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You are viewing BMP records related to the Montana Final Statewide Oil and Gas Environmental Impact Statement and Proposed Amendment of the Powder River and Billings Resource Management Plans, Hydrology Appendix-General Discharge Permit Coal Bed Methane Produced Water Montana Department of Environmental Quality Authorization to Discharge Under the Montana Pollutant Discharge Elimination System publication.

BMP ID Short Title Text of BMP
2887 Allow department access to facilities and documents "Monitoring, Recording, and Reporting Requirements: Inspection and Entry: The permittee shall allow the head of the Department or the Regional ...
2876 Collect samples prior to discharge "Monitoring, Recording, and Reporting Requirements: Representative Sampling: Samples taken in compliance with the monitoring requirements established ...
2874 Conduct impoundment inspections monthly "Self-monitoring Requirements: The owner of operator of the impoundment must conduct monthly inspections of the impoundment to check for structural ...
2892 Exceptions to allow bypass of produced water "Compliance Responsibilities: Prohibition of bypass: a. Bypass is prohibited and the Department may take enforcement against a permittee for a ...
2875 Maintain inspection logbook "Self-Monitoring Requirements: The permittee shall maintain a logbook recording information obtained during the inspection. The logbook shall be kept ...
2888 Mitigate negative environmental impacts "Compliance Responsibilities-Duty to Mitigate: The permittee shall take all reasonable steps to minimize or prevent any discharge in violation of ...
2872 Monitor effluent of produced water discharge "Self-monitorng Requirements: A. Effluent Monitoring: The permittee shall sample the quality of the effluent from each source discharging to the ...
2868 Monitor produced water "Other Conditions: g. The permittee shall monitor the quality of the water in the impoundment for the parameters and at the frequency listed in Table ...
2873 Monitor quality of produced water "Self-monitoring Requirements: B. Impoundment Monitoring: The permittee shall sample the quality of the water in the storage impoundment for the ...
2882 Monitoring information requirements "Monitoring, Recording, and Reporting Requirements: Records Contents: Records of monitoring information shall include: 1. The date, exact place, and ...
2864 No discharge of produced water from impoundment "Other Conditions: c. There shall be no discharge of water from the impoundment except whenever rainfall events, either chronic or catastrophic, ...
2863 No produced water impoundments in drainages "Other Conditions: b. Impoundments constructed for the purposes of holding and storing produced water from CBM development must not be located in ...
2886 Noncompliance report requirements "Monitoring, Recording, and Reporting Requirements: Twenty-four Hour Notice of Noncompliance Reporting: A written submission shall also be provided ...
2894 Notify department of noncompliance "General Requirements: Anticipated Noncompliance: The permittee shall give advance notice to the Department of any planned changes in the permitted ...
2893 Notify department of planned changes to produced water facility "General Requirements: Planned Changes: The permittee shall give notice to the Department as soon as possible of any planned physical alterations or ...
2871 Operate in conformance with water management plan "Other Conditions: I. The operator authorized under this permit shall operate and maintain the permit in conformance with the approved Water ...
2879 Penalties for tampering with monitoring device "Monitoring, Recording, and Reporting Requirements Penalties for Tampering: The Montana Water Quality Act provides that any person who falsifies, ...
2909 Permitting procedures: Apply effluent limits to closed basin systems "Major changes in recent permitting approaches include the following: Aquatic life based effluent limits will be applied to closed basin systems ...
2906 Permitting procedures: Main-stem mixing analyses not required "Major changes in recent permitting approaches include the following: Main-stem mixing analyses are no longer required, however applicants proposing ...
2908 Permitting procedures: No conductance limits in permits "Major changes in recent permitting approaches include the following: SAR and irrigation-based specific conductance limits will not be included in ...
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