North Dakota funds environmental agency and fuel inspection work

The law provides money for the Department of Environmental Quality’s expenses. The funding covers the department’s work during the 2025–27 budget period. The funding covers July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2027.

The law directs collected inspection fees to the Department of Environmental Quality’s operating fund for the state fuel inspection program. Licensed motor vehicle fuel and special-fuel dealers pay the fee on covered fuel they sell or use. The fee is one-fortieth of a cent per gallon. Out-of-state sales and sales in original packages are excluded. The funds may be spent on the program only as the legislature appropriates them. Dealers send the fee with their monthly report, due by the 25th day of the following month.

The law provides one-time money for listed projects and requires the department to report how it uses that funding. The listed projects include moving into and equipping a new chemistry laboratory, emerging-contaminants equipment, and a petroleum-tank database. The department must report on the use of the listed funding to the appropriations committees. The department must report the funding’s use to the appropriations committees of the 2027 legislative assembly.