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HB923 • 2025

Revise categorical exclusions from nondegradation authorization

Revise categorical exclusions from nondegradation authorization

Enacted

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Sponsor
Llew Jones
Last action
2025-05-19
Official status
Chapter Number Assigned
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Revise categorical exclusions from nondegradation authorization

Revise categorical exclusions from nondegradation authorization

What This Bill Does

  • Revise categorical exclusions from nondegradation authorization

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Amendments

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COMMITTEE

Plain English: Amendment - 1st Reading-white - Requested by: Llew Jones - (H) Natural Resources - 2025 69th Legislature 2025 Drafter: Jason Mohr, HB0923.001.001 - 1 - Authorized Print Version – HB 923 1 HOUSE BILL NO.

  • Amendment - 1st Reading-white - Requested by: Llew Jones - (H) Natural Resources - 2025 69th Legislature 2025 Drafter: Jason Mohr, HB0923.001.001 - 1 - Authorized Print Version – HB 923 1 HOUSE BILL NO.
  • 923 2 INTRODUCED BY L.
  • JONES, S.
  • GIST, G.

Bill History

  1. 2025-05-19 HOUSE

    Chapter Number Assigned

  2. 2025-05-13 HOUSE

    (H) Signed by Governor

  3. 2025-05-07 HOUSE

    (H) Transmitted to Governor

  4. 2025-05-06 SENATE

    (S) Signed by President

  5. 2025-05-02 HOUSE

    (H) Signed by Speaker

  6. 2025-04-24 HOUSE

    (H) Returned from Enrolling

  7. 2025-04-18 SENATE

    (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading

  8. 2025-04-18 SENATE

    (S) 3rd Reading Concurred

  9. 2025-04-18 HOUSE

    (H) Sent to Enrolling

  10. 2025-04-17 SENATE

    (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading

  11. 2025-04-17 SENATE

    (S) 2nd Reading Concurred

  12. 2025-04-12 SENATE

    (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred

  13. 2025-04-11 SENATE

    (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred

  14. 2025-04-08 SENATE

    (S) Hearing

  15. 2025-04-07 SENATE

    (S) First Reading

  16. 2025-04-07 SENATE

    (S) Referred to Committee

  17. 2025-04-05 HOUSE

    (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading

  18. 2025-04-05 HOUSE

    (H) 3rd Reading Passed

  19. 2025-04-05 HOUSE

    (H) Transmitted to Senate

  20. 2025-04-04 HOUSE

    (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading

  21. 2025-04-04 HOUSE

    (H) 2nd Reading Passed

  22. 2025-04-01 HOUSE

    (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended

  23. 2025-03-31 HOUSE

    (H) Hearing

  24. 2025-03-31 HOUSE

    (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended

  25. 2025-03-29 HOUSE

    (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery

  26. 2025-03-29 HOUSE

    (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester

  27. 2025-03-29 HOUSE

    (H) Introduced

  28. 2025-03-29 HOUSE

    (H) Referred to Committee

  29. 2025-03-29 HOUSE

    (H) First Reading

  30. 2025-03-28 HOUSE

    (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review

  31. 2025-03-28 HOUSE

    (LC) Draft in Assembly

  32. 2025-03-26 HOUSE

    (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing

  33. 2025-03-23 HOUSE

    (LC) Draft in Legal Review

  34. 2025-03-23 HOUSE

    (LC) Draft in Edit

  35. 2025-03-18 HOUSE

    (LC) Draft Taken Off Hold

  36. 2025-01-05 HOUSE

    (LC) Draft On Hold

  37. 2024-11-11 HOUSE

    (LC) Drafter Assigned

Official Summary Text

Revise categorical exclusions from nondegradation authorization

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
- 2025
69th Legislature 2025 HB 923
- 1 - Authorized Print Version – HB 923
ENROLLED BILL
AN ACT REVISING CATEGORICAL EXCLUSIONS FROM A NONDEGRADATION AUTHORIZATION;
DIRECTING THE AMENDMENT OF ARM 17.30.716; PROVIDING AN APPROPRIATION; AND PROVIDING
EFFECTIVE DATES AND AN APPLICABILITY DATE.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA:
Section 1. Department to amend rule. The department of environmental quality shall amend ARM
17.30.716 to insert a new subsection (8) that reads:
"(8) A wastewater discharge that otherwise meets the criteria of this rule may be reviewed for
nonsignificance without a background nitrogen sample required in (4)(c)(iii) in settings where ground water
cannot be sampled due to absence or great depth of ground water."
Section 2. Appropriation. There is appropriated $500 from the general fund to the department of
environmental quality for the biennium beginning July 1, 2025, to amend the department's rules pursuant to
[section 1].
Section 3. Effective dates. (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), [this act] is effective on passage
and approval.
(2) [Section 2] is effective July 1, 2025.
Section 4. Applicability. [This act] applies to applications for nondegradation authorizations received
on or after May 1, 2025.
- END -
I hereby certify that the within bill,
HB 923, originated in the House.
___________________________________________
Chief Clerk of the House
___________________________________________
Speaker of the House
Signed this _______________________________day
of____________________________________, 2025.
___________________________________________
President of the Senate
Signed this _______________________________day
of____________________________________, 2025.
HOUSE BILL NO. 923
INTRODUCED BY L. JONES, S. GIST, G. OBLANDER
AN ACT REVISING CATEGORICAL EXCLUSIONS FROM A NONDEGRADATION AUTHORIZATION;
DIRECTING THE AMENDMENT OF ARM 17.30.716; PROVIDING AN APPROPRIATION; AND PROVIDING
EFFECTIVE DATES AND AN APPLICABILITY DATE.