South Dakota Codified Laws
Chapter 03A - Safe Drinking Water
Section 34A-3A-3 - Promulgation of rules establishing standards and compliance procedures--Violation.

34A-3A-3. Promulgation of rules establishing standards and compliance procedures--Violation.
The Water Management Board shall promulgate rules, pursuant to chapter 1-26, establishing:
(1)Safe drinking water standards with maximum contaminant levels necessary to protect public health and safety. No maximum contaminant level may be more stringent than those established under the Federal Safe Drinking Water Act, as amended to January 1, 2011; and
(2)Procedures to ensure compliance with this chapter including quality control, testing, monitoring, record keeping, reporting, and public notice.
A violation of the rules adopted pursuant to this section is subject to a civil action by the State of South Dakota in circuit court for the recovery of a civil penalty not to exceed five hundred dollars for each day of violation.

Source: SL 1983, ch 260, §3; SL 1987, ch 259, §2; SL 1988, ch 285, §37; SL 1992, ch 158, §37; SL 2011, ch 165, §80.

Structure South Dakota Codified Laws

South Dakota Codified Laws

Title 34A - Environmental Protection

Chapter 03A - Safe Drinking Water

Section 34A-3A-1 - Public policy.

Section 34A-3A-2 - Definitions.

Section 34A-3A-3 - Promulgation of rules establishing standards and compliance procedures--Violation.

Section 34A-3A-4 - Enforcement powers of secretary.

Section 34A-3A-5 - Variances of standards--Grounds for authorizing.

Section 34A-3A-6 - Exemption of public water supply systems--Requirements.

Section 34A-3A-7 - Action for variance or exemption--Notice--Hearing.

Section 34A-3A-12 - Notice of variance, exemption, or violation of compliance schedule.

Section 34A-3A-13 - Notice by secretary on failure of supplier.

Section 34A-3A-14 - Application to public water systems.

Section 34A-3A-15 - Injunctive and declaratory relief.

Section 34A-3A-16 - Approval and certification of laboratory facilities and personnel.

Section 34A-3A-17 - Prevention of pollution of water supply systems--Development of voluntary wellhead protection program--Specifications.

Section 34A-3A-18 - Water quality sample collected upon completion of well--Submission to department--Time period--Minimum analyzation requirements.

Section 34A-3A-19 - State administration of the public water system supervision program--Fee.

Section 34A-3A-20 - Annual fee schedule for public water systems.

Section 34A-3A-22 - Establishment of the drinking water administrative subfund--Source of subfund--Administration--Expenditures--Unexpended funds.

Section 34A-3A-23 - Owner or operator to pay fee imposed on public drinking water system--Date due.

Section 34A-3A-24 - Certain animal feeding operations prohibited from locating over shallow aquifer.

Section 34A-3A-25 - Promulgation of rules to carry out requirements of Federal Safe Drinking Water Act--Violation.

Section 34A-3A-26 - Penalties for violation of chapter--Factors considered in determining penalty--Disposition of funds collected.

Section 34A-3A-27 - Administrative order assessing penalty--Contents of order--Uncontested order becomes judgment--Hearing on order.

Section 34A-3A-28 - Administrative penalty for violation of chapter.