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Committee hears HB 48 to exempt DEQ-regulated wastewater ponds from Dam Safety Act
2103638 · January 8, 2025
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Summary
House Bill 48 would add wastewater treatment pond dams to statutory exemptions from most Dam Safety Act requirements so DEQ’s permitting rather than DNRC’s dam permitting governs those structures, aiming to avoid duplicative regulation.
The committee heard House Bill 48 to add wastewater treatment pond dams to the list of exemptions from most requirements of Montana’s Dam Safety Act.
Representative Ken Walsh, the bill sponsor, told members the change seeks to avoid duplicative regulation because wastewater ponds are already regulated under DEQ’s water and wastewater statutes…
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