<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><title></title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s0af130be-891f-41ec-8c89-f6468b30423eP0 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; text-indent: 0.00in; text-align: justify; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; } span.s0af130be-891f-41ec-8c89-f6468b30423eC0 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s0af130be-891f-41ec-8c89-f6468b30423eC0-000000 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s0af130be-891f-41ec-8c89-f6468b30423eC0-000001 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s0af130be-891f-41ec-8c89-f6468b30423e000002 { color: black; background: white; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s0af130be-891f-41ec-8c89-f6468b30423eC0-000003 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s0af130be-891f-41ec-8c89-f6468b30423eP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s0af130be-891f-41ec-8c89-f6468b30423eC0">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=74:29:01:07"><span class="s0af130be-891f-41ec-8c89-f6468b30423eC0-000000">74:29:01:07</span></a><span class="s0af130be-891f-41ec-8c89-f6468b30423eC0-000001">.  Determination of procedural completeness.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s0af130be-891f-41ec-8c89-f6468b30423eC0"> The department shall determine the procedural completeness of a permit application as follows:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s0af130be-891f-41ec-8c89-f6468b30423eP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s0af130be-891f-41ec-8c89-f6468b30423e000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s0af130be-891f-41ec-8c89-f6468b30423eP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s0af130be-891f-41ec-8c89-f6468b30423eC0">    (1)  Within </span><span class="s0af130be-891f-41ec-8c89-f6468b30423eC0">thirty</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s0af130be-891f-41ec-8c89-f6468b30423eC0"> days after submission of an application, the department shall notify the applicant in writing whether the application is procedurally complete</span><span class="s0af130be-891f-41ec-8c89-f6468b30423eC0">. An application is considered filed on the final day of this thirty-day review period if it is procedurally complete</span><span class="s0af130be-891f-41ec-8c89-f6468b30423eC0">;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s0af130be-891f-41ec-8c89-f6468b30423eP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s0af130be-891f-41ec-8c89-f6468b30423e000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s0af130be-891f-41ec-8c89-f6468b30423eP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s0af130be-891f-41ec-8c89-f6468b30423eC0">    (2)  </span><span class="s0af130be-891f-41ec-8c89-f6468b30423eC0">I</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s0af130be-891f-41ec-8c89-f6468b30423eC0">f the application is procedurally incomplete, the department shall identify in the notification the items required to complete the application. The department shall determine the adequacy of the applicant's response to the notice of deficiencies and shall notify the applicant in writing of the adequacy of the response within </span><span class="s0af130be-891f-41ec-8c89-f6468b30423eC0">thirty</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s0af130be-891f-41ec-8c89-f6468b30423eC0"> days after receipt of the response. If the response is adequate, the application is considered filed;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s0af130be-891f-41ec-8c89-f6468b30423eP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s0af130be-891f-41ec-8c89-f6468b30423e000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s0af130be-891f-41ec-8c89-f6468b30423eP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s0af130be-891f-41ec-8c89-f6468b30423eC0">    (3)  If the response is inadequate, the applicant may do one of the following:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s0af130be-891f-41ec-8c89-f6468b30423eP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s0af130be-891f-41ec-8c89-f6468b30423e000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s0af130be-891f-41ec-8c89-f6468b30423eP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s0af130be-891f-41ec-8c89-f6468b30423eC0">        (a)  Submit additional information </span><span class="s0af130be-891f-41ec-8c89-f6468b30423eC0">required</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s0af130be-891f-41ec-8c89-f6468b30423eC0"> to complete the application;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s0af130be-891f-41ec-8c89-f6468b30423eP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s0af130be-891f-41ec-8c89-f6468b30423eC0">        (b)  Request in writing that the application be considered filed; or</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s0af130be-891f-41ec-8c89-f6468b30423eP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s0af130be-891f-41ec-8c89-f6468b30423eC0">        (c)  Withdraw the application.