Table of Contents TITLE 76. LAND RESOURCES AND USE CHAPTER 13. TIMBER RESOURCES Part 1. Protection of Forest Resources

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76-13-101 — Purpose 76-13-102 — Definitions 76-13-103 — Applicability 76-13-104 — Functions of department –... 76-13-105 — Protection of lands and i... 76-13-107 — Classification of forest... 76-13-108 — Person responsible for pe... 76-13-110 — Owner's right to departme... 76-13-111 — Permissible expenditures 76-13-112 — Penalty for violation 76-13-113 — Destruction of signs 76-13-114 — Disposition of fines 76-13-115 — State fire policy 1 76-13-116 — Duties of firewardens – l... 76-13-119 — Exemption from environmen... 76-13-121 — Permit for burning requir... 76-13-122 — Failure to comply with pe... 76-13-123 — Failure to extinguish rec... 76-13-124 — Throwing lighted material... 76-13-125 — Spark arresters required 76-13-126 — Restrictions on mill wast... 76-13-131 — Renumbered 76-13-132 — Renumbered 76-13-133 — Renumbered 76-13-134 — Renumbered 76-13-135 — Renumbered 76-13-136 — Cooperative agreements wi... 76-13-140 — Legal representation for... 76-13-145 — Designation of wildland-u... 76-13-150 — Fire suppression account... 76-13-151 — Good neighbor forestry ac... 76-13-154 — Federal forest management...

Mont. Code Ann. § 76-13-126

(2021)

Restrictions on mill waste

(1) Before each wildfire season, all persons, firms, or corporations creating or responsible for mill waste within forest areas shall treat, dispose of, remove, or reduce the hazards created so that the accumulation of the waste does not constitute a fire hazard.

(2) A sawmill located within or contiguous to forest lands may not accumulate in one pile sawdust in excess of an amount resulting from the sawing of 500,000 feet log scale of sawlogs. However, a larger sawdust pile may be accumulated when there is no reasonable danger of fire from the sawdust pile and a permit for the additional accumulation is granted by the department. If burning is the disposal method elected, each sawdust pile must be prepared for burning by cribbing the base of each pile with slabs and must be burned in accordance with rules adopted by the department.

Official Annotations archive.org, 2021 edition

History:

EnactedEn. SectionSec. 19, ChapterCh. 128, Laws ofL. 1939

AmendedAmd. SectionSec. 1, ChapterCh. 222, Laws ofL. 1955

AmendedAmd. SectionSec. 1, ChapterCh. 195, Laws ofL. 1969

AmendedAmd. SectionSec. 13, ChapterCh. 253, Laws ofL. 1974

Revised Codes of MontanaR.C.M. 1947, 28-119

AmendedAmd. SectionSec. 15, ChapterCh. 336, Laws ofL. 2007 (SB 145 - Shockley, Jim (R) SD 45)

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