§ 38-24-02 — Jurisdiction of the commission and duties

North Dakota § 38-24-02

• Jurisdiction: North Dakota
• Title 38: Mining and Gas and Oil Production
• Ch. 38-24: Underground Storage and Retrieval of Nonhydrocarbons

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The commission has jurisdiction and authority over any person or property, public or private,
necessary to enforce this chapter. The commission acting through the office of the state
geologist may:
1. Require:
a. Identification of ownership of all facilities and equipment used for the
underground storage and retrieval of nonhydrocarbons.
b. The making and filing of all logs and reports on facility location, drilling, boring,
excavating, and construction and the filing of samples, core chips, and complete
cores, when requested, free of charge, in the office of the state geologist.
c. The drilling, boring, excavating, and construction of facilities in a manner
preventing contamination and pollution of surface and ground water sources and
the environment.
d. The furnishing of a reasonable bond with good and sufficient surety, conditioned
upon the full compliance with this chapter, and the rules and orders of the
commission.
e. Metering or other measuring of all nonhydrocarbons injected, emplaced, stored,
or retrieved from a facility regulated by this chapter.
f. A person operating a facility for the underground storage and retrieval of
nonhydrocarbons in this state to keep and maintain complete and accurate
records of the quantities and nature of material stored and retrieved, which
records must be available to the commission or its agents at all times, and may
require every such person to file prescribed reports with the commission.
g. Upon termination of the operation of a facility or activity regulated by this chapter,
the operator of the facility to restore the surface as nearly as possible to its
original condition and productivity.
2. Regulate:
a. The testing, exploration, drilling, boring, excavating, and construction of
underground storage and retrieval.
b. Operations to assure the optimum performance of a facility regulated by this
chapter.
3. Prescribe the nature, quantity, and source of nonhydrocarbons to be stored in or
retrieved from a facility regulated by this chapter.
4. Adopt and enforce rules and orders to effectuate the purposes of this chapter.