<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en-US"><head><meta charset="UTF-8"><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 1-41-25 - Voluntary environmental audits--Assumption against civil or criminal penalties.</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s455dbd87a8b746108a573a7e8fbc6da5Normal { text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s455dbd87a8b746108a573a7e8fbc6da5SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s455dbd87a8b746108a573a7e8fbc6da5CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s455dbd87a8b746108a573a7e8fbc6da5Normal-000000 { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s455dbd87a8b746108a573a7e8fbc6da5DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s455dbd87a8b746108a573a7e8fbc6da5DefaultParagraphFont-000001 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s455dbd87a8b746108a573a7e8fbc6da5000002 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s455dbd87a8b746108a573a7e8fbc6da5DefaultParagraphFont-000003 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s455dbd87a8b746108a573a7e8fbc6da5SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><meta name="twitter:card" content="summary"><meta property="og:title" content="SD 1-41-25 - Voluntary environmental audits--Assumption against civil or criminal penalties."><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law 1-41-25 - Voluntary environmental audits--Assumption against civil or criminal penalties."><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/1-41-25"><meta property="og:image" content="https://lawmakerdocuments.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/photos/logoshape.webp"><meta property="og:site_name" content="South Dakota Legislature"></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s455dbd87a8b746108a573a7e8fbc6da5Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=1-41-25" rel="noopener"><span class="s455dbd87a8b746108a573a7e8fbc6da5SENU">1-41-25</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s455dbd87a8b746108a573a7e8fbc6da5SENU">. </span><span class="s455dbd87a8b746108a573a7e8fbc6da5CL">Voluntary environmental audits--Assumption against civil or criminal penalties.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s455dbd87a8b746108a573a7e8fbc6da5Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s455dbd87a8b746108a573a7e8fbc6da5DefaultParagraphFont">An environmental audit is a written, voluntary, internal assessment, evaluation, or review, not required by law, rule, regulation, or permit, that is conducted by a regulated entity or its agent, and initiated by the regulated entity for the purpose of determining compliance with environmental law, rule, regulation, or permit enforced by the department. By completing an environmental audit in compliance with the terms and conditions of §§ </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=1-41-25" rel="noopener"><span class="s455dbd87a8b746108a573a7e8fbc6da5DefaultParagraphFont-000001">1-41-25</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s455dbd87a8b746108a573a7e8fbc6da5DefaultParagraphFont"> to </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=1-41-25.4" rel="noopener"><span class="s455dbd87a8b746108a573a7e8fbc6da5DefaultParagraphFont-000001">1-41-25.4</span></a><span class="s455dbd87a8b746108a573a7e8fbc6da5DefaultParagraphFont">, inclusive, there shall be a presumption against the imposition of civil or criminal penalties for violations found and disclosed. Nothing in this section authorizes uninterrupted or continuous auditing. An environmental audit may not be used to prevent the department from carrying out its statutory or regulatory functions.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s455dbd87a8b746108a573a7e8fbc6da5Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s455dbd87a8b746108a573a7e8fbc6da5000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s455dbd87a8b746108a573a7e8fbc6da5Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s455dbd87a8b746108a573a7e8fbc6da5DefaultParagraphFont-000003">Source: </span><span class="s455dbd87a8b746108a573a7e8fbc6da5SCL">SL 1996, ch 18, § 1; SDCL § 1-40-33; SL 2021, ch 1 (Ex. Ord. 21-3), §§ 14, 56, eff. Apr. 19, 2021.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en-US"><head><meta charset="UTF-8"><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 1-41-25 - Voluntary environmental audits--Assumption against civil or criminal penalties.</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2084342Normal { text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2084342SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2084342CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2084342Normal-000000 { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2084342DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2084342DefaultParagraphFont-000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2084342000002 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2084342DefaultParagraphFont-000003 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2084342SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><meta name="twitter:card" content="summary"><meta property="og:title" content="SD 1-41-25.1 - Application of environmental audit provisions--Discovery of violations."><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law 1-41-25.1 - Application of environmental audit provisions--Discovery of violations."><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=1-41-25.1"><meta property="og:image" content="https://lawmakerdocuments.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/photos/logoshape.webp"><meta property="og:site_name" content="South Dakota Legislature"></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2084342Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=1-41-25.1" rel="noopener"><span class="s2084342SENU">1-41-25.1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2084342SENU">. </span><span class="s2084342CL">Application of environmental audit provisions--Discovery of violations.