North Dakota Century Code Title 61. Waters § 61-33.1-07. Department of water resources regulatory jurisdiction (Retroactive application--See note)

This chapter does not affect the authority of the department of water resources to regulate the historical Missouri riverbed channel, minerals other than oil and gas, or the waters of the state, provided the regulation does not affect ownership of oil and gas minerals in and under the riverbed or lands above the ordinary high water mark of the historical Missouri riverbed channel subject to inundation by Pick-Sloan Missouri basin project dams.