Statute 65-5704: Duties of secretary of health and environment; rules and regulations; fees.
The secretary of health and environment shall: (a) Provide
support for the oversight and administrative activities of the commission;
(b) receive, process and manage hazardous chemical information required to
be submitted and notifications required to be given pursuant to the federal
act; (c) establish a list of Kansas reportable chemicals which shall also be
subject to the requirements of sections 311 and 312 of the federal act; (d)
designate threshold planning quantities and reportable quantities for any
chemical designated for listing as reportable in Kansas. For purposes of
reporting in Kansas, the secretary may establish more stringent reporting
thresholds for those chemicals required to be reported under the federal act.
Chemicals shall be designated and reporting thresholds established after public
notice and hearing, based upon concern for the hazards such chemicals may
represent in Kansas; and (e) adopt such rules and regulations as
necessary to implement the provisions of the federal act and the
secretary's duties under this section, including provisions for protection
of trade secrets and for public disclosure of information consistent with
sections 322, 323 and 324 of the federal act. Such rules and regulations
may establish fees to cover all or part of the total cost of operation of the
program.
History: L. 1987, ch. 231, § 4; L. 1991, ch. 202, § 2; July 1.