<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.s1297a9fb-6167-4cfe-9d5d-e8a8d3b4520cP0 { 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.s1297a9fb-6167-4cfe-9d5d-e8a8d3b4520cC0 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s1297a9fb-6167-4cfe-9d5d-e8a8d3b4520cC0-000000 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s1297a9fb-6167-4cfe-9d5d-e8a8d3b4520cC0-000001 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s1297a9fb-6167-4cfe-9d5d-e8a8d3b4520c000002 { color: black; background: white; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s1297a9fb-6167-4cfe-9d5d-e8a8d3b4520cC0-000003 { 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="s1297a9fb-6167-4cfe-9d5d-e8a8d3b4520cP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1297a9fb-6167-4cfe-9d5d-e8a8d3b4520cC0">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=74:36:20:11"><span class="s1297a9fb-6167-4cfe-9d5d-e8a8d3b4520cC0-000000">74:36:20:11</span></a><span class="s1297a9fb-6167-4cfe-9d5d-e8a8d3b4520cC0-000001">.  Public participation in permitting process.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1297a9fb-6167-4cfe-9d5d-e8a8d3b4520cC0"> The department </span><span class="s1297a9fb-6167-4cfe-9d5d-e8a8d3b4520cC0">must provide</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1297a9fb-6167-4cfe-9d5d-e8a8d3b4520cC0"> a copy of the draft permit to the applicant. The department </span><span class="s1297a9fb-6167-4cfe-9d5d-e8a8d3b4520cC0">must</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1297a9fb-6167-4cfe-9d5d-e8a8d3b4520cC0"> publish a public notice of the draft permit once in a legal newspaper in the county where the source is located. The notice must include</span><span class="s1297a9fb-6167-4cfe-9d5d-e8a8d3b4520cC0">:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s1297a9fb-6167-4cfe-9d5d-e8a8d3b4520cP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1297a9fb-6167-4cfe-9d5d-e8a8d3b4520c000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s1297a9fb-6167-4cfe-9d5d-e8a8d3b4520cP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1297a9fb-6167-4cfe-9d5d-e8a8d3b4520cC0">    (1)  A</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1297a9fb-6167-4cfe-9d5d-e8a8d3b4520cC0"> brief statement describing the source and where it is located;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s1297a9fb-6167-4cfe-9d5d-e8a8d3b4520cP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1297a9fb-6167-4cfe-9d5d-e8a8d3b4520cC0">    (2)  T</span><span class="s1297a9fb-6167-4cfe-9d5d-e8a8d3b4520cC0">he department's recommendation and the reasons for it;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s1297a9fb-6167-4cfe-9d5d-e8a8d3b4520cP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1297a9fb-6167-4cfe-9d5d-e8a8d3b4520cC0">    (3)  T</span><span class="s1297a9fb-6167-4cfe-9d5d-e8a8d3b4520cC0">he activity or activities involved in the permit action;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s1297a9fb-6167-4cfe-9d5d-e8a8d3b4520cP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1297a9fb-6167-4cfe-9d5d-e8a8d3b4520cC0">    (4)  A</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1297a9fb-6167-4cfe-9d5d-e8a8d3b4520cC0"> statement that a person may submit comments or contest the draft permit within </span><span class="s1297a9fb-6167-4cfe-9d5d-e8a8d3b4520cC0">thirty</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1297a9fb-6167-4cfe-9d5d-e8a8d3b4520cC0"> days after the publication of the notice;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s1297a9fb-6167-4cfe-9d5d-e8a8d3b4520cP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1297a9fb-6167-4cfe-9d5d-e8a8d3b4520cC0">    (5)  A</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1297a9fb-6167-4cfe-9d5d-e8a8d3b4520cC0"> description of the procedures a person must follow to contest the draft permit and request a hearing in accordance with article </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=74:09"><span class="s1297a9fb-6167-4cfe-9d5d-e8a8d3b4520cC0-000003">74:09</span></a><span class="s1297a9fb-6167-4cfe-9d5d-e8a8d3b4520cC0">;</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1297a9fb-6167-4cfe-9d5d-e8a8d3b4520cC0"> and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s1297a9fb-6167-4cfe-9d5d-e8a8d3b4520cP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1297a9fb-6167-4cfe-9d5d-e8a8d3b4520cC0">    (6)  A</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1297a9fb-6167-4cfe-9d5d-e8a8d3b4520cC0"> statement describing where copies of the draft permit or other information may be obtained.