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Minnesota Boundary Waters (South Dakota Codified Laws: Title 46A Water Management; Chapter 46A-16)

Country/Territory
United States of America
Territorial subdivision
South Dakota
Document type
Legislation
Date
2018
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Water
Keyword
Freshwater resources management Inland waters Institution Surface water Policy/planning Procedural matters Court/tribunal Waterworks Local government
Geographical area
Americas, Arctic, East Pacific, North America, North Atlantic
Abstract

This chapter of South Dakota Codified Laws concerns Minnesota boundary waters. It provides for creation and composition of the South Dakota-Minnesota Boundary Waters Commission; legal advisers to the commission; plan for controlling levels of boundary waters; hearings on desirable water level and plan of regulation; hearings by commission, time and place, publication of notice, and final orders of commission, publication; investigations, surveys and hearings and procedure for conduct; order of determination of commission regulating water levels and appeal by aggrieved party to circuit court, notice of appeal, service, and appeal from judgment of district court to Supreme Court; injunction restraining violation of order or notice of commission; expenses not to be incurred without adequate appropriation; construction of artificial controls to maintain boundary water levels; Big Stone lake water level, maintenance, operation, and discharge limitation of Big Stone control dam; concurrence of Minnesota necessary to make chapter effective; lake protection and rehabilitation projects and commission powers; and local advisory committees for lake projects.

Full text
English
Website
sdlegislature.gov