34A-9-1. Definition of terms.
Terms as used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, mean:
(1)”Agency,” the executive and administrative departments, offices, boards, commissions, and other units of the state government;
(2)”Board,” the Board of Minerals and Environment;
(3)”Draft environmental impact statement,” a preliminary statement prepared pursuant to §34A-9-5;
(4)”Environment,” the physical conditions that will be affected by a proposed action, including land, air, water, minerals, flora, fauna, noise, objects of historic or aesthetic significance, existing patterns of population concentration, distribution, or growth, and existing community or neighborhood character;
(5)”Environmental impact statement,” a detailed statement setting forth the matters specified in §34A-9-7. It includes any comments on a draft environmental statement which are received pursuant to §34A-9-8, and the agency’s response to such comments, to the extent that they raise issues not adequately resolved in the draft environmental statement;
(6)”Secretary,” the secretary of the Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources.
Source: SL 1974, ch 245, §1; SDCL Supp, §11-1A-1; SL 1986, ch 295, §30; SL 2021, ch 1 (Ex. Ord. 21-3), § 53, eff. Apr. 19, 2021.