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Committee backs updates to operator certification, testing and penalties for water systems
Summary
Senate Bill 2110 would move the certification year to the calendar year, allow third-party testing and create a civil-penalty path for most operator-certification violations while preserving a misdemeanor for intentional or willful wrongdoing; the committee recommended do-pass after extended questioning.
The House Energy and Natural Resources Committee recommended a do-pass on Senate Bill 2110 after a lengthy hearing that probed certification, testing access for small systems, enforcement tools and potential penalties.
Carl Rockman, deputy director of the North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality, told the committee the bill responds to stakeholder requests to modernize operator certification for public drinking-water and wastewater systems. “Certification requires operators to obtain a sufficient education and experience and then complete a final examination,” Rockman…
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