Administrative Rules of Montana
Department 17 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
Chapter 17.30 - WATER QUALITY
Subchapter 17.30.6 - Surface Water Quality Standards and Procedures
Rule 17.30.607 - WATER-USE CLASSIFICATIONS-CLARK FORK COLUMBIA RIVER DRAINAGE EXCEPT THE FLATHEAD AND KOOTENAI RIVER DRAINAGES
Universal Citation: MT Admin Rules 17.30.607
Current through Register Vol. 6, March 22, 2024
(1) The water-use classifications adopted for the Clark Fork of the Columbia River drainage are as follows:
(a) Clark Fork River drainage
except waters listed in (1)(a)(i) through (xv)
............................................................................................................
B-1
(i) Warm Springs drainage to Meyer's Dam
near Anaconda ........................... A-1
(ii) Hearst Lake drainage to the Lower Hearst
Inlet (approximately at latitude 46.1013, longitude -113.0665) and Fifer Gulch
drainage to the Anaconda city limits. (Anaconda municipal water supply)
..........................................................................................................................
A-Closed
(iii) Silver Bow Creek
(mainstem) from the confluence of Blacktail Creek to Warm Springs Creek
.........................................................................................................................................
I (The concentrator tailings pond and Silver Bow Creek drainage from this pond
downstream to Blacktail Creek and the tailings ponds at Warm Springs have no
classification.)
(iv) Yankee
Doodle Creek drainage to and including Moulton reservoir (approximately at
latitude 46.0901, longitude -112.5092)
.................................................................................
A-Closed
(v) Basin Creek drainage
to and including the South Butte water supply reservoir (approximately at
latitude 45.8543,longitude -112.5454)
................................................... A-Closed
(vi) Clark Fork River (mainstem) from Warm
Springs Creek to Cottonwood Creek (near Deer Lodge)
............................................................................................................................
C-2
(vii) Clark Fork River
(mainstem) from Cottonwood Creek to the Little Blackfoot
River........................................................................................................................................
C-1
(viii) Tin Cup Joe Creek
drainage to the Deer Lodge water supply intake (approximately at latitude
46.3892, longitude -112.8543)................. A-Closed
(ix) Georgetown Lake and tributaries above
Georgetown Dam (headwaters of Flint Creek drainage)
................................................................................................................................
A-1
(x) Fred Burr Lake and
headwaters from source to the outlet of the lake (Philipsburg water supply at
approximate latitude 46.3096, longitude
-113.1746)..............................................................................................
A-Closed
(xi) South Boulder Creek
drainage to the Philipsburg water supply intake (approximately at latitude
46.3447, longitude -113.2266).......................... A-1
(xii) Rattlesnake Creek drainage to the
Missoula water supply intake (approximately at latitude 46.9149, longitude
-113.9638)................. A-Closed
(xiii) Packer and Silver Creek drainage
(tributaries to the St. Regis River) to the Saltese water supply intake
...................................................................................................................
A-1
(xiv) Ashley Creek drainage to
the Thompson Falls water supply intake (approximately at latitude 47.6066,
longitude -115.3)
.......................................................................................
A-Closed
(xv) Pilgrim Creek drainage
to the Noxon water supply intake (approximately at latitude 47.9906, longitude
-115.7747)
..............................................................................................
A-1
AUTH: 75-5-201, 75-5-301, MCA; IMP: 75-5-301, MCA
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