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2084342Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2084342DefaultParagraphFont">The department may not pursue civil penalties or criminal prosecution for violations found during an environmental audit that are disclosed to the department secretary in writing within thirty days after the violation is found. Violations found by the department prior to the time a regulated entity has disclosed these violations in writing to the department secretary are not covered by the provisions of §§ </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=1-41-25" rel="noopener"><span class="s2084342DefaultParagraphFont">1-41-25</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2084342DefaultParagraphFont"> to </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=1-41-25" rel="noopener"><span class="s2084342DefaultParagraphFont">1-41-25</span></a><span class="s2084342DefaultParagraphFont">.4, inclusive. If a state program is required in writing by a federal agency to assess penalties for a violation in order to maintain primacy over a federally</span><span class="s2084342DefaultParagraphFont-000001">-</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2084342DefaultParagraphFont">delegated program, or if violations caused damage to human health or the environment, the provisions of §§ </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=1-41-25" rel="noopener"><span class="s2084342DefaultParagraphFont">1-41-25</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2084342DefaultParagraphFont"> to </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=1-41-25" rel="noopener"><span class="s2084342DefaultParagraphFont">1-41-25</span></a><span class="s2084342DefaultParagraphFont">.4, inclusive do not apply. If violations are found during an audit and disclosed in writing to the department secretary, the violations must be corrected within sixty days of discovery. If correction is not possible within sixty days, a written compliance schedule shall be negotiated between the department and the regulated entity to correct violations disclosed, unless the violation has been resolved to the satisfaction of the department at the time of the disclosure.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2084342Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2084342000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2084342Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2084342DefaultParagraphFont-000003">Source: </span><span class="s2084342SCL">SL 1996, ch 18, § 2; SDCL § 1-40-34; SL 2021, ch 1 (Ex. Ord. 21-3), § 56, eff. Apr. 19, 2021.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en-US"><head><meta charset="UTF-8"><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 1-41-25 - Voluntary environmental audits--Assumption against civil or criminal penalties.</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2084343Normal { text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2084343SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2084343CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2084343Normal-000000 { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2084343DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2084343Normal-000001 { text-indent: 0.25in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2084343000002 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2084343DefaultParagraphFont-000003 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2084343SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><meta name="twitter:card" content="summary"><meta property="og:title" content="SD 1-41-25.2 - Environmental audit subject to discovery--Summary of disclosed violation."><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law 1-41-25.2 - Environmental audit subject to discovery--Summary of disclosed violation."><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=1-41-25.2"><meta property="og:image" content="https://lawmakerdocuments.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/photos/logoshape.webp"><meta property="og:site_name" content="South Dakota Legislature"></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2084343Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=1-41-25.2" rel="noopener"><span class="s2084343SENU">1-41-25.2</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2084343SENU">. </span><span class="s2084343CL">Environmental audit subject to discovery--Summary of disclosed violation.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2084343Normal-000000"><span class="s2084343DefaultParagraphFont">The department may not request results of an environmental audit. However, an environmental audit is subject to discovery according to the rules of civil or criminal procedure. If a regulated entity discloses a violation found during an environmental audit, the section of the environmental audit report pertaining to a violation of environmental law, rule, regulation, or permit enforced by the department may be summarized for the purposes of disclosure to the department secretary. The summary shall include the date the violation was found and the entity that conducted the environmental audit.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2084343Normal-000001"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2084343DefaultParagraphFont">Documents, communications, compliance data, reports, or other information required to be collected, developed, maintained, or reported to the department according to state law, rule, regulation, or permit are not covered by the provisions of §§ </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=1-41-25" rel="noopener"><span class="s2084343DefaultParagraphFont">1-41-25</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2084343DefaultParagraphFont"> to </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=1-41-25" rel="noopener"><span class="s2084343DefaultParagraphFont">1-41-25</span></a><span class="s2084343DefaultParagraphFont">.4, inclusive.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2084343Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2084343000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2084343Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2084343DefaultParagraphFont-000003">Source: </span><span class="s2084343SCL">SL 1996, ch 18, § 3; SDCL § 1-40-35; SL 2021, ch 1 (Ex. Ord. 21-3), § 56, eff. Apr. 19, 2021.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en-US"><head><meta charset="UTF-8"><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 1-41-25 - Voluntary environmental audits--Assumption against civil or criminal penalties.