12 : 82 : 08 : 02 . Destruction or remediation plan . A licensee shall submit a destruction or remediation plan to the department for approval within five business days of the receipt of a notice of non-compliance. The disposal method must chemically or mechanically render industrial hemp non-retrievable, non-ingestible, and unfit to enter the stream of commerce. The department or the Department of Public Safety shall verify that remediation or destruction and disposal of the non-compliant hemp has occurred, in accordance with the approved plan. The licensee shall pay to the department a remediation fee in the amount of one hundred dollars per hour for the verification of the remediation.

Source: 47 SDR 75 , effective December 28, 2020; 49 SDR 47, effective November 22, 2022 .

General Authority: SDCL 38-35-11 (7)(9).

Law Implemented: SDCL 38-35-9 , 38-35-14 .

Prior versions effective: 2020-12-28.