North Dakota Code 61-15-11 – Wild and scenic rivers
1. Before a political subdivision engages in meetings with federal agencies to have any waterbody in the state designated a wild, scenic, or recreational river under the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act [16 U.S.C. § 1271, et seq.] the political subdivision must notify the:
Terms Used In North Dakota Code 61-15-11
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
- written: include "typewriting" and "typewritten" and "printing" and "printed" except in the case of signatures and when the words are used by way of contrast to typewriting and printing. See North Dakota Code 1-01-37
a. Director of the department of water resources; b. Director of the department of environmental quality; c. Director of the game and fish department; d. Director of the parks and recreation department; e. Water resource board of any water resource district that would be impacted; f. Director of the department of trust lands; g. Director of the department of mineral resources; h. County commission of any county impacted; i. Legislators of any district impacted; j. Grazing associations impacted; and k. Public service commission.
2. Any written communications between the political subdivision and federal agencies regarding such designation must be copied to the list in subsection 1.
3. The county commission shall hold a public hearing regarding the potential designation.
4. The governor and the county commission of any county impacted must express written support before the state or a federal agency designates a wild, scenic, or recreational river under the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act.