SDCL § 45-6B-53: Small-scale operation--Special permit laws applicable.

Any mining operation, other than an in situ mining operation or a mining operation that employs a cyanide leaching or other chemical or biological leaching process to extract minerals from ore, which affects less than ten acres, excluding access roads, and extracts less than twenty-five thousand tons of ore or overburden per calendar year shall be subject to the provisions of §§ 45-6B-54 to 45-6B-63, inclusive, and are not required to comply with the provisions of §§ 45-6B-5 to 45-6B-7, inclusive, 45-6B-10, 45-6B-14, or 45-6B-36.