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s1297a9fb-6167-4cfe-9d5d-e8a8d3b4520cP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1297a9fb-6167-4cfe-9d5d-e8a8d3b4520c000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s1297a9fb-6167-4cfe-9d5d-e8a8d3b4520cP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1297a9fb-6167-4cfe-9d5d-e8a8d3b4520cC0">    </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1297a9fb-6167-4cfe-9d5d-e8a8d3b4520cC0">The department </span><span class="s1297a9fb-6167-4cfe-9d5d-e8a8d3b4520cC0">must</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1297a9fb-6167-4cfe-9d5d-e8a8d3b4520cC0"> provide to the interested parties a</span><span class="s1297a9fb-6167-4cfe-9d5d-e8a8d3b4520cC0">t least thirty days' prior</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1297a9fb-6167-4cfe-9d5d-e8a8d3b4520cC0"> notice of any hearing to contest a draft permit.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s1297a9fb-6167-4cfe-9d5d-e8a8d3b4520cP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1297a9fb-6167-4cfe-9d5d-e8a8d3b4520c000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s1297a9fb-6167-4cfe-9d5d-e8a8d3b4520cP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1297a9fb-6167-4cfe-9d5d-e8a8d3b4520cC0">    </span><span class="s1297a9fb-6167-4cfe-9d5d-e8a8d3b4520cC0-000001">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1297a9fb-6167-4cfe-9d5d-e8a8d3b4520cC0"> 36 SDR 207, effective June 28, 2010; 39 SDR 219, effective June 25, 2013</span><span class="s1297a9fb-6167-4cfe-9d5d-e8a8d3b4520cC0">; 52 SDR 27, effective September 17, 2025</span><span class="s1297a9fb-6167-4cfe-9d5d-e8a8d3b4520cC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s1297a9fb-6167-4cfe-9d5d-e8a8d3b4520cP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1297a9fb-6167-4cfe-9d5d-e8a8d3b4520cC0">    </span><span class="s1297a9fb-6167-4cfe-9d5d-e8a8d3b4520cC0-000001">General Authority:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1297a9fb-6167-4cfe-9d5d-e8a8d3b4520cC0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34A-1-6"><span class="s1297a9fb-6167-4cfe-9d5d-e8a8d3b4520cC0-000003">34A-1-6</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1297a9fb-6167-4cfe-9d5d-e8a8d3b4520cC0">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34A-1-21"><span class="s1297a9fb-6167-4cfe-9d5d-e8a8d3b4520cC0-000003">34A-1-21</span></a><span class="s1297a9fb-6167-4cfe-9d5d-e8a8d3b4520cC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s1297a9fb-6167-4cfe-9d5d-e8a8d3b4520cP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1297a9fb-6167-4cfe-9d5d-e8a8d3b4520cC0">    </span><span class="s1297a9fb-6167-4cfe-9d5d-e8a8d3b4520cC0-000001">Law Implemented:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1297a9fb-6167-4cfe-9d5d-e8a8d3b4520cC0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=1-26-27"><span class="s1297a9fb-6167-4cfe-9d5d-e8a8d3b4520cC0-000003">1-26-27</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1297a9fb-6167-4cfe-9d5d-e8a8d3b4520cC0">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34A-1-21"><span class="s1297a9fb-6167-4cfe-9d5d-e8a8d3b4520cC0-000003">34A-1-21</span></a><span class="s1297a9fb-6167-4cfe-9d5d-e8a8d3b4520cC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s1297a9fb-6167-4cfe-9d5d-e8a8d3b4520cP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1297a9fb-6167-4cfe-9d5d-e8a8d3b4520c000002"> </span></p></div></body></html>