Administrative Rules of Montana
Department 17 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
Chapter 17.20 - MAJOR FACILITY SITING
Subchapter 17.20.16 - Decision Standards
Rule 17.20.1604 - LINEAR FACILITIES, PUBLIC INTEREST, STANDARD
Universal Citation: MT Admin Rules 17.20.1604
Current through Register Vol. 18, September 20, 2024
(1) The department must find that a proposed facility will serve the public interest, as required by 75-20-301, MCA, based on a determination of the following:
(a) the findings
required by ARM
17.20.1606;
(b) the cumulative environmental impacts of the
facility, as determined for ARM
17.20.1607(1)(g);
(c) the benefits to the applicant, the state of
Montana, the applicant's customers, and any other entities benefitting from the
facility;
(i) benefits include internal benefits
and external benefits; nonmonetary benefits must be quantified to the extent
reasonably possible.
(d) the
effects of the economic activity resulting from the proposed facility;
(e) the costs of the facility including internal
costs of construction and operation and mitigation costs, plus other external costs
and unmitigated environmental costs; nonmonetary costs must be quantified to the
extent reasonably possible; and
(f) any
other factors the department considers relevant.
(2) In making this finding the department shall consider the effects of the facility on the public health, welfare and safety.
AUTH: 75-20-105, MCA; IMP: 75-20-301, MCA
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