<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.sf0ee3375-2de8-4860-aff9-651cffddb555P0 { 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.sf0ee3375-2de8-4860-aff9-651cffddb555C0 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sf0ee3375-2de8-4860-aff9-651cffddb555C0-000000 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sf0ee3375-2de8-4860-aff9-651cffddb555C0-000001 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sf0ee3375-2de8-4860-aff9-651cffddb555C0-000002 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sf0ee3375-2de8-4860-aff9-651cffddb555000003 { color: black; background: white; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="sf0ee3375-2de8-4860-aff9-651cffddb555P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sf0ee3375-2de8-4860-aff9-651cffddb555C0">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=20:10:22:40"><span class="sf0ee3375-2de8-4860-aff9-651cffddb555C0-000000">20:10:22:40</span></a><span class="sf0ee3375-2de8-4860-aff9-651cffddb555C0-000001">.  Application for party status.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sf0ee3375-2de8-4860-aff9-651cffddb555C0"> A governmental agency</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sf0ee3375-2de8-4860-aff9-651cffddb555C0"> or</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sf0ee3375-2de8-4860-aff9-651cffddb555C0"> person, as specified in SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=49-41B-17"><span class="sf0ee3375-2de8-4860-aff9-651cffddb555C0-000002">49-41B-17</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="sf0ee3375-2de8-4860-aff9-651cffddb555C0"> may</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sf0ee3375-2de8-4860-aff9-651cffddb555C0"> be granted party status in a proceeding commenced pursuant to SDCL </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sf0ee3375-2de8-4860-aff9-651cffddb555C0">chapter </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=49-41B"><span class="sf0ee3375-2de8-4860-aff9-651cffddb555C0-000002">49-41B</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="sf0ee3375-2de8-4860-aff9-651cffddb555C0"> upon applying in writing to the commission on a form provided by the commission.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sf0ee3375-2de8-4860-aff9-651cffddb555P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sf0ee3375-2de8-4860-aff9-651cffddb555000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sf0ee3375-2de8-4860-aff9-651cffddb555P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sf0ee3375-2de8-4860-aff9-651cffddb555C0">    </span><span class="sf0ee3375-2de8-4860-aff9-651cffddb555C0">Unless otherwise ordered by the commission, t</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sf0ee3375-2de8-4860-aff9-651cffddb555C0">he application </span><span class="sf0ee3375-2de8-4860-aff9-651cffddb555C0">must</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sf0ee3375-2de8-4860-aff9-651cffddb555C0"> be filed within </span><span class="sf0ee3375-2de8-4860-aff9-651cffddb555C0">sixty</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sf0ee3375-2de8-4860-aff9-651cffddb555C0"> days from the date the application is filed.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sf0ee3375-2de8-4860-aff9-651cffddb555P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sf0ee3375-2de8-4860-aff9-651cffddb555000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sf0ee3375-2de8-4860-aff9-651cffddb555P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sf0ee3375-2de8-4860-aff9-651cffddb555C0">    </span><span class="sf0ee3375-2de8-4860-aff9-651cffddb555C0-000001">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sf0ee3375-2de8-4860-aff9-651cffddb555C0"> 9 SDR 55, effective November 7, 1982; 12 SDR 151, 12 SDR 155, effective July 1, 1986; 32 SDR 109, effective December 26, 2005</span><span class="sf0ee3375-2de8-4860-aff9-651cffddb555C0">; 52 SDR 32, effective September 29, 2025</span><span class="sf0ee3375-2de8-4860-aff9-651cffddb555C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sf0ee3375-2de8-4860-aff9-651cffddb555P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sf0ee3375-2de8-4860-aff9-651cffddb555C0">    </span><span class="sf0ee3375-2de8-4860-aff9-651cffddb555C0-000001">General Authority:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sf0ee3375-2de8-4860-aff9-651cffddb555C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=49-41B-35"><span class="sf0ee3375-2de8-4860-aff9-651cffddb555C0-000002">49-41B-35</span></a><span class="sf0ee3375-2de8-4860-aff9-651cffddb555C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sf0ee3375-2de8-4860-aff9-651cffddb555P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sf0ee3375-2de8-4860-aff9-651cffddb555C0">    </span><span class="sf0ee3375-2de8-4860-aff9-651cffddb555C0-000001">Law Implemented:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sf0ee3375-2de8-4860-aff9-651cffddb555C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=49-41B-17"><span class="sf0ee3375-2de8-4860-aff9-651cffddb555C0-000002">49-41B-17</span></a><span class="sf0ee3375-2de8-4860-aff9-651cffddb555C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sf0ee3375-2de8-4860-aff9-651cffddb555P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sf0ee3375-2de8-4860-aff9-651cffddb555000003"> </span></p></div></body></html>