<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 34A-13-1 - Definition of terms.</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s699d177b02ca41eab404b1fab13c49d4Normal { 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.s699d177b02ca41eab404b1fab13c49d4SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s699d177b02ca41eab404b1fab13c49d4CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s699d177b02ca41eab404b1fab13c49d4Statute { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; 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href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34A-13-1" rel="noopener"><span class="s699d177b02ca41eab404b1fab13c49d4SENU">34A-13-1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s699d177b02ca41eab404b1fab13c49d4SENU">. </span><span class="s699d177b02ca41eab404b1fab13c49d4CL">Definition of terms.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s699d177b02ca41eab404b1fab13c49d4Statute"><span class="s699d177b02ca41eab404b1fab13c49d4DefaultParagraphFont">Terms used in this chapter mean:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s699d177b02ca41eab404b1fab13c49d4StatuteNumber1"><span class="s699d177b02ca41eab404b1fab13c49d4DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    "Abandoned site," any release site on which none of the tanks have been used for the intentional storage of petroleum after April 1, 1988;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s699d177b02ca41eab404b1fab13c49d4StatuteNumber1"><span class="s699d177b02ca41eab404b1fab13c49d4DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    "Asset value," with respect to valuation of amounts on deposit in or credited to any account or fund, the amount of cash on deposit in or credited to the account or fund plus the lesser of the cost or the face amount of any investments or other obligations on deposit in or credited to the account or fund;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s699d177b02ca41eab404b1fab13c49d4StatuteNumber1"><span class="s699d177b02ca41eab404b1fab13c49d4DefaultParagraphFont">(3)    "Backfill area," the space containing the tank system and supporting material bounded by the ground surface, the sides and bottom of the pit, and the trenches into which the product lines for the tank system were placed at the time of installation;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s699d177b02ca41eab404b1fab13c49d4StatuteNumber1"><span class="s699d177b02ca41eab404b1fab13c49d4DefaultParagraphFont">(4)    "Corrective action," a necessary and reasonable action taken pursuant to an approved plan to minimize, contain, eliminate, remediate, mitigate or clean up, or monitor a release, including remedial emergency measures as defined in the regulated substance cleanup act, but does not include any action taken in excess of minimum environmental standards established by the department;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s699d177b02ca41eab404b1fab13c49d4StatuteNumber1"><span class="s699d177b02ca41eab404b1fab13c49d4DefaultParagraphFont">(5)    "Covered party," a responsible person, an employee of a responsible person, or any person having legal custody of a responsible person's real property;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s699d177b02ca41eab404b1fab13c49d4StatuteNumber1"><span class="s699d177b02ca41eab404b1fab13c49d4DefaultParagraphFont">(6)    "Deductible," the ten thousand dollars, or lesser amount established by the secretary of the department, as an exclusion from reimbursable costs incurred in a corrective action;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s699d177b02ca41eab404b1fab13c49d4StatuteNumber1"><span class="s699d177b02ca41eab404b1fab13c49d4DefaultParagraphFont">(7)    "Department," the Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s699d177b02ca41eab404b1fab13c49d4StatuteNumber1"><span class="s699d177b02ca41eab404b1fab13c49d4DefaultParagraphFont">(8)    "Director," the director of the petroleum release compensation fund;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s699d177b02ca41eab404b1fab13c49d4StatuteNumber1"><span class="s699d177b02ca41eab404b1fab13c49d4DefaultParagraphFont">(9)    "Petroleum marketer," any person licensed by the Department of Revenue to sell motor fuels, special fuels, or distillates of petroleum within the state;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s699d177b02ca41eab404b1fab13c49d4StatuteNumber1"><span class="s699d177b02ca41eab404b1fab13c49d4DefaultParagraphFont">(10)    "Fund," the petroleum release compensation fund;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s699d177b02ca41eab404b1fab13c49d4StatuteNumber1"><span class="s699d177b02ca41eab404b1fab13c49d4DefaultParagraphFont">(11)    "Occurrence," any release which is discovered and identified within a twelve-month period and known to have originated from a release site;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s699d177b02ca41eab404b1fab13c49d4StatuteNumber1"><span class="s699d177b02ca41eab404b1fab13c49d4DefaultParagraphFont">(12)    "Operator," any person in control of, or having responsibility for, the operation of a tank;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s699d177b02ca41eab404b1fab13c49d4StatuteNumber1"><span class="s699d177b02ca41eab404b1fab13c49d4DefaultParagraphFont">(13)    "Owner," any person who holds title to, controls, or possesses any interest in a tank. However, the term does not include a person who holds an interest in a tank solely for financial security, unless, through foreclosure or other related actions, the holder of a security interest has taken possession or control of the tank;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s699d177b02ca41eab404b1fab13c49d4StatuteNumber1"><span class="s699d177b02ca41eab404b1fab13c49d4DefaultParagraphFont">(14)    "Person," any individual, partnership, association, public or private corporation, or other legal entity, including the United States government, an interstate commission or other body, the state, or any agency, board, bureau, office, department, or political subdivision of the state;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s699d177b02ca41eab404b1fab13c49d4StatuteNumber1"><span class="s699d177b02ca41eab404b1fab13c49d4DefaultParagraphFont">(15)    "Petroleum," gasoline, alcohol blended fuels, diesel fuels, aviation gasoline, jet fuel, fuel oil, kerosene, and burner oil. Products that are specifically excluded from this definition include naphtha, lubricating oils, motor oil, automatic transmission fluid, waste oil, crude oil, oil sludge, oil refuse, and alcohols other than those that have been denatured with gasoline and stored to be used as blended fuel grade ethanol;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s699d177b02ca41eab404b1fab13c49d4StatuteNumber1"><span class="s699d177b02ca41eab404b1fab13c49d4DefaultParagraphFont">(16)    "Reimburse," any payment made by the fund to a covered party, the covered party's assignee, or a service provider for work performed or materials supplied, as part of a corrective action or third-party claim;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s699d177b02ca41eab404b1fab13c49d4StatuteNumber1"><span class="s699d177b02ca41eab404b1fab13c49d4DefaultParagraphFont">(17)    "Release," any unintentional spilling, leaking, emitting, discharging, escaping, leaching, or disposing of petroleum from a tank into the environment occurring in South Dakota, but does not include discharges or designed venting allowed under adopted rules or under federal or state law or discharges arising out of war, invasion, act of a foreign enemy, hostilities, revolution, earthquake, flood, or other catastrophic disaster occurring due to nature;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s699d177b02ca41eab404b1fab13c49d4StatuteNumber1"><span class="s699d177b02ca41eab404b1fab13c49d4DefaultParagraphFont">(18)    "Release site," one continuous property, not separated or divided by a public road or other commonly held boundary, on which the tank or tanks that are the source of the release are located as determined at the time of discovery of the release or as modified based upon subsequent assessment;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s699d177b02ca41eab404b1fab13c49d4StatuteNumber1"><span class="s699d177b02ca41eab404b1fab13c49d4DefaultParagraphFont">(19)    "Responsible person," any person who is an owner or operator of a tank at any time during or after a release;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s699d177b02ca41eab404b1fab13c49d4StatuteNumber1"><span class="s699d177b02ca41eab404b1fab13c49d4DefaultParagraphFont">(20)    "Service provider," any person providing a service to accomplish a corrective action, including consultants, environmental consultants, engineers, environmental engineers, contractors, excavators, landfill operators, materialmen, and any other person providing goods or services to a covered party pursuant to a written agreement;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s699d177b02ca41eab404b1fab13c49d4StatuteNumber1"><span class="s699d177b02ca41eab404b1fab13c49d4DefaultParagraphFont">(21)    "Tank," any one or a combination of containers, vessels, and enclosures, including structures and appurtenances connected to them, that is, or has been, used to contain or dispense petroleum that is either stationary or attached to a motor vehicle. Any vessel or container, in order to be covered by this chapter, shall be used primarily or exclusively to contain petroleum. However, the term does not include any pipeline facilities, including gathering lines, regulated under the Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act of 1968, 49 U.S.C. chapter 24, or the Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Act of 1979, 49 U.S.C. chapter 29, as in effect on January 1, 1988, or any tank farms if title to the petroleum has not passed to a distributor licensed in South Dakota;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s699d177b02ca41eab404b1fab13c49d4StatuteNumber1"><span class="s699d177b02ca41eab404b1fab13c49d4DefaultParagraphFont">(22)    "Tank pulling," the removal and disposal of backfill material and a tank, excluding the contents of the tank, and the removal and replacement of the surface above the backfill area; and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s699d177b02ca41eab404b1fab13c49d4StatuteNumber1"><span class="s699d177b02ca41eab404b1fab13c49d4DefaultParagraphFont">(23)    "Upgrade," any improvement to a release site, including improvements to its fixtures, surface characteristics, and drainage when compared with the site prior to the corrective action, made before, during, or after a corrective action.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s699d177b02ca41eab404b1fab13c49d4Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s699d177b02ca41eab404b1fab13c49d4000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s699d177b02ca41eab404b1fab13c49d4NoIndent"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s699d177b02ca41eab404b1fab13c49d4DefaultParagraphFont-000001">Source: </span><span class="s699d177b02ca41eab404b1fab13c49d4SCL">SL 1988, ch 290, § 1; SL 1989, ch 310, § 1; SL 1990, ch 292, § 1; SL 1991, ch 17 (Ex. Ord. 91-4), § 17; SL 1991, ch 294, § 1; SL 1992, ch 260, § 1; SL 1994, ch 351, § 73; SL 1995, ch 71, § 189; SL 1995, ch 321 (Ex. Ord. 95-5), § 17; SL 2003, ch 272 (Ex. Ord. 03-1), § 82; SL 2011, ch 1 (Ex. Ord. 11-1), § 161, eff. Apr. 12, 2011; SL 2021, ch 1 (Ex. Ord. 21-3), § 53, eff. Apr. 19, 2021; SL 2024, ch 146, § 2.</span></p></div></body></html>