South Dakota § 45-6B-33.3 Special, exceptional, critical, or unique land defined.

South Dakota Statutes

§ 45-6B-33.3 — Special, exceptional, critical, or unique land defined.

South Dakota § 45-6B-33.3

Title 45MINING, OIL AND GAS

Ch. 45-6AMINED LAND RECLAMATION

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S.D. Codified Laws § 45-6B-33.3 (2026).

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For the purposes of § 45-6B-33 , land is special, exceptional, critical, or unique if it possesses one or more of the following characteristics:

(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;

(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 (3) The land has scenic, historic, archaeologic, topographic, geologic, ethnologic, scientific, cultural, or recreational significance.

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For the purposes of § 45-6B-33 , land is special, exceptional, critical, or unique if it possesses one or more of the following characteristics: (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; (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 (3) The land has scenic, historic, archaeologic, topographic, geologic, ethnologic, scientific, cultural, or recreational significance.