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South Dakota environmental records for a Phase I ESA

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A Phase I records review in South Dakota draws mainly on one state agency, the South Dakota Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources (DANR). Three of its programs hold most of what a review needs. The Inspection, Compliance, and Remediation Program covers storage tanks, spill reporting, brownfields and chemical inventory reporting. The Waste Management Program carries DANR's regulation of solid waste, hazardous waste and asbestos. The Minerals, Mining, and Superfund Program regulates oil and gas development along with mining, and carries out Superfund assessments across the state and regulatory oversight at Superfund sites. This page maps each kind of record ASTM E1527-21 asks for to the South Dakota program that holds it, and links a page on each program.

The standard record types, in South Dakota

ASTM record type South Dakota program Agency
State Superfund equivalent No South Dakota list is paired here. The pages read name no state list of this kind. DANR's Superfund Program page describes sites on the federal National Priorities List and sites taken off it. DANR's Superfund page says documents for some sites have been placed in the Tanks and Spills Map database. DANR
State hazardous waste facilities No single South Dakota list is paired here. For hazardous waste data, DANR's Hazardous Waste Section page links RCRAInfo and EPA pages it labels as hazardous waste generator lists and maps and as inspections and enforcement lists and maps. DANR
Landfills and solid waste sites Permitted Solid Waste Facilities, DANR's map of the solid waste facilities it permits. Sites that treat petroleum contaminated soil are on the Petroleum Contaminated Soil Landfarms page. DANR
Leaking storage tanks Tanks and Spills Map. The pages read name no separate list of leaking tanks. DANR's Storage Tanks and Spills Reporting pages link this map under the label Database of Reported Releases, and a tank release is reported on the same line as a spill, so the pairing is the handbook's reading. The Petroleum Release Compensation Fund (PRCF) helps pay for cleanups of petroleum releases. DANR
Registered storage tanks Storage Tanks. DANR says a regulated tank holding petroleum or another regulated substance must be registered with it, and its SARA Title III page links the Tanks and Spills Map as a searchable database of registered tanks. DANR
Institutional and engineering controls No South Dakota list is paired here. The pages read name no registry of institutional or engineering controls. DANR
Voluntary cleanup sites No South Dakota list is paired here. The pages read name no voluntary cleanup program for contaminated sites; the voluntary Abandoned Tank Removal Project removes old tanks and is not paired. DANR says it oversees spill, release and contaminated sites and requires their cleanup; see Spills Reporting and the Brownfields Program. DANR
Brownfields sites Brownfields Program. The program page's link labeled SD Brownfields Site Information opens the Tanks and Spills Map. The pairing is the handbook's reading of that link label; this handbook did not open the map. DANR

How far each search reaches is on the ASTM search distances page.

Other South Dakota records worth reading

These are not paired with a record type in the table above, but each answers a question a South Dakota Phase I runs into.

One agency, and sometimes EPA

Oil and gas is not a second agency here. DANR's own Minerals, Mining, and Superfund Program issues drilling permits and Class II injection permits, and a spill from oil and gas work is reported to the same Inspection, Compliance, and Remediation Program line as any other spill.

Some records are EPA's instead. DANR's tank FAQ says EPA's Region 8 office in Denver, not the state, regulates the underground tanks that registered Native Americans own and operate inside reservation boundaries. DANR's permitting guide says Class III, V and VI injection wells are regulated by EPA, and that Class I and Class IV wells are banned in the state. For hazardous waste data, DANR's pages send you to EPA's own systems.

One more body enters a petroleum cleanup. DANR says the South Dakota Board of Technical Professions licenses people who offer petroleum release services in the state, and DANR's tank FAQ says soil samples for leaving a tank in place must be taken by a certified petroleum release assessor or remediator.

One search that crosses DANR's programs

DANR's Tanks & Spills Map is the one tool most of these pages share. DANR's Data & Mapping page says it shows regulated tank sites and spill sites. Other DANR pages link the same address as the database of reported releases, a searchable database of registered tanks, SD Brownfields Site Information, and the map for every known environmental event. DANR's Superfund page says documents for some sites have been placed in it under a DANR ID number. The Tanks and Spills Map page says more.

DANR gathers its databases and maps on its Data & Mapping page. Its Environmental Assessment page asks that anyone whose answer is in those online databases use them rather than asking for an assessment.

Getting a file from DANR

A listing says a record exists. The reports and letters are in the file. DANR's page footer links Request Public Records, an address on the state's sd.gov portal that this handbook did not open. DANR's pages read do not say what a records request must include, what DANR charges or how long it takes. DANR's Environmental Assessment page links the same address for its own review requests, which it says go through the South Dakota Citizen Portal and need an account there.

Chapter 1-27 of the South Dakota Codified Laws sets who may ask and how long a written request may take.

  • Who may ask. Under SDCL 1-27-1, except where a statute expressly provides otherwise, every citizen of South Dakota and every other person interested in examining public records may examine them while the office is open for business, take notes from them and, unless federal copyright law provides otherwise, get copies. Each government entity must make its public records available for inspection and copying during normal business hours.
  • An informal request first. Under SDCL 1-27-35, an informal request goes to the record's custodian, who may provide the record on payment of the actual cost of mailing or sending it, the actual cost of copying it, or another fee a statute or administrative rule sets. A request that takes more than an hour of staff time to locate, assemble or reproduce the record may be charged for that time. The section gives no time for answering an informal request.
  • Ten business days for a written request. Under SDCL 1-27-37, a requester whose informal request is denied in whole or in part may make a written request to the public entity's public record officer. The officer must respond promptly, and within ten business days of receiving it at the latest, by providing the record in whole or in part once any fees are paid, by denying the request with a written statement of the reasons, or by acknowledging it and estimating how long a further response will reasonably take. That further time may rest on the need to clarify the request, to locate and assemble the records, to notify third persons or agencies it affects, or to decide whether any of it is exempt from disclosure. A requester who does not answer a request for clarification in writing within ten business days is taken to have withdrawn the request. A written request not answered within ten business days, or an estimate not kept without a revised one, counts as denied.

DANR's headquarters is at 523 E Capitol Ave, Pierre, SD 57501, phone (605) 773-3151, and the footer gives DANRmail@state.sd.us as the department's mailbox. DANR's Contact Us page lists offices in Rapid City, Sioux Falls, Watertown and Mitchell, among others. Each program page in this handbook gives the program's own line where DANR prints one.

Sources

South Dakota Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources pages, read October 13, 2026:

South Dakota Legislature pages, read October 13, 2026, no modified date shown:

  • SDCL 1-27-1, Public records open to inspection and copying; its source note lists SL 2009, ch 10 as the latest amendment.
  • SDCL 1-27-35, Informal requests for disclosure of records; its source note lists SL 2024, ch 1 (Ex. Ord. 24-1), effective April 8, 2024, as the latest amendment.
  • SDCL 1-27-37, Written request for disclosure of records; its source note lists SL 2008, ch 14, § 5.
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