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s0af130be-891f-41ec-8c89-f6468b30423eP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s0af130be-891f-41ec-8c89-f6468b30423e000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s0af130be-891f-41ec-8c89-f6468b30423eP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s0af130be-891f-41ec-8c89-f6468b30423eC0">    If</span><span class="s0af130be-891f-41ec-8c89-f6468b30423eC0">, as provided in subsection (3)(a) of this section,</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s0af130be-891f-41ec-8c89-f6468b30423eC0"> additional information is submitted to complete the application, the procedure </span><span class="s0af130be-891f-41ec-8c89-f6468b30423eC0">beginning at</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s0af130be-891f-41ec-8c89-f6468b30423eC0"> subdivision (2) of this section </span><span class="s0af130be-891f-41ec-8c89-f6468b30423eC0">must</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s0af130be-891f-41ec-8c89-f6468b30423eC0"> be followed.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s0af130be-891f-41ec-8c89-f6468b30423eP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s0af130be-891f-41ec-8c89-f6468b30423e000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s0af130be-891f-41ec-8c89-f6468b30423eP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s0af130be-891f-41ec-8c89-f6468b30423eC0">    </span><span class="s0af130be-891f-41ec-8c89-f6468b30423eC0-000001">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s0af130be-891f-41ec-8c89-f6468b30423eC0"> 14 SDR 111, effective March 3, 1988</span><span class="s0af130be-891f-41ec-8c89-f6468b30423eC0">; 52 SDR 24, effective September 10, 2025</span><span class="s0af130be-891f-41ec-8c89-f6468b30423eC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s0af130be-891f-41ec-8c89-f6468b30423eP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s0af130be-891f-41ec-8c89-f6468b30423eC0">    </span><span class="s0af130be-891f-41ec-8c89-f6468b30423eC0-000001">General Authority:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s0af130be-891f-41ec-8c89-f6468b30423eC0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=45-6B-81"><span class="s0af130be-891f-41ec-8c89-f6468b30423eC0-000003">45-6B-81</span></a><span class="s0af130be-891f-41ec-8c89-f6468b30423eC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s0af130be-891f-41ec-8c89-f6468b30423eP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s0af130be-891f-41ec-8c89-f6468b30423eC0">    </span><span class="s0af130be-891f-41ec-8c89-f6468b30423eC0-000001">Law Implemented:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s0af130be-891f-41ec-8c89-f6468b30423eC0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=45-6B-5"><span class="s0af130be-891f-41ec-8c89-f6468b30423eC0-000003">45-6B-5</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s0af130be-891f-41ec-8c89-f6468b30423eC0">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=45-6B-11"><span class="s0af130be-891f-41ec-8c89-f6468b30423eC0-000003">45-6B-11</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s0af130be-891f-41ec-8c89-f6468b30423eC0">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=45-6B-15"><span class="s0af130be-891f-41ec-8c89-f6468b30423eC0-000003">45-6B-15</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s0af130be-891f-41ec-8c89-f6468b30423eC0">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=45-6B-16"><span class="s0af130be-891f-41ec-8c89-f6468b30423eC0-000003">45-6B-16</span></a><span class="s0af130be-891f-41ec-8c89-f6468b30423eC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s0af130be-891f-41ec-8c89-f6468b30423eP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s0af130be-891f-41ec-8c89-f6468b30423e000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s0af130be-891f-41ec-8c89-f6468b30423eP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s0af130be-891f-41ec-8c89-f6468b30423eC0">    </span><span class="s0af130be-891f-41ec-8c89-f6468b30423eC0-000001">Cross-Reference:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s0af130be-891f-41ec-8c89-f6468b30423eC0"> Permit applications -- Completeness requirements, ch</span><span class="s0af130be-891f-41ec-8c89-f6468b30423eC0">apter</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s0af130be-891f-41ec-8c89-f6468b30423eC0"> </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=74:29:02"><span class="s0af130be-891f-41ec-8c89-f6468b30423eC0-000003">74:29:02</span></a><span class="s0af130be-891f-41ec-8c89-f6468b30423eC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s0af130be-891f-41ec-8c89-f6468b30423eP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s0af130be-891f-41ec-8c89-f6468b30423e000002"> </span></p></div></body></html>