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; andC. address the probability of adverse effects to human health and community resilience, particularly resulting from ground water contamination.History: Laws 2023, ch. 185, § 4. ANNOTATIONSEffective dates. — Laws 2023, ch. 185, § 5 made Laws 2023, ch. 185, § 4 effective July 1, 2023.
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