A covered party, the agent of the covered party, or those providing professional environmental consulting services under contract with the director shall submit an assessment workplan as required in § 74:32:05:08.01 to the director for approval before incurring any costs for release investigations other than those incurred for emergency response or excavation observation and excavation monitoring. Expenses incurred by a covered party for a release investigation before an assessment workplan has been approved by the director are not eligible for reimbursement unless otherwise authorized by the director.

Source: 17 SDR 94, effective January 6, 1991; 18 SDR 62, effective October 10, 1991; 23 SDR 220, effective June 25, 1997.

General Authority: SDCL 34A-13-16.

Law Implemented: SDCL 34A-13-15 , 34A-13-16 , 34A-13-31.