(a) Technical, scientific, legal, or other services may be performed, insofar as practicable, by personnel of other state agencies and educational institutions and the Attorney General. However, the personnel of these state agencies shall receive no additional salary or wages for their services to the Division of Environmental Quality.
(b) The Director of the Division of Environmental Quality, however, may employ and compensate, within appropriations available, consultants and such assistants and employees as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter and prescribe their powers and duties.