Montana legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Montana SB365: Revise siltation structure capacity at mines
Status: Signed into law, April 18, 2025
What the bill says
An act revising capacity requirements for siltation structures at a strip mine or underground mine; providing rulemaking authority; amending section 82-4-231, mca; providing for contingent voidness; and providing an immediate effective date.
From the engrossed text:
AN ACT REVISING CAPACITY REQUIREMENTS FOR SILTATION STRUCTURES AT A STRIP MINE OR UNDERGROUND MINE; PROVIDING RULEMAKING AUTHORITY; AMENDING SECTION 82-4-231, MCA; PROVIDING FOR CONTINGENT VOIDNESS; AND PROVIDING AN IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVE DATE. Section 1. Section 82-4-231, MCA, is amended to read: "82-4-231. Submission of and action on reclamation plan. (1) As rapidly, completely, and effectively as the most modern technology and the most advanced state of the art will allow, each operator granted a permit under this part shall reclaim and revegetate the land affected by the operation, except that underground tunnels, shafts, or other subsurface excavations need not be revegetated. Under the provisions of this part and rules adopted by the department, an operator shall prepare and carry out a method of operation, a plan of grading, backfilling, highwall reduction, subsidence stabilization, water control, and topsoiling and a reclamation plan for the area of land affected by the operation. In developing a method of operation and plans of grading, backfilling, highwall reduction, subsidence stabilization, water control, topsoiling, and reclamation, all measures must be taken to eliminate damages to landowners and members of the public, their real and personal property, public roads, streams, and all other public property from soil erosion, subsidence, landslides, water pollution, and hazards dangerous to life and property. (2) The reclamation plan must set forth in …
Sponsors
- Usher, Barry (R, 19) · primary sponsor
- Hinkle, Jedediah (R, 67)
Latest actions
- : Chapter Number Assigned
- : (S) Signed by Governor
- : (S) Transmitted to Governor
- : (H) Signed by Speaker
- : (S) Signed by President
- : (S) Returned from Enrolling
- : (S) Sent to Enrolling
- : (H) 3rd Reading
- : (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- : (H) 2nd Reading
Votes
- Do Concur (March 31, 2025): 99 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Do Concur (March 29, 2025): 97 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Do Pass (March 6, 2025): 47 yea, 3 nay, passed
- Do Pass (March 5, 2025): 48 yea, 2 nay, passed
Subjects: Rule Making, Water, Mining and Minerals
Common questions
- What is SB365?
- SB365 is a bill in the Montana Legislature (2025 Regular Session): Revise siltation structure capacity at mines.
- What does SB365 do?
- In its own words: An act revising capacity requirements for siltation structures at a strip mine or underground mine; providing rulemaking authority; amending section 82-4-231, mca; providing for contingent voidness; and providing an immediate effective date.
- What is the status of SB365?
- Signed into law as of April 18, 2025. Latest action: Chapter Number Assigned (April 18, 2025).
- Who sponsored SB365?
- Usher, Barry (R, 19), with 1 co-sponsor.
- Where is the official record for SB365?
- On the Montana Legislature website: https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC1508
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