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17.30.611    WATER-USE CLASSIFICATION--YELLOWSTONE RIVER DRAINAGE

(1) The water-use classifications adopted for the Yellowstone River are as follows:

(a) Yellowstone River drainage to the Laurel water supply intake (approximately at latitude 45.6557, longitude -108.7594)  ..................................................................................................  B-1

(b) Yellowstone River drainage from the Laurel water supply intake to the Billings water supply intake (approximately at latitude 45.7745, longitude -108.4778)

except the tributaries listed in (1) (b) (i) through (iii)  .........................................................  B-2

(i) Clarks Fork of the Yellowstone River drainage from source up to and including Jack Creek near Bridger  .........................................................................................................................................  B-1

(ii) Mainstem of the Clarks Fork of the Yellowstone River from Jack Creek to the Yellowstone River  ............................................................................................................................................  B-2

(iii) Tributaries to the Clarks Fork Yellowstone River from Jack Creek to the Yellowstone River except the portion of West Fork of Rock Creek listed in

(1) (b) (iii) (A)  ........................................................................................................................  B-1

(A) West Fork of Rock Creek drainage to the Red Lodge water supply intake (approximately at latitude 45.1593, longitude -109.2779)  ...................................................................................................................................  A-1

(c) Yellowstone River drainage from the Billings water supply intake to the North Dakota state line and including the Big Horn River drainage except the waters listed in (1) (c) (i) through (ix)  ................................................................................................................................................  C-3

(i) Yellowstone River mainstem  ....................................................................................................................................  B-3

(ii) Pryor Creek drainage to Interstate 90  ..............................................................  B-1

(iii) Big Horn drainage above but excluding Williams Coulee near

Hardin  ...................................................................................................................................  B-1

(iv) Little Big Horn drainage above and including Lodgegrass Creek drainage near Lodge Grass  ..........................................................................................................................................  B-1

(v) Little Big Horn River drainage below Lodge Grass Creek  ............................  B-2

(vi) Big Horn River mainstem from Williams Coulee to Yellowstone

River  ......................................................................................................................................  B-2

(vii) Tongue River (mainstem) from the western crossing of the Wyoming boundary and the Tongue River Reservoir to Prairie Dog Creek (approximately at latitude 45.2692, longitude -106.6243)  ...................................................................................................................................  B-2

(viii) Tongue River mainstem from Prairie Dog Creek to Yellowstone

River  ......................................................................................................................................  B-3

(ix) Fox Creek drainage near Sidney  .....................................................................  B-2

History: 75-5-201, 75-5-301, MCA; IMP, 75-5-301, MCA; Eff. 12/31/72; AMD, Eff. 11/4/73; AMD, Eff. 9/5/74; AMD, 1980 MAR p. 2252, Eff. 8/1/80; AMD, 1988 MAR p. 1191, Eff. 6/10/88; TRANS, from DHES, 1996 MAR p. 1499; AMD, 2002 MAR p. 387, Eff. 2/15/02.

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