45-6B-87. Large-scale gold or silver surface mining operations not exempt from federal laws. Nothing in this chapter relieves the holder of any large-scale gold or silver surface mining permit from any of the requirements of the Clean Air Act of 1955, as amended to January 1, 2011, the Clean Water Act of 1977, as amended to January 1, 2011, the South Dakota Air Quality Act (chapter 34A-1), the Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, as amended to January 1, 2011, the Safe Drinking Water Act (P.L. 93-523), as amended to January 1, 2011, the Mine Safety and Health Administration regulations (30 C.F.R. Part 3830), as amended to January 1, 2011, United States Forest Service surface mining and exploration reclamation requirements (43 C.F.R., page 228), as amended to January 1, 2011, Bureau of Land Management mining and exploration requirements (43 C.F.R. Part 3800), as amended to January 1, 2011, the Mined Land Reclamation Act (this chapter), the regulated substance discharges statutes in chapter 34A-12, the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976, as amended to January 1, 2011, the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980 (P.L. 95-510), as amended to January 1, 2011, the Toxic Substance Control Act of 1976 (P.L. 94-469), as amended to January 1, 2011, Lawrence County extractive industries ordinances, as amended to January 1, 2011, and all rules and regulations promulgated to implement existing statutes, including rules dealing with air pollution, control of visible emissions, open burning, control of particulate emissions, control of sulfur compound emissions, new source performance standards, standards of performance for storage vessels of petroleum liquids, air standards, spill control plans, buried tanks, water pollution, public water systems, and dredge and fill permit requirements.

Source: SL 1990, ch 353, § 7; SL 2011, ch 165, § 208.