No reimbursement may be made for thirdparty claims if the damage was allegedly caused by a petroleum release reported prior to April 1, 1990.

Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 34A-13-45

  • Release: is a ny 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. See South Dakota Codified Laws 34A-13-1

Source: SL 1990, ch 292, § 16; SL 1992, ch 260, § 32.