SDCL § 34A-1-10: Cooperation by department with other agencies, persons, and groups.

The department may:

(1) Advise, consult, and cooperate with agencies of the state, local governments, industries, other states, interstate or interlocal agencies, and the federal government, and with interested persons or groups;

(2) Encourage local units of government to handle air pollution problems within their respective jurisdictions and on a cooperative basis, and provide them with technical and consultative assistance;

(3) Encourage voluntary cooperation by persons or affected groups to achieve the purposes of this chapter; and

(4) Consult, upon request, with any person proposing to construct, install, or otherwise acquire an air contaminant source or device or system for the control of the source, device, or system, concerning the efficacy of the device or system, or the air pollution problem that may be related to the source, device, or system. Nothing in any such consultation relieves any person from compliance with this chapter, any rules in force pursuant to this chapter, or any other provisions of law.

Source: SL 1970, ch 203, § 5(6) to (8), (14), (15); SDCL Supp, § 34-16A-17; SL 1977, ch 280, § 6; SL 1986, ch 295, § 6; SL 2011, ch 165, § 9.