Kan. Admin. Regs. § 28-18a-4 - Filing of applications and payment of fees

(a) Each applicant for a swine facility permit shall submit the application required by K.A.R. 28-16-59 or K.S.A. 65-1,178 and amendments thereto, as applicable.

(b) In order for the department to provide adequate public notice regarding a permit for any proposed new construction or proposed new expansion of a swine facility, each applicant for a swine facility permit shall provide to the secretary the name and mailing address of each of the following:

(1) The United States post office or offices serving the immediate area of the swine facility; and

(2) each owner of a habitable structure or any property located within one mile of the swine facility perimeter, pursuant to K.S.A. 65-171d and amendments thereto.

(c) In addition to the application requirements of K.A.R. 28-16-59, for any new construction or new expansion of a swine facility, each applicant for a swine facility permit shall submit the following information:

(1) A map identifying the location and layout of the swine facility or the swine facility perimeter;

(2) a map identifying the location of any habitable structure or city, county, state, or federal park within one mile of the swine facility or the swine facility perimeter;

(3) a map identifying the location of any wildlife refuge within 16,000 feet of the swine facility or the swine facility perimeter;

(4) a map identifying all water wells on the swine facility property;

(5) a map identifying any streams and bodies of surface water within one mile of the swine facility or the swine facility perimeter;

(6) for swine facilities that utilize a swine wasteretention lagoon or pond, any information that the applicant possesses indicating the presence of any unplugged oil, gas, or salt solution mining wells located at the proposed or existing swine facility;

(7) a waste management plan for any swine facility whose operator is not required to obtain a federal permit;

(8) for swine facilities with an animal unit capacity of 1,000 animal units or more if the swine at the swine facility are not owned by the operator of the swine facility, a copy of the executed contract between the swine operator and the owner of the swine, specifying responsibility for management of the manure and wastewater generated at the swine facility; and

(9) for swine facilities with an animal unit capacity of 1,000 animal units or more, the following information:

(A) A manure management plan;

(B) a nutrient utilization plan that meets the requirements of the Kansas department of agriculture, if the swine facility applies manure or wastewater to land;

(C) an emergency response plan;

(D) an odor control plan;

(E) a dead swine handling plan;

(F) a nutrient management plan;

(G) a groundwater monitoring plan, if required;

(H) a closure plan, if required; and

(I) for swine facilities with an animal unit capacity of 3,725 animal units or more, financial assurance for closure of the swine facility and closure of the swine waste-retention lagoons or ponds.

(d)

(1) If swine facilities adjoin and have a common swine waste management system or if swine facilities do not adjoin but have a common swine waste management system, the swine facilities shall be classified as one swine facility.

(2) If swine facilities do not adjoin and do not have a common swine waste management system or if swine facilities adjoin but do not have a common swine waste management system, the swine facilities shall be classified as separate swine facilities.

(e) Each applicant for a swine facility permit shall submit the application fee required by K.A.R. 28-16-56d.

(f) Each applicant shall sign the permit application as required by 40 C.F.R. 122.22, as adopted by reference in K.A.R. 28-18-4.

Notes

Kan. Admin. Regs. § 28-18a-4

Authorized by K.S.A. 65-171d; implementing K.S.A. 65-164, 65-165, 65-166, 65-166a, 65-171d, 65-171h, 65-1,179, 65-1,181, 65-1,184, 65-1,187, 65-1,188, 65-1,189, and 65-1,190; effective Jan. 15, 1999; amended March 16, 2007; amended by Kansas Register Volume 40, No. 29; effective 8/6/2021.