Montana SB559 provides for appeals of various Department of Environmental Quality permit decisions.
Montana SB559 provides for appeals of various Department of Environmental Quality permit decisions. It allows a person adversely affected by a final decision to request a hearing before a district court or the board. The request must be submitted within 30 days of the department's decision and include a $100 fee. The bill outlines procedures for hearings, including tolling of permit timelines during appeals and requirements for written undertakings. It also specifies that judicial challenges of permits for projects costing over $1 million must have precedence over other civil cases.
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