4.11.307    PRIORITIZING PREPARATION OF SMP'S

(1) The department shall use any or all of the following criteria for prioritizing the preparation or revision of SMP's in situations when several SMP's are required, based on 80-15-212 (1) , MCA and when available resources limit the department's ability to work on all of the required SMPs simultaneously:

(a) properties and volumes of the agricultural chemical(s) being used in a SMZ or region of the state that could cause ground water impairment or degradation;

(b) the concentration(s) or migration of agricultural chemicals detected in ground water;

(c) the number of persons and/or water wells that are or reasonably could be affected in a SMZ or region of the state;

(d) the problem cannot be completely corrected through an enforcement option other than a SMP;

(e) vulnerability of the ground water to impairment or degradation;

(f) other documented factors deemed appropriate by the department.

History: Sec. 80-15-105, MCA; IMP, Sec. 80-15-212 and 80-15-217, MCA; NEW, 1990 MAR p. 2244, Eff. 12/28/90.