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BMP ID: 2908
Title: Permitting procedures: No conductance limits in permits
Text: "Major changes in recent permitting approaches include the following: SAR and irrigation-based specific conductance limits will not be included in permits for discharges to the Powder and Little Powder rivers except where existing irrigation diversions exist within tributary systems receiving effluent prior to confluence with main stem water bodies."
Source Publication Name: Montana Final Statewide Oil and Gas Environmental Impact Statement and Proposed Amendment of the Powder River and Billings Resource Management Plans
Citation Section: Hydrology Appendix-Updated Permitting Options for Coal Bed Methane Permit Applications
Citation Page: HYD-36
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Usage Type: Required
Timing: • Planning / Environmental Review
• Monitoring
Oil / Gas Field:  
Surface Ownership: • Federal
• State
• Private
Mineral Ownership: • Federal
• State
• Private
Primary Contact: Montana Department of Environmental Quality
1520 E. Sixth Avenue P.O. Box 200901
Helena, Montana  59620  United States
Phone:(406) 841 5000     Alt. Phone:
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Categories: Water Quantity and Rights
Water Quality and Pollution
Aquatic and Riparian Values
Location: Montana
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Date Entered: 2009-03-09 16:27 UTC
Last Updated: 2009-07-15 13:34 UTC