{"data":{"id":"us-sd/sdcl-45-6b-33.3","jurisdiction":"us-sd","citation":"SDCL § 45-6B-33.3","heading":"Special, exceptional, critical, or unique land defined.","body":"For the purposes of § 45-6B-33, land is special, exceptional, critical, or unique if it possesses one or more of the following characteristics:\n(1) The land is so ecologically fragile that, once it is adversely affected, it could not return to its former ecological role in the reasonably foreseeable future;\n(2) The land has such a strong influence on the total ecosystem of which it is a part that even temporary effects felt by it could precipitate a system-wide ecological reaction of unpredictable scope or dimension; or\n(3) The land has scenic, historic, archaeologic, topographic, geologic, ethnologic, scientific, cultural, or recreational significance.","path":["TITLE 45. MINING, OIL AND GAS","CHAPTER 45-6B. MINED LAND RECLAMATION"],"source_url":"https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/45-6B-33.3","current_through":"2026-08-31","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T15:18:57Z","sha256":"3026ed0fcdb2148b1018396887a405d9639747753291dc765248c9bd5a4c06cb","source_id":"us-sd","stale":true,"prev":"us-sd/sdcl-45-6b-33.2","next":"us-sd/sdcl-45-6b-33.4"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}