An ethanol infrastructure inventive program funding application must be submitted on forms provided by GOED and contain the following:

1. (1) The name, complete mailing address, and county of the applicant;
2. (2) The name, title, address, telephone number, and email address of a designated contact person for the applicant;
3. (3) The amount of the grant or motor fuel tax refund requested;
4. (4) A summary description of the project, including its estimated cost, or, for motor fuel tax refund applications, the total number of gallons of E15 dispensed by the applicant during the preceding calendar year, broken down by retail location if the applicant has multiple locations;
5. (5) The estimated date of completion of the project, or, in the case of a motor fuel tax refund application, the time period during the previous calendar year in which E15 was available at each location;
6. (6) For motor fuel tax refund applicants, the actual number of E15 gallons sold and dispensed by motor fuel pumps at each location on the application. The application may not include a number of E15 gallons for a location, or in the aggregate, that is based on percentage calculations applied to an amount of bulk gasoline or ethanol sold or delivered at a location during the preceding calendar year; and

7. (7) For motor fuel tax refund applicants, evidence the applicant complies with alternative fuel compatibility requirements with the Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources.

   GOED may not consider incomplete or inaccurate applications. GOED may request the additional information as necessary for it to determine eligibility and to make a funding decision.

Source: 38 SDR 115, effective January 9, 2012 ; 52 SDR 49, effective November 17, 2025 .

General Authority: SDCL 10-47B-164.1 , 10-47B-164.2 , 10-47B-192 .

Law Implemented: SDCL 10-47B-164.1 , 10-47B-192 .

Prior versions effective: 2012-01-09.