<html> <head> <title>Rule 74:53:01:15 Separation required above groundwater or geological formations.</title> <META NAME="Keywords" Content="Administrative Rules 74:53:01:15"> <META NAME="Description" Content="Administrative Rules 74:53:01:15 Separation required above groundwater or geological formations."> <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>74:53:01:15.&nbsp;&nbsp;Separation required above groundwater or geological formations.</b> There shall be at least 4 feet of soil between an absorption bed, trench, or seepage pit bottom, the lowest construction joint on a septic tank, or any other component of a subsurface absorption system and the seasonal high groundwater table, groundwater table, rock formations, or impervious soil strata. Absorption systems shall not be constructed in soils rated as having severe or very severe limitations for underground dispersal by the soil conservation service, U.S. department of agriculture, unless that limitation is not present as shown by field investigation or unless prior written approval is granted by the secretary.</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 2, effective July 18, 1985; 13 SDR 129, 13 SDR 141, effective July 1, 1987; transferred from §&nbsp;74:03:01:52, July 1, 1996.</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></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-2-20">34A-2-20</A>, <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=34A-2-21">34A-2-21.</A></font></p> <p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p> </div> </body> </html>