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Committee endorses bill to extend state water pollution permits from five to ten years
Summary
The committee recommended House Bill 2085 favorably after KDHE testified the change would apply only to state non-discharging permits, reduce administrative burden for small communities, and would not change fee structure.
The Senate Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources opened a hearing on House Bill 2085 and heard from the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE), which supports extending the maximum term for certain state water pollution control permits from five years to 10 years.
Nut graf: KDHE told the committee the bill applies to state (not federal) permits for small non-discharging facilities and is intended to reduce permit workload and backlog, particularly for…
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