Legislative Environmental Policy Office/Environmental Quality Council Publications

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2007-2008

• Water - Montana's Treasure (2008)
  
• Conservation Easements: 20 Things Everyone Should Know (2008)
  
• Climate Change (2008)
  
• Petroleum Tank Release Fund (2008)
  
• Water Rights in Montana (2008)
  
• Electricity Law Handbook (2008)
  
• A Guide to Montana Water Quality Regulation (2008)
  
• Montana Index of Environmental Permits (2008)
  
• Eminent Domain in Montana (2007)
  
• EQC Brochure (2007)
  
• A Guide to Split Estates (reflects Montana law beginning Oct. 1, 2007)
  Tips for printing brochure: Print landscape on 8 1/2 by 14 inch paper, 2-sided. Fold in half, then fold outside edges toward center.
• A Council Member's Guide to the EQC (2007)
  

2005-2006

• A Guide to Split Estates (reflects Montana law until September 30, 2007)
  
• Financing the Administration of Montana's Trust Lands (2006)
  
• HJR 33 Study of Contract Timber Harvesting (2006)
  
• Improving the State Superfund Process (2006)
  
• HJR 10: Study of Wildland Fire Policy and Statutes (2006)
  
• Water Policy in Montana (2006)
  
• Split Estates: The relationship between surface and minerals (2006)
  
• A Guide to the Montana Environmental Policy Act (2006)
  
• Water Rights in Montana (2006)
  
• 2005-06 EQC Brochure
  
• A Council Member's Guide to the Environmental Quality Council (2005)
  

2003-2004

• An Informational Guide to State Debt (2004)
  
• Montana's Water--Where is it? Who can use it? Who decides? (2004)
  
• Hydrogen, Wind, Biodiesel, and Ethanol (2004)
  
• Understanding Energy in Montana (2004)
  
• Metal Mine Bonding in Montana: Status and Policy Considerations (2004)
  
• Zortman and Landusky Mines: Water Quality Impacts (2004)
  
• Electricity Law Handbook (2004)
  
• Water Rights in Montana (2004)
  
• A Guide to the Montana Environmental Policy Act (2004)
  
• Petroleum and Petroleum Products in Montana (2003)
  
• A Citizen's Guide to Public Participation in Environmental Decisionmaking (2003)
  
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2001-2002

• Final Status of Natural Resource Legislation in the 57th Montana Legislature (2001)
  
• A Guide to Montana Water Quality Regulation (2002)
  
• Coal Bed Methane and Water Policy in Montana (2002)
  
• Understanding Electricity in Montana (2002)
  
• Electricity Law Handbook (2002)
  

1999-2000

• Final Status of Natural Resource Legislation in the 56th Montana Legislature (1999)
  
• Compliance with and Enforcement of Montana's Natural Resource and Environmental Laws (1999)
  
• Public Benefits and Private Rights: Countervailing Principles of Eminent Domain. House Join Resolution No. 34. Report to the 57th Legislature of the State of Montana.
  • Final Report. Volume I (2000
    
  • Proposed Legislation. Volume II (2000)
    
  • Public Comment. Volume III (2000)
    
  • Eminent Domain in Montana (A brief citizen's guide)
    
• Improving the Montana Environmental Policy Act Process: Senate Joint Resolution No. 18. Report to the 57th Legislature of the State of Montana (2000)
  
• Water Policy 2000 (2000)
  
• Funding for Growth Policies (2000)
  

1997-1998

• Final Status of Natural Resource Legislation in the 55th Montana Legislature (1997)
  
• Status of and Alternatives for the Management of Waste Tires in Montana: Report to the 56th Legslature (1998)
  
• Planning for Growth in Montana: Final Report to the 56th Legislature of the State of Montana (1998)
  
• Montana's Revised Water Quality Monitoring, Assessment, and Improvement Program (HB 546 and TMDLs in Practice): an EQC Report to the Montana Legislature (1998)
  
• Montana's Water Policy, 1997-1998. An EQC Communique to the Montana Legislature (1998)
  
• Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks' Water Leasing Study. Environmental Quality Council Final Report to the 56th Legislature (1998)
  

1995-1996

• Final Status of Natural Resource Legislation in the 54th Montana Legislature (1995)
  
• Our Montana Environment. Where Do We Stand (1996)
  
• HJR 10 Compliance and Enforcement Summary Report (1996)
  
• HJR 10 Compliance and Enforcement Study Technical Report (1996)
  
• Report on Water Policy to the 55th Legislature (1996)
  
• SJR 34 Hazardous Waste Management Study (1995)
  
• Report on Water Policy to the 54th Legislature (1995)
  
• SJR 29 Water Quality Nondegradation Study (1995)
  

1993-1994

• Final Status of Natural Resource Legislation in the 53rd Montana Legislature (1993)
  
• HJR 17: Interim Study of Lakeshore Development (1993)
  
• HJR 31 Energy Study Summary Report (1993)
  
• HJR 31 Energy Study Report (includes Montana energy law survey) (1993)
  
  • Appendix H: Montana Energy Data (1992)
    
• MEPA Handbook
  
• Transportation Energy Collaborative (1994)
  

1991-1992

• Final Status of Natural Resource Legislation in the 52nd Montana Legislature (1991)
  
• Energy and Montana: An Overview (1991)
  
• SJR 19: Interim Study of Solid Waste Management (1991)
• Annual Report: Research Issues (1991)
  
• Water Policy Committee: Report to the 53rd Montana Legislature (1992)
  

1989-1990

• Final Status of Natural Resource Legislation in the 51st Montana Legislature
  
• SJR 22: Interim Study on Ground Water Quality Protection and Management (1990)
  
• Log Scaling Study (1990)
  
• Rural Development Study (1990)
  
• Annual Report: Research Topics
  

1987-1988

• Final Status of Natural Resource Legislation in the 50th Montana Legislature
  
• HJR 49: Forest Practices and Watershed Effects (1988)
  
• Evaluation of Montana's Water Rights Adjudication Process
  

1985-1986

• Final Status of Natural Resource Legislation in the 49th Montana Legislature
  
• Report of the Select Committee on Water Marketing (1985)
  

1983-1984

• Montana Ground Water Status Report (1983)
  

1981-1982

• Socio-Economic Impacts of Large-Scale Hard-Rock Mining (1982)
  
• Environmental Regulations and Montana's Economy (1981)
  

1975-1976

• Montana Energy Policy Study (1975)
  
• Commerce Clause Considerations Relating to a "Local Power" Policy for Siting of Power Generation Facilities in Montana (1975)
  

Related Reports by other Agencies

• Conservation Easements (2007) Legislative Audit Division
  
• Resource Indemnity Trust: Fiscal Pocket Guide. (2006) Legislative Fiscal Division
  
• Metal Mines Performance Bonds and State Liability (2000) Roger Lloyd, Legislative Fiscal Division
  
• Upland Game Bird Habitat Enhancement Program (2000) Legislative Audit Division