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Wednesday, 25 January 2012 06:51 |
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Helena -- Noble Excavating, Inc. has filed an application with the Montana Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) for an operating permit under the Metal Mine Reclamation Act. The operating permit would authorize the quarrying of rock at the Nickelback Quarry located on private land approximately 2.5 miles northwest of Libby, MT in Lincoln County.
The operating permit would cover a total of 165 acres. About 85 acres would be disturbed over the next twenty years, with about 150 acres to be disturbed over the life of mine, which is estimated to be about 80 years. Ground disturbance would range up to approximately 150 feet in depth. Noble would use heavy equipment to remove the granitic rock and gravel. Blasting would be required about two times per year. The rock is used to produce gravel, asphalt, fill, and riprap.
Noble is currently operating at the site under a Small Miner Exclusion Statement. Noble must obtain an operating permit because Noble proposes to disturb more than the five acres it is allowed under the Small Miner's Exclusion Statement.
Copies of the application can be reviewed at DEQ offices at 1520 E. 6th Ave., in Helena, MT. The application will also be posted on the DEQ web page: www.deq.mt.gov. For information on the project contact: Herb Rolfes, Operating Permit Section Supervisor, DEQ Environmental Management Bureau, P.O. Box 200901, Helena, MT 59620-0901
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Friday, 30 December 2011 06:08 |
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 Helena - The Montana Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) is seeking public comment on Montana's 2012 Draft Water Quality Integrated Report. The 2012 draft list update is now available for review and comments will be accepted during a 60-day public comment period that begins on January 4 and extends through March 3, 2012.
The report includes a list of Montana waterbodies that are impaired and in need of water quality restoration, the sub-set of impaired waters that require specific total maximum daily loads or TMDLs to be developed, known as the 303(d) list, and a summary of state water quality information, known as the 305(b) report.
The Draft 2012 report contains revisions to the list of impaired waters, changes in assessment information for waters already on the list, and the schedule for preparing TMDLs. A TMDL is the total amount of a pollutant that a waterbody may receive from all sources without exceeding water quality standards.
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Monday, 26 December 2011 08:54 |
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A Citizen's Guide to Montana Energy Law (pdf) provides an overview of laws related to energy generation, transmission, and consumption in Montana. This handbook is similar to past editions of the Electricity Law Handbook. However, this edition has been reorganized and updated to incorporate changes in energy law enacted by the 2011 Legislature. It includes an abbreviated summary of state laws, organized by energy source, that regulate the development of the energy source, tax that energy source, and provide incentives for the development of the energy resource.
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Friday, 16 December 2011 05:44 |
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Project Will Trigger $1 Billion of Construction in Montana
 (HELENA) - Governor Brian Schweitzer announced that TransCanada, the owner of the Keystone XL pipeline, has fulfilled all its obligations under Montana’s Major Facility Siting Act (MFSA), and that within the next several weeks, the Montana Department of Environmental Quality will issue the company its MFSA certificate (permit). The $7 billion project includes over $1 billion in construction in Montana, and will help create 1,200 high-paying construction jobs.
“In addition to the $100 million access on-ramp for Montana-produced oil that the company previously agreed to, I approved this permit with the requirement to post a $100 million bond to cover potential problems that might occur with the pipeline in Montana. The requirement for this bond is made possible by Montana’s statutory MFSA authority,” said Governor Schweitzer.
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Friday, 09 December 2011 05:34 |
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 Helena - The Montana Department of Environmental Quality will open a 30-day public comment period on December 8, 2011, on the Administrative Order on Consent (AOC) it proposes to enter into with the City of Bozeman (City) and CVS Pharmacy, Inc. (CVS) for the Bozeman Solvent Site in Bozeman, Montana. This document specifies that the City and CVS agree to implement the final cleanup remedy selected in the Record of Decision (ROD). The public comment period will begin on Thursday, December 8, 2011, and will end on January 6, 2012, at midnight.
The Bozeman Solvent Site is located south of West Main Street and east of North 19th Avenue and extends north of the East Gallatin River. It includes the Hastings Shopping Center. Tetrachloroethene (PCE) is commonly used as dry cleaning fluid and was used at a former dry cleaning business in the shopping center. The chemical leaked into the ground through an old sewer line and septic system.
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Wednesday, 02 November 2011 04:47 |
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The decision reduces rates for gas-distribution service, lowers the authorized rate of return for the company, and rejects special negotiated contracts that EWM had negotiated with several large interests in Cascade County.
The decision reduces the annual revenues of the company by $230,432, subject to small adjustments as the rate case is finalized. An average 2.45% rate decrease will result for customers of EWM’s gas-distribution service, in addition to other rate decreases resulting from further Commission actions.
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