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KDHE outlines program to help counties clean illegal dump sites; county to identify candidate properties
Summary
A KDHE Bureau of Waste Management representative described a program that can pay up to $10,000 per illegal-dump site (75% KDHE, 25% local match, typically in-kind), said KDHE manages property-owner notices and that counties must consent to participation. Commissioners agreed to show KDHE staff candidate sites.
Toby (Kansas Department of Health and Environment, Bureau of Waste Management) told the Atchison County Commission on July 8 that KDHE'9s "legal dump" program can help counties remove accumulated solid waste from private properties when the local governing body gives consent.
"By state statute...it'9s at the consent of the local governing body," Toby said, explaining that KDHE cannot unilaterally require a county to participate. The program may pay up to $10,000 per site in KDHE funds and requires a 25% local match; Toby said the match is usually satisfied with in-kind county resources such as road-and-bridge equipment and staff.
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