Administrative Rules of Montana
Department 17 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
Chapter 17.30 - WATER QUALITY
Subchapter 17.30.6 - Surface Water Quality Standards and Procedures
Rule 17.30.611 - WATER-USE CLASSIFICATION-YELLOWSTONE RIVER DRAINAGE
Universal Citation: MT Admin Rules 17.30.611
Current through Register Vol. 6, March 22, 2024
(1) The water-use classifications adopted for the Yellowstone River are as follows:
(a) Yellowstone River drainage to the Laurel
water supply intake (approximately at latitude 45.6545, longitude
-108.7590)...... B-1
(b)
Yellowstone River drainage from the Laurel water supply intake (approximately
at latitude 45.6545, longitude -108.7590) to the Billings water supply intake
(approximately at latitude 45.7745, longitude -108.4778) except waters on the
Crow Indian Reservation and the tributaries listed in (1)(b)(i) through
(iii)............ B-2
(i) Clarks Fork of the
Yellowstone River drainage from source up to and including Jack Creek near
Bridger
.........................................................................................................................................
B-1
(ii) Mainstem of the Clarks
Fork of the Yellowstone River from Jack Creek to the Yellowstone River
............................................................................................................................................
B-2
(iii) Tributaries to the Clarks
Fork Yellowstone River from Jack Creek to the Yellowstone River except the
portion of West Fork of Rock Creek listed in (1) (b) (iii) (A)
........................................................................................................................
B-1
(A) West Fork of Rock Creek drainage to
the Red Lodge water supply intake (approximately at latitude 45.1593, longitude
-109.2779)...................................................................................................................................
A-1
(c)
Yellowstone River drainage from the Billings water supply intake to the North
Dakota state line excluding waters on the Crow Indian Reservation and the
Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation and including the Big Horn River drainage
except the waters listed in (1)(c)(i) through
(vii)........................................... C-3
(i) Yellowstone River mainstem
....................................................................................................................................
B-3
(ii) Pryor Creek drainage
outside the Crow Indian Reservation
boundary......................................................................................
B-1
(iii) Big Horn drainage above
but excluding Williams Coulee near Hardin and excluding waters within the Crow
Indian Reservation......................................... B-1
(iv) Big Horn River mainstem from the Crow
Indian Reservation boundary to Yellowstone
River....................................................... B-2
(v) Tongue River (mainstem) from the western
crossing of the Wyoming boundary and the Tongue River Reservoir to Prairie Dog
Creek (approximately at latitude 45.2692, longitude -106.6243)
...................................................................................................................................
B-2
(vi) Tongue River mainstem
from Prairie Dog Creek to Yellowstone River
......................................................................................................................................
B-3
(vii) Fox Creek drainage near
Sidney .....................................................................
B-2.
AUTH: 75-5-201, 75-5-301, MCA; IMP: 75-5-301, MCA
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