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Mont. Code Ann. § 85-2-342 (2026)

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TITLE 85. WATER USE

CHAPTER 2. SURFACE WATER AND GROUND WATER

Part 3. Appropriations, Permits, and Certificates of Water Rights

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85-2-342. Definitions. Unless the context requires otherwise, in 85-2-343 and this section, the following definitions apply:

(1) "Application" means an application for a beneficial water use permit pursuant to 85-2-302 or a state water reservation pursuant to 85-2-316.

(2) "Upper Missouri River basin" means the drainage area of the Missouri River and its tributaries above Morony dam.

History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 385, L. 1993; amd. Sec. 16, Ch. 497, L. 1997; amd. Sec. 10, Ch. 391, L. 2007; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 59, L. 2019.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases, 2006–2013 · leading case: Montana Trout Unlimited v. Montana Dep't of Nat. Resources & Conservation, 2006 MT 72 (Mont. 2006).

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Montana Trout Unlimited v. Montana Dep't of Nat. Resources & Conservation, 2006 MT 72 (Mont. 2006). · cites it 49× “Section 85-2-342, MCA. DNRC interpreted the language to mean that a groundwater well could not pull surface water directly from a stream or other source of surface water.”

Bostwick Props., Inc. v. Montana Dep't of Nat. Resources & Conservation, 2013 MT 48 (Mont. 2013). · cites it 2× “Sections 85-2-342 to 85-2-343, MCA. In order to receive a groundwater permit, Bostwick first had to provide a hydrogeologic assessment to determine whether its proposed groundwater usage would result in a net depletion of surface water.”

Lohmeier v. State, Montana Dep't of Nat. Resources & Conservation, 2008 MT 307 (Mont. 2008). “¶5 The 2003 Legislature amended § 85-2-302(2), MCA, to require the DNRC to “adopt rules that are necessary to determine whether or not an application is correct and complete, based on the provisions applicable to issuance of a permit under this part.”

— Mont. Code Ann. § 85-2-342(1) — 1 case

Montana Trout Unlimited v. Montana Dep't of Nat. Resources & Conservation, 2006 MT 72 (Mont. 2006). “Section 85-2-342, MCA. DNRC interpreted the language to mean that a groundwater well could not pull surface water directly from a stream or other source of surface water.”

— Mont. Code Ann. § 85-2-342(2) — 1 case

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