AN ACT
ENTITLED, An Act
to provide rule-making authority to the Department of Environment and
Natural Resources to carry out the requirements of the federal Safe Drinking Water Act
amendments of 1996.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA:
Section 1. That chapter 34A-3A be amended by adding thereto a NEW SECTION to read as follows:
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA:
Section 1. That chapter 34A-3A be amended by adding thereto a NEW SECTION to read as follows:
In order to carry out the requirements of the federal Safe Drinking Water Act as amended to
August 6, 1996, the secretary of environment and natural resources shall promulgate rules, pursuant
to chapter 1-26, establishing:
(1) Procedures for a supplier of water to demonstrate that a new system intended to be a
public water system has the technical, managerial, and financial capacity to achieve and
maintain compliance with all relevant local, state, and federal requirements;
(2) Procedures for the department to issue certificates of approval to new water suppliers
once a technical, managerial, and financial capacity review, consistent with provisions of
this chapter, is completed. The rules shall provide that a new system intended to be a
public water system, after October 1, 1999, may not operate until it has been issued a
certificate of approval;
(3) The development and implementation of a strategy to assist public water systems in
acquiring and maintaining technical, managerial, and financial capacity to comply with
all relevant local, state, and federal requirements; and
(4) Such other rules as may be necessary to implement the provisions of the federal Safe
Drinking Water Act as amended to August 6, 1996, in a state drinking water program
approved by the United States Environmental Protection Agency.
A violation of any rule adopted pursuant to this section is subject to the penalties provided for
in
§
34A-3A-3.
An Act to provide rule-making authority to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources to carry out the requirements of the federal Safe Drinking Water Act amendments of 1996.
An Act to provide rule-making authority to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources to carry out the requirements of the federal Safe Drinking Water Act amendments of 1996.
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I certify that the attached Act originated in the
SENATE as
Bill
No.
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Secretary of the Senate
Secretary of the Senate
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President of the Senate
President of the Senate
Attest:
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Secretary of the Senate
Secretary of the Senate
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Speaker of the House
Attest:
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Chief Clerk
Chief Clerk
Senate
Bill
No.
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File No. ____
Chapter No. ______=========================
Received at this Executive Office this ____ day of _____________ ,
File No. ____
Chapter No. ______
Received at this Executive Office this ____ day of _____________ ,
19___ at _____ M.
By _________________________
for the Governor
for the Governor
The attached Act is hereby
approved this ________ day of
______________ , A.D., 19___
____________________________
Governor
Governor
STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA,
ss.
Office of the Secretary of State
Filed ____________ , 19___
at _________ o'clock __ M.
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Secretary of State
Secretary of State
By _________________________
Asst. Secretary of State
