The energy, minerals and natural resources department and the department of environment are authorized to contract with environmental engineers, hydrologists, geochemists and other professionals or consultants as needed to perform a rigorous study of the generating facility and mine to:

A. investigate and determine the extent of any environmental contamination;

B. create an independent restoration and remediation plan to remediate and prevent environmental contamination and impacts to ground water with long-term, measurable cleanup and performance standards; and

C. address the probability of adverse effects to human health and community resilience, particularly resulting from ground water contamination.