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Missoula County backs intent to adopt updated on-site wastewater rules
Summary
The county commissioners voted to pass a resolution of intent to adopt an updated version of Regulation 1 of the Missoula City-County Health Code, aligning local rules with recent Montana Department of Environmental Quality changes that allow certain on-site wastewater systems in placed fill.
Missoula County commissioners on Thursday approved a resolution of intent to adopt an updated Regulation 1 of the Missoula City-County Health Code to allow some new on-site wastewater systems in engineered fill.
The change follows the Montana Department of Environmental Quality(DEQ) rule update, and the Missoula City-County Board of Health approved the revised regulation on April 17, 2025, recommending the governing bodies adopt it by reference.
Charles "Charlie" Shane, environmental health manager at Missoula Public Health, told the commissioners that DEQnow permits some replacement and new on-site systems…
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