17.38.262    GRANT OF A VARIANCE OR EXEMPTION

(1) At a public hearing held pursuant to ARM 17.38.244, a presiding officer shall accept information, comments and data from persons relevant to the terms proposed by the department for a variance or exemption and its accompanying compliance plan. The hearing is not subject to the contested case procedure of the Montana Administrative Procedure Act, and cross-examination is not allowed. The presiding officer has the discretion to limit repetitive testimony.

History: 75-6-103, MCA; IMP, 75-6-103, 75-6-107, MCA; NEW, 1982 MAR p. 595, Eff. 3/26/82; TRANS, from DHES, 1996 MAR p. 1499; AMD, 2000 MAR p. 3400, Eff. 12/8/00.