§ 23.1-01-03 — Director - Powers and duties

The director of the department of environmental quality shall:
1. Enforce all rules adopted by the department;
2. Hire employees as necessary to carry out the duties of the department and director;
3. Organize the department in the most efficient and effective manner;
4. Maintain, in conjunction with the department of health and human services, a
laboratory to carry out the necessary tests and examinations for purposes of this title,
and establish a fee schedule for the tests and examinations;
5. Issue bulletins, news releases, or reports as necessary to inform the public of
environmental hazards;
6. Establish rules necessary for maintaining sanitation, including rules for approving
plans for water works and sewage systems;
7. Maintain a central environmental laboratory and, if necessary, branch laboratories for
the standard function of diagnostic, sanitary, and chemical examinations; and
8. Any other action, including the collection and distribution of environmental quality data,
necessary and appropriate for the administration of this title and chapters 61-28,
61-28.1, and 61-28.2.