<html> <head> <title>Rule 74:34:01:05 Reporting of suspected discharges.</title> <META NAME="Keywords" Content="Administrative Rules 74:34:01:05"> <META NAME="Description" Content="Administrative Rules 74:34:01:05 Reporting of suspected discharges."> <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>74:34:01:05.&nbsp;&nbsp;Reporting of suspected discharges.</b> 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 §&nbsp;74:34:01:06. A discharge is suspected when one of the following occurs:</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; (1)&nbsp;&nbsp;Testing, sampling, or monitoring results from discharge detection devices indicate that a discharge has occurred;</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; (2)&nbsp;&nbsp;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</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; (3)&nbsp;&nbsp;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.</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> 17 SDR 48, effective October 3, 1990.</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-12-9">34A-12-9.</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-12-9">34A-12-9.</A></font></p> <p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p> </div> </body> </html>