§ 61-16.2-03 — Duties of the department

North Dakota § 61-16.2-03

• Jurisdiction: North Dakota
• Title 61: Waters
• Ch. 61-16.2: Floodplain Management

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The department shall:
1. Collect and distribute information relating to flooding and floodplain management.
2. Coordinate local, state, and federal floodplain management activities to the greatest
extent possible, and encourage appropriate federal agencies to make their flood
control planning data available to communities and districts for planning purposes, in
order to allow adequate local participation in the planning process and in the selection
of desirable alternatives.
3. Assist communities and districts in their floodplain management activities within the
limits of available appropriations and personnel in cooperation with the division of
homeland security and emergency management.
4. Do all other things, within lawful authority, which are necessary or desirable to manage
the floodplains for uses compatible with the preservation of the capacity of the
floodplain to carry and discharge the base flood. In cooperation with communities and
districts, the department shall conduct, whenever possible, periodic inspections to
determine the effectiveness of local floodplain management programs, including an
evaluation of the enforcement of and compliance with local floodplain management
ordinances.