<html> <head> <title>Rule 74:53:01:29 Percolation tests required prior to approval and installation of absorption system.</title> <META NAME="Keywords" Content="Administrative Rules 74:53:01:29"> <META NAME="Description" Content="Administrative Rules 74:53:01:29 Percolation tests required prior to approval and installation of absorption system."> <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>74:53:01:29.&nbsp;&nbsp;Percolation tests required prior to approval and installation of absorption system.</b> The owner of the land on which a subsurface absorption system is to be constructed or installed shall ensure that a percolation test is conducted in accordance with §&nbsp;74:53:01:30 before installation of any such system. Absorption systems shall not be constructed in soils rated as having severe or very severe limitations for subsurface wastewater disposal by the soil conservation service, U.S. department of agriculture, unless that limitation is not present as shown by field investigation or 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;74:03:01:66, 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>