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KS HB2064

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/22/2025

Primary Sponsor

Agriculture and Natural Resources

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Origin

House of Representatives

2025-2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Removes the existing permit exception that allowed oil and gas drilling waste to be disposed of through land-spreading without a solid waste permit under K.S.A. 65-3407c

  • Eliminates the associated regulatory framework including the $250 application fee paid to the State Corporation Commission, the three-year waiting period between land-spreading at the same location, and disclosure requirements for property sellers

  • Strikes provisions requiring the Kansas Department of Health and Environment and State Corporation Commission to coordinate on land-spreading rules, monitoring, and enforcement

  • Ends the annual reporting requirement to legislative committees on land-spreading implementation and regulatory costs

  • Oil and gas drilling waste disposal would now require standard solid waste permits, bringing it under the same regulatory requirements as other solid waste disposal activities

Legislative Description

Removing the current solid waste permit exception for the disposal of solid waste generated by drilling oil and gas wells through the practice of land-spreading.

Last Action

House Stricken from Calendar by Rule 1507

2/20/2025

Committee Referrals

Agriculture and Natural Resources1/22/2025

Full Bill Text

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