N.D. Cent. Code § 61-02-25
Every state officer, department, board, and commission authorized by any law of this state to act upon or to be concerned with any interstate commission involving any interstate compact, or to act upon any foreign commission involving any foreign compact, or with any federal agency or department of the United States, the subject matter of which in any way concerns or involves water conservation, flood control, irrigation, water pollution or contamination, or the exercise of the powers and duties granted to the commission by this chapter, first shall submit to the commission the plans, purposes, and contemplated action and shall receive the approval of the commission therefor before making any agreement, contract, purchase, sale, or lease, for any of said purposes. The commission may give its aid and assistance to any state agency so acting with respect to any interstate compact.
N.D.C.C. § 61-02-25