36.12.102 FORMS

(1) The following necessary forms for implementation of the act and these rules are available from the Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, P.O. Box 201601, Helena, Montana 59620-1601 and its Water Resources regional offices, or on the World Wide Web at http://dnrc.mt.gov/wrd/default.asp. The department may revise as necessary the following forms to improve the administration of these rules and the applicable water laws:

(a) Form No. 600, "Application for Beneficial Water Use Permit", which must be submitted for groundwater developments in excess of 35 gpm or ten acre-feet per year and surface water appropriations;

(b) Form No. 602, "Notice of Completion of Groundwater Development", which must be submitted for groundwater developments with a maximum use of 35 gpm or less, not to exceed ten acre-feet per year;

(d) Form No. 605, "Application for Provisional Permit for Completed Stockwater Pit or Reservoir", which must be submitted for a pit or reservoir with a maximum capacity of less than 15 acre-feet and a total appropriation of less than 30 acre-feet per year;

(e) Form No. 606, "Application to Change a Water Right";

(f) Form No. 607, "Application for Extension of Time";

(g) Form No. 608, "Water Right Ownership Update";

(h) Form No. 611, "Objection to Application";

(i) Form No. 613, "Fee Schedule for Water Use in Montana";

(j) Form No. 615, "Water Conversion Table";

(k) Form No. 617, "Project Completion Notice for Permitted Water Development";

(l) Form No. 618, "Project Completion Notice for Change of a Water Right";

(m) Form No. 625, "Water Right Correction";

(n) Form No. 626, "Application to Renew a Temporary Water Right Change";

(o) Form No. 630, "Controlled Groundwater Area Petition";

(p) Form No. 631, "Petition for Closure of a Highly Appropriated Basin";

(q) Form No. 633, "Aquifer Test Data Form";

(r) Form No. 634, "Replacement Well Notice", which must be submitted for municipal wells that do not exceed 450 gpm, or for all other wells that do not exceed 35 gpm and ten acre-feet per year;

(s) Form No. 635, "Redundant Well Construction Notice", which must be submitted for redundant wells in a public water supply system as defined by 75-6-102, MCA;

(t) Form No. 636, "Interim Permit Request";

(u) Form No. 637, "Reinstatement Request", which must be submitted to reinstate a permit or change authorization;

(v) Form No. 638, "Water Reservation Application for Instream Flow", which must be submitted for instream flow water reservation applications allowed under the United States of America, Department of Agriculture, Forest Service-Montana Compact, Article VI, section B;

(w) Form No. 639, "Waiver of Statutory Timelines";

(x) Form No. 640, "Certification of Water Right Ownership Update", which must be completed and submitted to the county clerk and recorder with a Realty Transfer Certificate when a water right is being divided or exempted (reserved) from the property;

(y) Form No. 641, "DNRC Ownership Update, Divided Interest", which must be submitted for a water right that will be divided;

(z) Form No. 642, "DNRC Ownership Update, Exempt (Reserved) Water Right", which must be submitted for a water right that will be exempted (reserved) from a sale of land, and for which the seller will retain ownership of the water right;

(aa) Form No. 643, "DNRC Ownership Update, Severed Water Right", which must be submitted where a water right will be severed from the land. A severed water right does not involve a land sale;

(ab) Form No. 644, "Notice of Replacement Point of Diversion", which must be submitted for replacement of surface water points of diversion under 85-2-402(18), MCA;

(ac) Form No. 645, "Permit Registration for Groundwater Use within the National Park Service Compact Area", which must be submitted for groundwater developments with a maximum use of 35 gpm or less, not to exceed ten acre-feet per year;

(ad) Form No. 646, "Geothermal Heating/Cooling Notice of Completion", which must be submitted for groundwater developments for a geothermal purpose with a maximum use of 350 gpm;

(ae) Form No. 647, "Notice of Completion of Emergency Fire Protection Development", which must be submitted for groundwater developments by local governmental fire agencies organized under Title 7, chapter 33, MCA, for emergency fire protection;

(af) Form No. 648, "Petition to Subordinate a State Water Reservation";

(ag) Form No. 649, "Surface Water Measurement Data Form";

(ah) Form No. 650, "Temporary Lease of Appropriation Right";

(ai) Form No. 651, "Petition to Modify a Permit or Change Authorization"; and

(aj) Form No. 652, "Petition for Stream Depletion Zone."

History: 85-2-113, MCA; IMP, 85-2-113, 85-2-306, 85-2-311, 85-2-316, 85-2-402, 85-2-424, 85-20-401, MCA; NEW, Eff. 7/5/73; AMD, Eff. 2/4/75; AMD, 1982 MAR p. 702, Eff. 4/16/82; AMD, 1984 MAR p. 882, Eff. 6/1/84; AMD, 1987 MAR p. 1560, Eff. 9/11/87; AMD, 1992 MAR p. 1615, Eff. 7/31/92; AMD, 1996 MAR p. 2430, Eff. 9/20/96; AMD, 2000 MAR p. 636, Eff. 2/25/00; AMD, 2003 MAR p. 1535, Eff. 7/18/03; AMD, 2008 MAR p. 326, Eff. 2/15/08; AMD, 2008 MAR p. 1820, Eff. 8/29/08; AMD, 2011 MAR p. 2043, Eff. 10/1/11; AMD, 2012 MAR p. 2071, Eff. 10/12/12; AMD, 2013 MAR p. 1344, Eff. 7/26/13.