74:54:02:10Board disapproval of

application for groundwater discharge plan. The board may disapprove the groundwater discharge plan application under any one or more of the following conditions: (1) The application is procedurally incomplete; (2) The ambient groundwater quality will be degraded and a water quality variance permit cannot be issued to degrade the ambient water quality to the standards of §§ 74:54:01:04 and 74:54:01:05; (3) The beneficial uses of groundwater will be impaired or there is a hazard to human health from the potential discharge; (4) The application describes a discharge resulting from an accidental spill or leak or intentional dumping of a pollutant, unless the application is submitted as part of a remediation plan and if it has been shown by either study or practice that all reasonable other alternatives for groundwater clean-up will not result in further removal of contaminant concentrations from the groundwater; (5) The application describes a discharge that will degrade groundwater quality to a level lower than the standards in §§ 74:54:01:04 and 74:54:01:05.

Source: 14 SDR 86, effective December 24, 1987; 18 SDR 128, effective February 22, 1992; transferred from § 74:03:16:10, July 1, 1996.