74:34:01:05.  Reporting of suspected discharges. A responsible person shall report a suspected discharge to the department within 24 hours after the discharge is suspected. The report shall comply with the provisions of § 74:34:01:06. A discharge is suspected when one of the following occurs:

          (1)  Testing, sampling, or monitoring results from discharge detection devices indicate that a discharge has occurred;

          (2)  Impacts are discovered in the surrounding area, such as evidence of a regulated substance discharge in soils, basements, sewer and utility lines, groundwater, or nearby surface water; or

          (3)  Unusual operating conditions exist, such as the erratic behavior of regulated substance dispensing equipment, the sudden loss of a regulated substance from tanks, an unexplained escape of vaporized regulated substance, or the physical presence of a regulated substance of unknown origin at a regulated substance facility.

          Source: 17 SDR 48, effective October 3, 1990.

          General Authority: SDCL 34A-12-9.

          Law Implemented: SDCL 34A-12-9.