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N.D.C.C. § 61-32-03 Permit to drain waters required - Penalty
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Any person, before draining a pond, slough, lake, or sheetwater, or any series thereof, which has a watershed area comprising eighty acres [32.37 hectares] or more, shall first secure a permit to do so. The permit application must be submitted to the department of water resources…
N.D.C.C. § 61-32-03.1 Permit to drain subsurface waters required - Permit form - Penalty
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1. Installation of a subsurface water management system comprising eighty acres [32.37 hectares] of land area or more requires a permit. A person that violates this section is guilty of an infraction. Subsurface water management systems that use surface intakes or lift stations m…
N.D.C.C. § 61-32-03.3 Smaller subsurface water management systems - Notification and conditions - Penalty
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1. A person may not install a subsurface water management system comprising less than eighty acres [32.37 hectares] of land area until the person has notified the board of the water resource district within which is found a majority of the land area of the system of the following…
N.D.C.C. § 61-32-07 Closing a noncomplying drain - Notice and hearing - Appeal - Injunction - Frivolous complaints
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1. Only a landowner experiencing flooding or adverse effects from an unauthorized drain constructed before January 1, 1975, may file a complaint with the water resource board. Any person may file a complaint about an unauthorized drain constructed after January 1, 1975. Upon rece…