Montana: Natural Resources
The Department of Environmental Quality adopted amendments to regulations governing hard-rock mining and exploration. The amendments would, among other things, adopt a new rule on exploration license assignments and amend provisions concerning reclamation requirements, operating permit applications, enforcement, annual reports, and blasting operations. See https://sosmt.gov/docs/118/2024/63937/issue-9-may-10-2024 (pp. 1060-61).