. Interagency cooperation — receipt and expenditure of funds
82-4-323. Interagency cooperation — receipt and expenditure of funds. The department shall cooperate with other governmental and private agencies in this state and other states and agencies of the federal government and may reasonably compensate them for any services the department requests that they provide. The department may receive federal funds, state funds, and any other funds and, within the limits imposed by the grant, expend them for reclamation of land affected by mining or exploration and for purposes enumerated in 82-4-336.
Terms Used In Montana Code 82-4-323
- Department: means the department of environmental quality provided for in 2-15-3501. See Montana Code 82-4-303
- Exploration: means :
(a)all activities that are conducted on or beneath the surface of lands and that result in material disturbance of the surface for the purpose of determining the presence, location, extent, depth, grade, and economic viability of mineralization in those lands, if any, other than mining for production and economic exploitation; and
(b)all roads made for the purpose of facilitating exploration, except as noted in 82-4-310. See Montana Code 82-4-303
- 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