ND HB1271

State department of health may recover reasonable and necessary costs from responsible parties for environmental emergencies involving assessment, removal, corrective action, or monitoring under specified environmental violation chapters.

"Reasonable and necessary costs" are those incurred by the department due to responsible parties' failure to implement appropriate corrective action after written notice.

Any fees or civil penalties collected for violations of environmental chapters 23-20.1, 23-20.3, 23-25, 23-29, 61-28, or 61-28.1 must be deposited into the environmental quality restoration fund.

Environmental quality restoration fund is established and administered by the state department of health with funds appropriated on a continuing basis for environmental assessment, removal, corrective action, or monitoring costs determined case-by-case.