</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2084344Normal { text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2084344SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2084344CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2084344Normal-000000 { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2084344DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2084344Normal-000001 { margin-left: 0.70in; text-indent: -0.45in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2084344000002 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2084344DefaultParagraphFont-000003 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2084344SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><meta name="twitter:card" content="summary"><meta property="og:title" content="SD 1-41-25.3 - Use of environmental audit as defense."><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law 1-41-25.3 - Use of environmental audit as defense."><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=1-41-25.3"><meta property="og:image" content="https://lawmakerdocuments.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/photos/logoshape.webp"><meta property="og:site_name" content="South Dakota Legislature"></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2084344Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=1-41-25.3" rel="noopener"><span class="s2084344SENU">1-41-25.3</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2084344SENU">. </span><span class="s2084344CL">Use of environmental audit as defense.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2084344Normal-000000"><span class="s2084344DefaultParagraphFont">An environmental audit may not be used as a defense to a civil or criminal action if a regulated entity:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2084344Normal-000001"><span class="s2084344DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    Has willfully and with knowledge violated state or federal environmental law, rule, regulation, or permit;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2084344Normal-000001"><span class="s2084344DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    Has established a pattern of repeatedly violating environmental law, rule, regulation, permit, order, or compliance schedule within the two years prior to the date of the disclosure;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2084344Normal-000001"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2084344DefaultParagraphFont">(3)    Has not corrected the violations within sixty days of discovery or according to the negotiated compliance schedule described in §§ </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=1-41-25" rel="noopener"><span class="s2084344DefaultParagraphFont">1-41-25</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2084344DefaultParagraphFont"> to </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=1-41-25" rel="noopener"><span class="s2084344DefaultParagraphFont">1-41-25</span></a><span class="s2084344DefaultParagraphFont">.4, inclusive; or</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2084344Normal-000001"><span class="s2084344DefaultParagraphFont">(4)    Has been issued a notice of violation resulting in the assessment of a civil penalty within two years before the date of disclosure.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2084344Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2084344000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2084344Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2084344DefaultParagraphFont-000003">Source: </span><span class="s2084344SCL">SL 1996, ch 18, § 4; SDCL § 1-40-36; SL 2021, ch 1 (Ex. Ord. 21-3), § 56, eff. Apr. 19, 2021.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en-US"><head><meta charset="UTF-8"><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 1-41-25 - Voluntary environmental audits--Assumption against civil or criminal penalties.</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s703d47f9554943b1bbf16e1f92f7f3cfNormal { text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s703d47f9554943b1bbf16e1f92f7f3cfSENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s703d47f9554943b1bbf16e1f92f7f3cfCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s703d47f9554943b1bbf16e1f92f7f3cfNormal-000000 { text-indent: 0.50in; 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or</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s703d47f9554943b1bbf16e1f92f7f3cfNormal-000002"><span class="s703d47f9554943b1bbf16e1f92f7f3cfDefaultParagraphFont">(3)    Initiated a self audit to intentionally avoid liability for violations after the regulated entity's knowledge of imminent discovery.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s703d47f9554943b1bbf16e1f92f7f3cfNormal-000003"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s703d47f9554943b1bbf16e1f92f7f3cfDefaultParagraphFont">Within thirty days of the entering of such a finding, the regulated entity shall be afforded an opportunity for a contested case hearing before the secretary on the matter, as provided under chapter </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=1-26" rel="noopener"><span class="s703d47f9554943b1bbf16e1f92f7f3cfDefaultParagraphFont">1-26</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s703d47f9554943b1bbf16e1f92f7f3cfDefaultParagraphFont">. The final decision of the secretary constitutes final agency action and may be appealed to the circuit and supreme court as provided under chapter </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=1-26" rel="noopener"><span class="s703d47f9554943b1bbf16e1f92f7f3cfDefaultParagraphFont">1-26</span></a><span class="s703d47f9554943b1bbf16e1f92f7f3cfDefaultParagraphFont">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s703d47f9554943b1bbf16e1f92f7f3cfNormal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s703d47f9554943b1bbf16e1f92f7f3cf000004"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s703d47f9554943b1bbf16e1f92f7f3cfNormal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s703d47f9554943b1bbf16e1f92f7f3cfDefaultParagraphFont-000005">Source: </span><span class="s703d47f9554943b1bbf16e1f92f7f3cfSCL">SL 1996, ch 18, § 5A; SDCL § 1-40-37; SL 2021, ch 1 (Ex. Ord. 21-3), §§ 14, 56, eff. Apr. 19, 2021.</span></p></div></body></html>