36.2.813    EMERGENCY ACTION

(1) The department may take or permit action substantially altering antiquities on state lands that it administers without consultation with the SHPO in an emergency situation. The department shall provide whatever protection and recordation is possible, given the exigencies of the situation. Within five days or as soon thereafter as possible following initiation of the action, the department shall notify SHPO of the need for and the results of the action.

History: 22-3-424, MCA; IMP, 22-3-424, MCA; NEW, 1986 MAR p. 953, Eff. 5/30/86; TRANS, from DSL, 1996 MAR p. 771.