SDCL § 34A-2-125.4: Water pollution control permit--Application fee for submissions--Exclusion--Deposit.

In addition to any other tax or fee levied by law, there is hereby imposed a water pollution control permit application fee of six hundred dollars on an operation that is required to obtain a water pollution control permit under § 34A-2-36.2 or 34A-2-36.3. The fee is applicable for each submission to the Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources of one or more of the following:

(1) An application for a new operation;

(2) An application to increase the maximum animal numbers at an operation;

(3) An application to increase the manure or process wastewater containment structure volume at an operation;

(4) A second or any subsequent application, submitted in a calendar year, adding land application fields to the permit of an operation;

(5) An application submitted for an individual permit; or

(6) An application for coverage under a general permit submitted after July 1, 2027.

The fee does not apply to as-built plans.

The person filing the application for the water pollution control permit shall submit the fee with the application. The department shall deposit the fee in the concentrated animal feeding operation administrative subfund, as established in § 34A-2-125.3.

Source: SL 2025, ch 145, § 4.