24.171.505    FISHING OUTFITTER OPERATIONS PLAN

(1) A fishing outfitter may include in a proposed or an existing operations plan, a general reference to "all surface waters governed by the Montana Stream Access Law, 23-2-302, MCA, and accessible by public access points not requiring a permit restricting commercial use issued by a state or federal agency(ies)." Alternatively, the outfitter may include in a proposed or existing operations plan specific surface waters governed by the Montana Stream Access Law and accessible by public access points not requiring a permit issued by a state or federal agency, by including detailed descriptions of those specific waters as provided in 37-47-304(2)(c)(ii), MCA.

(2) Surface waters accessible only by private land or access points requiring a permit issued by a state or federal agency(ies) may only be included in a fishing outfitter's proposed or existing operations plan by describing the waters in detail as provided in 37-47-304(2)(c)(ii), MCA. Description and submission of private land access permission and permit(s) issued by the appropriate state or federal agency(ies) shall be governed by ARM 24.171.520.

 

History: 37-1-131, 37-47-201, MCA; IMP, 37-1-131, 37-47-201, 37-47-304, MCA; NEW, 2009 MAR p. 1406, Eff. 8/14/09; AMD, 2016 MAR p. 1960, Eff. 10/29/16; AMD, 2017 MAR p. 1900, Eff. 10/14/17.