(a) The applicant for a license, or renewal of a license, must show that:
(1) the quarry complies, or before operations begin will comply, with all state water quality protection laws; and
(2) an approved sediment control and stormwater management plan is in effect, and a current sediment control permit is issued for the quarry.
(b) The licensee must not, in the license boundary or otherwise in connection with quarry activity, improperly handle, store, or dispose of any hazardous or toxic material or any other substance that may contaminate ground or surface water.
(c) Any license issued under this Chapter must require compliance with monitoring requirements and discharge limitations specified by a state National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit or any other state water quality permit. The licensee must annually provide the Department with any monitoring results associated with a state NPDES permit or any other state water quality permit.
(d) Any slope, except an area of active excavation or a temporary stockpile, must be seeded within 10 days after land disturbance activity in the area is substantially complete. A vegetative cover must be maintained on any slope required to be seeded under this subsection. In this subsection, a temporary stockpile is a stockpile which exists for 10 or more days. (Mont. Co. Code 1965, § 98-12; 1992 L.M.C., ch. 1, § 1.)