(1) ARM 24.11.515, 24.11.516, 24.11.517, 24.11.518, 24.11.521, 24.11.523, 24.11.525, 24.11.531, and 24.11.534 govern the department's procedures relative to its administrative cooperation with other states adopting similar rules or regulations to implement the interstate benefit payment plan, to which the department is signatory, to provide for the payment of benefits to interstate claimants. In the interest of promoting uniformity of interpretation and consistency of application between Montana and the other states, the department has adopted, with minor modifications, the model rule language promulgated by the interstate conference of employment security agencies. The duties and responsibilities imposed by this subchapter are binding only on the state of Montana in its role as an agent state or as a liable state.