Coal Bed Methane

Press Releases & Public Notices
Date Topic
April 30, 2003 The Bureau of Land Management has issued a Record of Decision (ROD) on the final EIS that addresses CBM development in Montana.  Copies of the press release and the ROD are available on BLM's Miles City Office web site.
April 11, 2003 The Department requested the Board to reconsider the values it selected for sodium adsorption ration (SAR) for the Powder River and the values it selected for electrical conductivity (EC) for Rosebud Creek during the non-irrigation season.
March 14, 2003 The Montana Department of Environmental Quality has released TMDL status reports for the Tongue, Powder, and Rosebud basins.  The documents are available for review on the DEQ web site's public comments page.  For details and comment deadlines, click on press release.
February 18, 2003 The public has until February 18, 2003 to comment on the state's adoption of the final EIS that addresses potential coal bed natural gas development in Montana.  For details, click on press release.
January 31, 2003 Notice of public hearing for proposed new rules and amendment of rules pertaining to the proposed adoption of numeric standards for electrical conductivity (EC) and sodium adsorption ration (SAR) and the amendment of ARM 17-30-706.  A copy of the amended rules may be obtained from the Internet at http://www.deq.mt.gov/dir/legal/hearing.asp.
January 10, 2003 The Montana final EIS on potential CBM development is now available.  Click here to view the online version.