All permit effluent limits, standards, or prohibitions for a metal shall be expressed in terms of "total recoverable metal" as defined in 40 C.F.R. Part 136 (July 1, 2016) except under one or more of the following circumstances:

1. (1) An applicable effluent standard or limit has been promulgated under the CWA and specifies the limit for the metal in the dissolved, valent, or total form;
2. (2) In establishing permit limits case by case, the limit on the metal is expressed in the dissolved, valent, or total form to carry out the provisions of the CWA;
3. (3) All approved analytical methods for the metal inherently measure only its dissolved form; or
4. (4) In establishing permit limits to comply with chapter 74:51:01 the limit for the metal is expressed in the dissolved, valent, or total form.

Source: 14 SDR 86, effective December 24, 1987; 19 SDR 122, effective February 21, 1993; transferred from § 74:03:19:15, July 1, 1996; 23 SDR 180, effective April 30, 1997; 44 SDR 98, effective December 11, 2017.

General Authority: SDCL 34A-2-30.

Law Implemented: SDCL 34A-2-38 , 34A-2-41.

Prior versions effective: 1997-04-30.