Montana legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Montana HB736: Provide nutrient pollutant loading offsets
Status: Signed into law, May 13, 2025
What the bill says
An act providing for nutrient loading offsets, offset amounts, and trading credits for water quality discharge permits; providing rulemaking authority; and providing an immediate effective date.".
From the engrossed text:
AN ACT PROVIDING FOR NUTRIENT LOADING OFFSETS, OFFSET AMOUNTS, AND TRADING CREDITS FOR WATER QUALITY DISCHARGE PERMITS; PROVIDING RULEMAKING AUTHORITY; AND PROVIDING AN IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVE DATE." Section 1. Nutrient loading offsets and trading credits. (1) Under a permit issued pursuant to 755-401, a point source discharger to state surface waters may receive nutrient loading offsets or trading credits to satisfy permitting requirements, including nutrient effluent limitations established pursuant to this part and nutrient effluent limitations derived from waste load allocations established pursuant to 75-5-703. (2) Nutrient loading offsets and trading credits may be authorized for increases in or continuation of nutrient discharges when a net decrease in nutrient loading within the United States geological surveydesignated 12-digit hydrologic unit code subbasin, or immediately adjacent 12-digit hydrologic unit code subbasin when the project is in close proximity to the adjacent 12-digit hydrologic unit code subbasin, is achieved through reductions from other point sources or nonpoint sources within the subbasin, either up gradient or down gradient of the applicant. The applicant shall quantify and verify reductions from projects based on the methodologies developed by the department pursuant to subsection (4) or based on sufficient and credible site-specific data and methodologies that are reviewed and accepted by the department. (3) For reductions that satisfy subsections (2) and (4), the offset or trading credit must …
Sponsors
- Fitzpatrick, Steve (R, 24) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Chapter Number Assigned
- : (H) Signed by Governor
- : (H) Transmitted to Governor
- : (S) Signed by President
- : (H) Signed by Speaker
- : (H) Returned from Enrolling
- : (H) Sent to Enrolling
- : (H) 3rd Reading Senate Amendments
- : (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- : (H) 2nd Reading Senate Amendments
Votes
- Do Concur (April 18, 2025): 69 yea, 30 nay, passed
- Do Concur (April 17, 2025): 58 yea, 41 nay, passed
- Do Concur (April 12, 2025): 45 yea, 5 nay, passed
- Do Concur (April 11, 2025): 36 yea, 12 nay, passed
- Do Pass (March 7, 2025): 82 yea, 17 nay, passed
- Do Pass (March 5, 2025): 82 yea, 16 nay, passed
Subjects: Rule Making, Water, Environmental Protection
Common questions
- What is HB736?
- HB736 is a bill in the Montana Legislature (2025 Regular Session): Provide nutrient pollutant loading offsets.
- What does HB736 do?
- In its own words: An act providing for nutrient loading offsets, offset amounts, and trading credits for water quality discharge permits; providing rulemaking authority; and providing an immediate effective date.".
- What is the status of HB736?
- Signed into law as of May 13, 2025. Latest action: Chapter Number Assigned (May 13, 2025).
- Who sponsored HB736?
- Fitzpatrick, Steve (R, 24).
- Where is the official record for HB736?
- On the Montana Legislature website: https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC2393
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