Testimony on HB 2575

Summary: Testimony in support of HB 2575. "The Bureau of Environmental Remediation...is responsible for managing the Dry Cleaner Program, which includes registration of active facilities, compliance inspections, and state-lead assessment and cleanup of contaminated sites. ... As proposed, HB 2575 provides four primary changes: 1. Clarifies the definitions of operator. This definition was added to more clearly define the facility operator vs. a real property owner who may not be involved in facility operations; 2. Increases the deductible paid towards the cleanup for the site by operators of contaminated dry-cleaning facilities and property owners who benefited financially from the operation of the contaminated dry-cleaning facility; 3. Provides additional funding to the Drycleaner Environmental Response Trust Fund (Fund) to respond in a more-timely manner to contamination attributed to retail dry cleaning facilities; and 4. Increases the maximum penalties for dry cleaning facility operators who fail to collect and submit the gross receipts environmental surcharge; as well as solvent distributors who fail to collect and pay the per-gallon solvent fee."

Record details

• Physical Description: 1 Internet resource (2 pages) : color chart
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• Publisher: Topeka, Kansas : Kansas Department of Health and Environment, 2020.