Prior to the initiation of treatment, effluent or pore water from a tailings impoundment shall be sampled and chemically characterized for the following parameters:
- (1) Chemical constituents which may be used in or are likely to result from the milling or treatment process;
- (2) Aluminum, arsenic, barium, beryllium, boron, cadmium, chromium, cobalt, copper, iron, lead, lithium, manganese, mercury, molybdenum, nickel, selenium, silicon, silver, vanadium, and zinc;
- (3) Major cations and anions, including ammonia, bicarbonate, calcium, carbonate, chloride, magnesium, nitrate, potassium, sodium, and sulfate;
- (4) pH;
- (5) Radon, uranium, radium 226, radium 228, total alpha radiation, total gamma radiation; and
- (6) Total dissolved solids.
Source: 14 SDR 111, effective March 3, 1988.
General Authority: SDCL 45-6B-81.
Law Implemented: SDCL 45-6B-44 , 45-6B-45.