CONSENT TO APPROVE BENEFICIAL WATER USE APPLICATION BY PEAK HEALTH MANAGEMENT COMPANY LLC

CONSENT TO APPROVE BENEFICIAL WATER USE APPLICATION BY PEAK HEALTH MANAGEMENT COMPANY LLC

 

 

Peak Health Management Company LLC (PEAK) has expanded the use of water from groundwater wells to supply additional developments around its facility located at the intersection of Blue Mountain Road and HWY 93 southwest of Missoula near the Bitterroot River.  With this expanded water use PEAK is exceeding its existing water rights and needs to acquire a new water right permit (pending application 76H 30150412).  The new use of groundwater results in a depletion of flow in the lower Bitterroot River where Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks (FWP) jointly holds with the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes (CSKT) instream flow water rights that are not always met.  Because of this, PEAK must mitigate the Bitterroot River flow depletions. 

 

A complete copy of the EA is posted on our website at https://fwp.mt.gov/news/public-notices

              Public Comments

                Deadline: Comments must be received by 5pm on August 21, 2023

Email to abrummond@mt.gov

Or mail to:

Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks

Attn: Andy Brummond

PO Box 938

Lewistown, MT 59457-0938