# 20:10:37:04 Inspections

**Citation:** ARSD 20:10:37:04  
**Type / status:** regulation / current  
**Agency:** South Dakota Public Utilities Commission  
**Effective:** 2009-10-19  
**Published:** Not stated

Inspections. An inspector shall conduct periodic inspections and spot checks of records and property in the possession, custody, or control of the pipeline operator to determine compliance with applicable pipeline safety standards. Inspections may be conducted pursuant to routine scheduling by the inspector, upon a complaint received from a member of the public, upon inf

## Document text

An inspector shall conduct periodic inspections and spot checks of records and property in the possession, custody, or control of the pipeline operator to determine compliance with applicable pipeline safety standards. Inspections may be conducted pursuant to routine scheduling by the inspector, upon a complaint received from a member of the public, upon information obtained from a previous inspection, or when there is a cause to believe that a threat to public safety may exist.

## Provenance

- Official: Yes
- Source: <https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules/Administrative/20%3A10%3A37%3A04>
- Source ID: `sd-legislature-arsd`
- SHA-256: `ef368625dc3ac73bbca745ed6c7b8e681650f3a7d5a257bece47e5014d0a591a`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-20T11:35:18.893Z
- Exported: 2026-08-22T05:40:35.774Z
- Document slug: `sd-arsd-20-10-37-04`

### Source metadata

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  "sectionNumber": "20:10:37:04",
  "legalScope": "This corpus is the complete current substantive text of ARSD Chapter 20:10:37 as inventoried by the South Dakota Legislature. It is not a claim to all South Dakota pipeline law, Chapter 20:10:31 fee rules, SDCL Chapter 49-34B, Commission orders or dockets, federal law, or incorporated external material.",
  "applicabilityCaveat": "Chapter 20:10:37 applies only to pipelines within South Dakota Public Utilities Commission jurisdiction under SDCL Chapter 49-34B. Applicability depends on pipeline, operator, commodity, facility, and intrastate status; federal certification and preemption; exemptions; Commission rulings and orders; and the current law incorporated by reference. The PUC describes its safety jurisdiction as intrastate gas transmission, distribution, master-meter, propane, and LNG facilities, not every pipeline in South Dakota.",
  "incorporationCaveat": "The chapter relies on federal pipeline-safety standards adopted through SDCL Chapter 49-34B and expressly references 49 CFR Parts 191 and 192, federal reporting forms, other ARSD chapters, SDCL provisions, and Commission materials. This connector links explicit references but does not reproduce incorporated federal or third-party material or determine whether every reference is static or dynamic.",
  "statutoryUpdateCaveat": "2026 HB 1027, enacted as 2026 South Dakota Session Laws Chapter 186, amended SDCL Chapter 49-34B and updated statutory federal citations through January 1, 2026. It did not amend ARSD Chapter 20:10:37. The current administrative text is therefore preserved verbatim, including its express July 1, 2023 federal-edition references in sections 20:10:37:10, :17, :18, and :19; the statutory update is metadata, not a silent rewrite of the rules.",
  "publicationCaveat": "The South Dakota Legislature publishes the current chapter and individual section HTML through its official rules service. PublicationObservedOn is the retrieval date, not a legal effective date. Document effective dates and timeline events come only from dates expressly labeled effective in each official Source note; archived-file dates and retrieval timestamps are not treated as rule-effective dates.",
  "rights": "Official South Dakota government rule, statute, session-law, and PUC materials are retained with attribution and SHA-256 provenance. Public availability does not resolve rights in seals, site presentation, linked forms, incorporated federal material, privately authored standards, or third-party content; downstream redistribution requires separate review.",
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  "sourceNote": "Source: 36 SDR 57, effective October 19, 2009.",
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