Administrative Rules of Montana
Department 36 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND CONSERVATION
Chapter 36.27 - LAND ADMINISTRATION
Subchapter 36.27.2 - Rules Governing the Establishment, Administration, and Management of State Natural Areas
Rule 36.27.211 - REMOVAL OF STATE NATURAL AREA DESIGNATION

Universal Citation: MT Admin Rules 36.27.211

Current through Register Vol. 18, September 20, 2024

(1) The classification of a state natural area, designated by the board, to an alternative status, or the reclassification of these areas in accordance with 77-1-401, MCA, shall be undertaken only with the board's approval. The required criteria for removing this designation are as follows:

(a) the area in question has experienced a significant change in those natural characteristics which prompted the designation of the area;

(b) the degree of this change is of such an extent that the definition of a natural area, as described in 76-12-104(4), MCA, is no longer applicable to the area; and

(c) it has been demonstrated that the restoration of the area, to a condition near to that which existed at the time of designation, is not a reasonable nor a desirable action complimentary to the legislative intent of 76-12-103, MCA.

(2) Prior to the declassification of a state natural area, as herein described, public notice shall be given and an opportunity for citizen's comments must then be afforded at a public hearing held within the county in which the state natural area is located. In addition, the provisions of this rule shall not be administered in such a manner that the prohibitions of 76-12-110 and 76-12-111, MCA, are compromised.

76-12-112, MCA; IMP, 76-12-112, MCA;

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