Record - Official notice.

89-03-01-06.3. Record - Official notice. Unless specifically excluded by the department or the hearing officer, the record in each water permit application proceeding includes, if available, the following reports or records, or portions thereof, relevant to the proposed appropriation: 1. United States department of agriculture natural resources conservation service reports, including the North Dakota hydrology manual, North Dakota irrigation guide, and county soil survey reports. 2. United States geological survey and department streamflow records. 3. United States geological survey and department water quality data. 4. National oceanic and atmospheric administration climatological data. 5. United States geological survey topographic maps. 6. Department water permit files. 7. Department annual water use reports. 8. Department and United States geological survey ground water level data. 9. Water well contractors well completion reports. 10. Department test hole records. 11. Department water resource investigations reports and ground water study reports. 12. Department and United States geological survey county ground water study reports. 13. Information in department and state water commission files, records, and other published reports. History: Effective February 1, 1994; amended effective April 1, 2000; July 1, 2014; January 1, 2023; April 1, 2026. General Authority: NDCC 61-03-13 Law Implemented: NDCC 61-04-05.1 5