The Department shall make investigations and assemble such data as it deems necessary for a proper review and study of the design and construction of any dams, reservoirs and appurtenances to which this chapter applies, and for such purposes the Department or its agents may enter upon private property. The Department may employ or make such agreements with geologists, engineers, or other expert consultants and such assistants, as it deems necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter.

74 Del. Laws, c. 392, § ?1;