36.15.209    DEPARTMENT REGULATION AND ENFORCEMENT

(1) If the political subdivision fails to adopt land use regulations and administrative and enforcement procedures that meet or exceed the minimum standards required by the Act and these rules within the time specified, or fails to enforce the regulations, the minimum standards set forth in the Act and these rules regulating the designated floodplain or floodway will be enforced by the department.

(2) An application to the department for a permit shall be made on a standard form furnished by the department and shall include all applicable information listed on the form.

(3) The permit, if approved, will be given by the department on a standard form.

(4) A permit application requiring an environmental impact statement will be specifically approved or denied by the department only after full compliance with the provisions of the Montana Environmental Policy Act. Normally, the period of time required for review of these permit applications will be from 60 to 120 days.

History: Sec. 76-5-208, MCA; IMP, Sec. 76-5-301 and 76-5-405, MCA; NEW, Eff. 9/4/74; AMD, 1989 MAR p. 1665, Eff. 10/27/89.