BISMARCK, N.D. (KFGO-AM) - The chief of the North Dakota Department of Health's environmental health section says he welcomes an audit of his agency's performance related to regulating oil and gas.
Dave Glatt says that he expects such an audit, even though it won't be required by law.
North Dakota's House last week soundly defeated bipartisan legislation by a 67-22 vote that would have required performance audits of the state Department of Mineral Resources and the state Department of Health. Both agencies have departments that regulate oil and gas activity in the state.
House Democratic Minority Leader Kenton Onstad sponsored the bill that would have required the audits.
Onstad says the bill was crafted after increasing worry from landowners and others that the agencies were not adequately regulating the oil industry.