All permit applications must be signed as follows:

1. (1) For a corporation: by a responsible corporate officer. For the purpose of this subdivision, a responsible corporate officer means one of the following:

   1. (a) A president, secretary, treasurer, or vice-president of the corporation in charge of a principal business or function or any other person who performs similar policy or decision-making functions for the corporation; or
   2. (b) The manager of one or more manufacturing, production, or operating facilities employing more than 250 persons or having gross annual sales or expenditures exceeding $25 million, if authority to sign documents has been assigned or delegated to the manager in accordance with corporate procedures;
2. (2) For a partnership or sole proprietorship: by a general partner or the proprietor, respectively; or
3. (3) For a municipality, state, federal, or other public agency: by either a principal executive officer or ranking elected official. For the purpose of this subdivision a principal executive officer of a federal agency is the chief executive officer who has responsibility for the overall operations of a principal geographic unit of the agency.

Source: 14 SDR 86, effective December 24, 1987; 19 SDR 122, effective February 21, 1993; transferred from § 74:03:18:14, July 1, 1996.

General Authority: SDCL 34A-2-30.

Law Implemented: SDCL 34A-2-40.