Any person generating, transporting, treating, storing, or disposing of a hazardous waste shall file with the secretary of agriculture and natural resources a notification of hazardous waste activities. The notification shall be in accordance with rules promulgated pursuant to chapter 1-26 by the Board of Minerals and Environment. No hazardous waste subject to this chapter may be transported, treated, stored, or disposed of unless notification has been given as required in this chapter.

A violation of this section is subject to a civil penalty not to exceed ten thousand dollars per day of violation, or for damages to the environment of this state, or both.

Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 34A-11-10

  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Person: includes natural persons, partnerships, associations, cooperative corporations, limited liability companies, and corporations. See South Dakota Codified Laws 2-14-2

Source: SL 1983, ch 262, § 10; SL 1992, ch 158, § 52; SL 1993, ch 256, § 36; SL 2005, ch 10, § 27; SL 2021, ch 1 (Ex. Ord. 21-3), § 53, eff. Apr. 19, 2021.

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