NEWS

Groups Request DEQ Director Seek Legal Clarification from EPA Before Advancing Nutrient Rulemaking Rollback

Legal Clarification on SB 358 Rulemaking Still Absent On Monday, May 9, 2021 Upper Missouri Waterkeeper, Montana Environmental Information Center, Montana Trout Unlimited, Clark Fork Coalition, and Gallatin River Task Force submitted a letter to Montana Department of Environmental Quality’s…

Conservation Groups Petition the State of Montana to Protect Gallatin River

Algal Blooms on the Gallatin Signal the Need for Pollution-Control Planning; Impairment Designation Upper Missouri Waterkeeper, Gallatin River Task Force, Montana Trout Unlimited, Greater Yellowstone Coalition, and American Rivers filed a petition with the Montana Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ)…

Upper Missouri Waterkeeper Sues the EPA for Failing to Protect Montana’s Water from Nutrient Pollution

Federal Oversight Agency Has Yet To Address Unlawful Rollbacks of Water Quality Standards Today, March 24, 2022, Upper Missouri Waterkeeper filed a complaint against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for failure to perform its mandatory duty under the Clean…

State of Montana’s Dept. of Environmental Quality Publishes First Water Quality Rollback Rule

 DEQ Failed to Address Concerns Raised by Conservation Groups and Montana Citizens On Friday, March 11th, the Montana Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) finalized New Rule 1 as proposed, the first of a two part rulemaking process to amend ARM…

State of Montana’s Proposed Stormwater Pollution Permit Needs Improvement to Protect Waterways from Industrial Wastes

Upper Missouri Waterkeeper Submits Comments Addressing DEQ’s Proposed Multi-Sector General Permit for Industrial Activity February 28, 2021 Last week, Upper Missouri Waterkeeper submitted a technical comment letter to the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) concerning the proposed Montana Pollution Discharge…

The Truth About a Stormwater Designation in Gallatin County

In the summer of 2021, Upper Missouri Waterkeeper submitted a petition to the Montana Dept. of Environmental Quality (DEQ) requesting the designation of Gallatin County as a municipal separate stormwater system (MS4) entity to better control stormwater pollution in the…

Technical Comments Submitted Concerning New Major Subdivision Pollution Permit That Will Further Degrade the Lower Gallatin

 Decisionmakers fail to consider cumulative impacts of more sprawl development On Wednesday, Upper Missouri Waterkeeper submitted comments to the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) questioning the proposed approval of yet another new major subdivision’s polluting septic system in the Gallatin Valley’s…

Upper Missouri Waterkeeper Submits Comments Opposing Water Quality Rollback

Technical Comments Call Out the Dept. of Environmental Quality’s Disingenuous, Unlawful Rulemaking Process For Polluters Upper Missouri Waterkeeper submitted technical comments alongside the Montana Environmental Information Center and Montana Trout Unlimited on the Department of Environmental Quality’s (DEQ) proposed amendment…

Complaint Filed Over Dept. of Environmental Quality’s Dereliction of Duty to Address Gallatin County Stormwater Pollution 

 Upper Missouri Waterkeeper Complaint Challenges DEQ’s Failure to Recognize and Address Prolific Development and Water Resource Impacts in Gallatin County  Upper Missouri Waterkeeper filed a complaint over the State of Montana’s Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ)’s denial of a petition…