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Agenda (Updated 8/9/2024)
Wednesday, August 14, 2024
Status of Libby Asbestos Site Superfund Cleanup, Operating Unit 3
Thursday, August 16, 2024
Adaptive Management: Improving Grizzly Bear Habitat
Friday, August 16, 2024
Overview of Interim Work: HJ 18 Draft Report
Administrative Rule Review
- Administrative Rule Review - Issue 13
- Administrative Rule Review - Issue 14
- MAR Notice 12-624
- MAR Notice 12-625
- MAR Notice 12-626
- MAR Notice 12-631
- MAR Notice 17-441
- MAR Notice 17-443
(Remote participation not available for Aug. 14-16 meetings)
Agenda (Updated 6/13/2024)
Update from MEPA Work Group
Adverse Climate Impacts of Greenhouse Gas Emissions Petition to Public Service Commission
Administrative Rule Review
HJ 18 (study of remediation at Smurfit Stone site)
- FWP - Water Data Clark Fork River Toxins Study
- FWP - Clark Fork Water Quality
- Settlement Stipulation MVWQD
Letter to U.S. Department of Agriculture objecting to New Rule redefining Old-Growth Forests within National Forest Plans
Report on Road Closures/Restrictions on State Lands (77-1-820)
Report on Land Banking (77-2-366)
Public Comment
- Mr. Smith
agenda (Updated 4/5/24)
Letter to Congressional Delegation in Support of Demonstration Project for Recovery of Rare Earth Elements and Critical Minerals at Berkeley Pit
- Letter to Congress
Letter to EPA Requesting Pause in Final Remediation Plan for CFAC
- Letter to EPA
Letter to Technical Assistance Grant Program (EPA) Supporting Application of Coalition for a Clean CFAC
- Letter to Technical Assistance Grant program
Letter to U.S. Department of Agriculture Objecting to New Redefining Old-Growth Forests within National Forest Plans
- Letter to U.S. Agriculture
Administrative Rule Review
- Rule review memo (LSO)
Agenda (Updated 3/12/2024)
Backgrounder on Montana Environmental Policy Act
HJ18 (Study on remediation of Smurfit-Stone mill site)
Report on Progress of Future Fisheries Improvement Program (87-1-272)
Biennial Report on Harvest of Mountain Sheep from Tendoy Mountain Herd (87-2-702)
Administrative Rule Review
pdate on Superfund Remediation at Columbia Falls Aluminum Co. Site
Administrative Matters
Public Comment
Final agenda (updated Jan. 17)
HJ18 (Study Remediation of Smurfit-Stone Mill Site)
Report on Orphan Share State Special Revenue Account Funds (75-10-743, MCA)
Report on Sale of State Land Cabins and Sites (77-2-366, MCA)
Update on Becoming an Outdoors Woman (BOW) Program
Effect of Wolverine Listing under Endangered Species Act
Update from Fish and Wildlife Commission Hunting Season-Setting
Update on Kootenai Forest Plan Amendment and Grizzlies Outside of Recovery Zones (BORZ)
Administrative Rule Review
- Council legal staff memo (LSO, Jan. 5)
State Drought Plan
Panel on State-Federal Cooperation and Good Neighbor Authority
Federal Agency and Court Decisions Related to Coal Mining and Reclamation
Public Comment
Review of I-193
- Referral letter from Sec. of State (Nov. 29, 2023)
- Draft I-193 petition form (Nov. 2023)
- Legal sufficiency review (Attorney General, Nov. 27, 2023)
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CSKT comments on proposed initiative - 2021 (Nov. 22, 2023)
- CSKT comments on HB241 (2021) (Feb. 9, 2021)
- Schoening response to CSKT comments (Nov. 29, 2023)
- Submitted public comments (Dec. 5, 2023)
Wildfire Update
Update on Cleanup of Stillwater Co. Train Derailment/Yellowstone River Spill
Update on Comprehensive Water Review
Update on Land Transfers with Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes
- DNRC Letter CSKT Land Exchange
- Montana DNRC and CSKT Exchange Map
- PowerPoint, Ryan Weiss
- Trust Land Exchange Eligibility within CSKT
Fish Creek Watershed Recreation Planning
- Fish Creek 2022 Public Survey Results Summary
- Fish Creek 2023 Draft Recreation Strategy
- Fish Creek Draft Strategy, Randy Arnold
Update on Petroleum Tank Release Compensation Program
Critical Commodities (Rare Earth Elements)
- Critical Min. Use and Defense Feb. 2021
- HB 648: Coal Ash Markets Investigation Program Activities Update
Sage Grouse Reports
Roosters for Recruitment Summary
Automated Licensing System: Special Drawings, Bonus Points
Adoption of Final Work Plan
Montana Invasive Species Council (MISC)
Administrative Rule Report
Director Updates
Notice of Violation of MT Water Quality Act (WQA)
Administrative Matters
Interim Overview
Department of Natural Resources and Conservation
Department of Environmental Quality
- Organizational Chart
- Goals and Objectives
- WMRD Organizational Chart (Exh. 9a)
- WMRD Goals and Objectives (Exh. 9b)
- WQD Pending Plan, Spec, and Subdivision Files (Exh. 10)
Libby Asbestos Superfund Oversight Committee
Department of Fish, Wildlife, and Parks
- Organizational Chart
- Goals and Objectives
- Legislative Synopsis
- Letter to Rep. Durham and Rep. Marler
Wolf Report
Draft Elk Plan
Grizzly Bear Management Proposal
BLM Coal Screen Amendment
