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KDHE seeks legislative ratification to adopt hazardous-waste fee rules tied to $1 million threshold
Summary
KDHE told the Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee it needs the legislature to ratify two proposed hazardous-waste rules that an economic-impact statement shows would exceed the $1,000,000 five-year threshold, and described fee increases and permit charges intended to shore up a corrective-action budget shortfall.
To cover a growing budget shortfall in Kansas' hazardous-waste corrective-action program, the Kansas Department of Health and Environment is asking the Legislature to ratify two rules so the agency can implement higher fees, KDHE officials told the Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee.
Senate Bill 407 would authorize KDHE to adopt two proposed regulations identified in the department's economic-impact statement as exceeding the statutory $1,000,000 threshold for implementation and compliance costs over the initial five-year period following adoption. Tamara Lawrence, the committee's senior assistant reviser, identified the proposed regulations as K.A.R. 28-31-10 and 28-31-10b and said the bill would take effect on publication in the Kansas Register.
KDHE deputy secretary Kate Gleason…
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