80-15-202. Monitoring programs. (1) The department or the department of environmental quality shall conduct monitoring programs to determine:
(a) whether residues of agricultural chemicals are present in ground water; and
(b) the likelihood of an agricultural chemical to enter ground water, if either department determines that sufficient valid scientific data is available to reasonably predict the behavior of a particular agricultural chemical in the soil.
(2) The department and the department of environmental quality shall evaluate all information relating to this section that is received from any person, based upon standard procedures, protocols, and confirmatory procedures established by rule. Information found to be insufficient based on the adopted procedures and protocols, including analytical results, may be used only for informational purposes.
History: En. Sec. 10, Ch. 668, L. 1989; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 189, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 337, Ch. 418, L. 1995.
Structure Montana Code Annotated
Chapter 15. Montana Agricultural Chemical Ground Water Protection Act
80-15-201. Ground water standards
80-15-202. Monitoring programs
80-15-203. Evaluation and use of monitoring results
80-15-204. through 80-15-210 reserved
80-15-211. General agricultural chemical ground water management plan
80-15-212. Specific agricultural chemical ground water management plans
80-15-213. Beneficial use to be considered in developing management plans -- water classification
80-15-214. Contents of specific agricultural chemical ground water management plan
80-15-215. Benefits of appropriate agricultural chemical use to be considered
80-15-216. Commercial fertilizer ground water management plan