Montana Code 85-9-202. Action by department upon receipt of request
85-9-202. Action by department upon receipt of request. (1) Within 11 days after the request is received, the department shall acknowledge the request.
Terms Used In Montana Code 85-9-202
- Board of supervisors: means the board of supervisors of the soil and water conservation district in which the largest portion of the taxable valuation of real property of the proposed district is located. See Montana Code 85-9-103
- Department: means the department of natural resources and conservation provided for in Title 2, chapter 15, part 33. See Montana Code 85-9-103
- District: means a conservancy district. See Montana Code 85-9-103
- 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
- Works: means all property, rights, easements, franchises, and other facilities, including but not limited to land, reservoirs, dams, canals, dikes, ditches, pumping units, mains, pipelines, waterworks systems, recreational facilities, facilities for fish and wildlife, and facilities to control and correct pollution. See Montana Code 85-9-103
(2)The department shall itself, through cooperating agencies, or together with cooperating agencies:
(a)consult with the board of supervisors and all persons who may participate in the proposed project;
(b)conduct a preliminary survey of the proposed district;
(c)estimate costs of works, maintenance, and operation;
(d)determine sources of financing;
(e)reach a tentative decision on the feasibility, desirability, and compatibility with the state water plan of the proposed district;
(f)adjust the boundaries of the proposed district to improve the feasibility, desirability, or consistency with the state water plan;
(g)within 1 year after receipt of the request, send a report of the preliminary survey to the applicants, the board of supervisors, the department of fish, wildlife, and parks, the department of environmental quality, and other affected state and federal resource agencies for their comments.