Authorization to contract with outside professionals to

assist in the remediation and restoration study. The energy, minerals and natural resources department and the department of environment are authorized to contract with environmental engineers, hydrologists, geochemists and other professionals or consultants as needed to perform a rigorous study of the generating facility and mine to: A. investigate and determine the extent of any environmental contamination; B. create an independent restoration and remediation plan to remediate and prevent environmental contamination and impacts to ground water with long-term, measurable cleanup and performance standards; and C. address the probability of adverse effects to human health and community resilience, particularly resulting from ground water contamination. History: Laws 2023, ch. 185, § 4.