<html> <head> <title>Rule 74:02:04:26 Well construction prohibited along sections of Whitewood Creek and sections of Belle Fourche River -- Variance.</title> <META NAME="Keywords" Content="Administrative Rules 74:02:04:26"> <META NAME="Description" Content="Administrative Rules 74:02:04:26 Well construction prohibited along sections of Whitewood Creek and sections of Belle Fourche River -- Variance."> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Office HTML Filter 2.0"> <meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=windows-1252"> <meta name=Originator content="Microsoft Word 10"> <style> <!-- --> </style> </head> <body lang=EN-US> <div> <p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>74:02:04:26.&nbsp;&nbsp;Well construction prohibited along sections of Whitewood Creek and sections of Belle Fourche River -- Variance.</b> No well that supplies water to the public or supplies water for household domestic use or for agricultural purposes may be constructed in the 100-year flood plain of Whitewood Creek from the Crook City Bridge, above the town of Whitewood, Lawrence County, in the northeast quarter of the northeast quarter of section 33, township 6 north, range 4 east of the Black Hills meridian, downstream to the confluence of Whitewood Creek and the Belle Fourche River, Butte County, in the northeast quarter of the northeast quarter of section 24, township 8 north, range 5 east, and the 100-year flood plain of the Belle Fourche River to two and one-half miles downstream from the confluence of Whitewood Creek, Butte County, in the southwest quarter of the southwest quarter of section 20, township 8 north, range 6 east. A variance may be granted from this section if it is shown that a well in this location will not be contaminated from tailings deposits and will not cause groundwater pollution. The chief engineer or the board shall grant a variance by written order.</font></p> <p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p> <p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>Source:</b> 12 SDR 50, effective September 29, 1985; 13 SDR 129, 13 SDR 141, effective July&nbsp;1, 1987; 18 SDR 224, effective July 16, 1992.</font></p> <p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>General Authority:</b> SDCL <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=34A-2-93">34A-2-93</A>, <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=46-2-5">46-2-5</A>, <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=46-6-20">46-6-20</A>, <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=46-6-27">46-6-27.</A></font></p> <p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>Law Implemented:</b> SDCL <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=34A-2-21">34A-2-21</A>, <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=46-6-6.1">46-6-6.1</A>, <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=46-6-20">46-6-20</A>, <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=46-6-27">46-6-27.</A></font></p> <p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p> </div> </body> </html>