The environmental quality restoration fund may be used to fund approvable actions at listed sites. The department has discretion to determine the amount of funding that will be used at a site and types of approvable actions that will be funded. The department may seek cost recovery from responsible parties. Listed sites will be addressed according to the site's ranking on the North Dakota environmental priorities list, but the department reserves the right at any time to:

1. Modify the order of processing, payment, and approval of activities; or

2. Modify the ranking of sites based on new information or revision of department priorities.

History: Effective January 1, 2023.

General Authority: NDCC 23.1-10-03

Law Implemented: NDCC 23.1-10-02, 23.1-10-03