WATER POLLUTION CONTROL ADVISORY COUNCIL (WPCAC)

Main Line: (406) 444-6697
Staff Contact: Hannah Riedl
Phone: (406) 444-0549

The Water Pollution Control Advisory Council represents a diverse array of Montana interests and plays an important role in formulating Montana's water quality policy. Council members are appointed by the Governor and serve in an advisory capacity to the Department by furnishing advice, gathering information, and making recommendations. The Council also reviews and advises the Department on draft administrative rules prior to their consideration by the Board of Environmental Review. WPCAC is authorized under section 2-15-2107 of the Montana Code Annotated.

Next Meeting

Date Time Location Agenda
July 26, 2019 10:00 a.m. Metcalf Building
Room 40		 Agenda

Agendas, Minutes and Presentations

Date Time Location Minutes Agenda Presentations
September 6, 2019 10:00 a.m. Metcalf Building, Room 40   TBD  
July 26, 2019 10:00 a.m. Metcalf Building, Room 40 Teleconference Call   Agenda Department Circular DEQ12B November 2019 draft
July 12, 2019 10:00 a.m. Metcalf Building, Room 40 Teleconference Call   Agenda  
May 3, 2019 10:00 a.m. Metcalf Building, Room 40 Final_Minutes Agenda State Harmful Algae Bloom Program
January 11, 2019 10:00 a.m. Metcalf Building, Room 40  Final Minutes Agenda

  Belt Wastewater Treatment

Treatment Factsheet

Belt Biota

Water Quality Division's Strategic Plans
November 9, 2018 10:00 a.m. Metcalf Building, Room 111 Final Minutes Agenda  Lagoon Setback Graphic
Lagoon Setback
Draft DEQ-7
July 13, 2018 10:00 a.m. Metcalf Building, Room 111 Final Minutes Agenda Lagoon Setback Graphic
401 Cert. Change
May 11, 2018 10:00 a.m. Metcalf Building, Room 111 Final Minutes Agenda

TENORM

Upper Blackfoot Mining Complex Update
February 23, 2018 10:00 a.m. Metcalf Building, Room 111 Final Minutes

Agenda

Lewistown Drinking Water

Smith River Monitoring & Algae App
January 12, 2018 10:00 a.m. Metcalf Building, Room 111 Final Minutes Agenda Industrial Stormwater General Permit 2018 Renewal
November 3, 2017 10:00 a.m. Metcalf Building, Room 111 Final Minutes Agenda Numeric Nutrient Standards Variances: Individual Variance for Whitefish, MT
July 7, 2017 10:00 a.m. Metcalf Building, Room 111 Final Minutes Agenda No Presentations
April 28, 2017 10:00 a.m. Metcalf Building, Room 45 Final Minutes Agenda Overview of the General Permit for Storm Water Discharge Associated with Construction Activity
April 13, 2017 10:00 a.m. Metcalf Building, Room 111 Final Minutes No Agenda Triennial Review and Update of Circular DEQ-12B: Nutrient Standards Variances
February 17, 2017 10:00 a.m. Metcalf Building, Room 111 Minutes Agenda SB325 Variance Rulemaking
January 6, 2017 10:00 a.m. Metcalf Building, Room 111 Minutes Agenda Clark Canyon and Beaverhead River Water Quality Project Update
November 18, 2016 10:00 a.m. Metcalf Building, Room 111 Minutes Agenda
September 9, 2016 10:00 a.m. Metcalf Building, Room 111 Minutes Agenda 2016 Triennial Review and Amendments to Montana's Water Quality Standards
May 13, 2016 10:00 a.m. Metcalf Building, Room 111 Minutes Agenda Enforcement of the Water Quality Act

Organizational Chart

Council Members (serve at the pleasure of the Governor)
Name/Address Telephone Number
Area Code 406		 Representing
Karen Bucklin Sanchez
424 N 5th Ave
Bozeman, MT 59715		 Home: 599-0119 Professional Engineer with Experience in Sanitary Engineering
VACANT --- Irrigated Agriculture

Bob Zimmer
215 S. Wallace Ave
Bozeman, MT  59715

 Office: 586-1593 Conservation Organization
VACANT --- Organic Waste Dispostal Industry Representative
Stevie Neuman
639 US Hwy 89
Vaughn, MT 59487		 Home: 964-0495 Conservation Districts
Earl Salley
1104 19th St. South
Great Falls, MT 59405		 Home: 268-1628 Inorganic Waste Disposal Industry Representative
Trevor Selch
711 Red Letter St.
Helena MT 59601		 Office: 444-5686 Fisheries Biologist
Craig Workman
418 E. 2nd St.
Whitefish, MT  59937		 Office: 863-2455 Public Works Director
Mary Ahmann Hibbard
55 W. 14th St. Suite 101
Helena, MT  59601		 Mobile: 439-0119 Real Estate Representative
Michael Wendland
PO Box 142
Rudyard, MT 59540		 Home: 355-4508 Production Agriculture
Adam Sigler
334 Leon Johnson Hall
Bozeman, MT  59717		 994-7381 Public Representative

 

Water Pollution Control Advisory Council consists of eleven members who are appointed by the Governor. WPCAC members are entitled to be reimbursed for travel expenses incurred while in the performance of council duties as provided for in 2-18-501,2-18-502 and 2-18-503.

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