A request to increase a permitholder's pumping rate must be made in writing to the department. The department, before making a decision on the request, will consider what effect the increase has on other appropriators from the water source.

History: Effective April 1, 1989; amended effective July 1, 2014; January 1, 2023.

General Authority: NDCC 61-03-13

Law Implemented: NDCC 61-04-06.2