Testimony on Senate Bill 152 [House]

Summary: Testimony in support of SB 152. "As amended by the Senate, this legislation accomplishes several initiatives: 1. Amends K.S.A 65-171d to authorize the Secretary of Health and Environment to establish, via rules and regulations, fees for the permitting, monitoring, testing, inspecting and regulating Class I and Class V Underground Injection Control (UIC) wells. 2. Places caps on those new fees depending upon the type and status of injection well. 3. Directs the Secretary to discount the new fees for facilities that already pay fees for Underground Hydrocarbon Storage or Salt Solution Mining. 4. Directs the revenue raised by the new fees to be placed in KDHE's Water Program Management Fund, created by K.S.A. 65-166b. 5. Amends the existing cap on fees charged to individual water and wastewater certified operators from $25 to $125. 6. Places a cap of $100 on fees charged on water well contractor applications and drilling rigs and a cap of $200on fees charged for water well contractor licenses. 7. Redirects the revenue raised by the fees on certified operators and water wells from the State General Fund to the KDHE Water Program Management Fund. ... Senate Bill 152 provides the authority to ensure KDHE maintains its strong programs and gives the regulatory community certainty in environmental expectations and conduct. As such, KDHE stands in support of Senate Bill 152 and urges its passage as a step in maintaining State autonomy in protecting its surface and ground water resources."

Record details

• Physical Description: 1 Internet resource (3 pages)
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• Publisher: Topeka, Kansas : Kansas Department of Health and Environment, 2020.