<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 45-6C-18 - Domestic water wells--Information required of operator.</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2082227Normal { 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.s2082227SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2082227CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2082227Normal-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.s2082227DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2082227DefaultParagraphFont-000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2082227000002 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2082227DefaultParagraphFont-000003 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2082227SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } body { text-decoration-skip-ink: none; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2082227Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=45-6C-18"><span class="s2082227SENU">45-6C-18</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2082227SENU">. </span><span class="s2082227CL">Domestic water wells--Information required of operator.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2082227Normal-000000"><span class="s2082227DefaultParagraphFont">The Board of Minerals and Environment may require the operator to provide, prior to commencing or during the course of an exploration operation, water quality information concerning designated domestic water wells within one</span><span class="s2082227DefaultParagraphFont-000001">-</span><span class="s2082227DefaultParagraphFont">half mile of the proposed exploration area. If the operator is refused access to any well, the operator shall notify, in writing, the Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources of such refusal and may not be required thereafter to provide any information concerning such well.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2082227Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2082227000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2082227Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2082227DefaultParagraphFont-000003">Source: </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2082227SCL">SL 1982, ch 306, § 18; SL 2021, ch 1 (Ex. Ord. </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=21-3"><span class="s2082227SCL">21-3</span></a><span class="s2082227SCL">), § 53, eff. Apr. 19, 2021.</span></p></div></body></html>