Kansas Statutes 65-3409. Unlawful acts; penalties
Attorney's Note
Under the Kansas Statutes, punishments for crimes depend on the classification. In the case of this section:| Class | Prison | Fine |
|---|---|---|
| class A misdemeanor | up to 1 year | up to $2,500 |
Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 65-3409
- Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
- Disposal: means the discharge, deposit, injection, dumping, spilling, leaking or placing of any solid waste into or on any land or water so that such solid waste or any constituent thereof may enter the environment or be emitted into the air or discharged into any water. See Kansas Statutes 65-3402
- Open dumping: means the disposal of solid waste at any solid waste disposal area or facility that is not permitted by the secretary under the authority of Kan. See Kansas Statutes 65-3402
- Owner: means any person who owns or leases, or has owned or leased, a drycleaning facility and who is or has been responsible for the operation of drycleaning operations at such drycleaning facility. See Kansas Statutes 65-34,142
- Person: means individual, partnership, firm, trust, company, association, corporation, individual or individuals having controlling or majority interest in a corporation, institution, political subdivision, state agency or federal department or agency. See Kansas Statutes 65-3402
- Secretary: means the secretary of health and environment. See Kansas Statutes 65-3402
- Solid waste: means garbage, refuse, waste tires as defined by Kan. See Kansas Statutes 65-3402
- Solid waste disposal area: includes all property described or included within any permit issued pursuant to Kan. See Kansas Statutes 65-3402
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to:
(1) Dispose of any solid waste by open dumping, but this provision shall not prohibit: (A) The use of solid wastes, except for waste tires, as defined by Kan. Stat. Ann. § 65-3424, and amendments thereto, in normal farming operations or in the processing or manufacturing of other products in a manner that will not create a public nuisance or adversely affect the public health; or (B) an individual from dumping or depositing solid wastes resulting from such individual’s own residential or agricultural activities onto the surface of land owned or leased by such individual when such wastes do not create a public nuisance or adversely affect the public health or the environment.
(2) Except as otherwise provided by Kan. Stat. Ann. § 65-3407c, and amendments thereto, construct, alter or operate a solid waste processing or disposal facility or act as a waste tire transporter or mobile waste tire processor, as defined by Kan. Stat. Ann. § 65-3424, and amendments thereto, without a permit or be in violation of the rules and regulations, standards or orders of the secretary.
(3) Violate any condition of any permit issued under Kan. Stat. Ann. §§ 65-3407 or 65-3424b, and amendments thereto.
(4) Conduct any solid waste burning operations in violation of the provisions of the Kansas air quality act.
(5) Store, collect, transport, process, treat or dispose of solid waste contrary to the rules and regulations, standards or orders of the secretary or in such a manner as to create a public nuisance.
(6) Refuse or hinder entry, inspection, sampling and the examination or copying of records related to the purposes of this act by an agent or employee of the secretary after such agent or employee identifies and gives notice of their purpose.
(7) Violate subsection (b) of Kan. Stat. Ann. § 65-3424a, subsection (c) of Kan. Stat. Ann. § 65-3424b or Kan. Stat. Ann. § 65-3424i, and amendments thereto.
(8) Divide a solid waste disposal area which has been issued a permit pursuant to Kan. Stat. Ann. § 65-3407, and amendments thereto, into two or more parcels of real property for the purpose of selling or transferring a portion of the permitted area to a new owner without receiving prior approval of the secretary. If the secretary does not approve or deny the division of the area within 60 days after the matter is submitted to the secretary for approval, the division shall be deemed to have been approved. Approval pursuant to this subsection shall not be necessary for transfer of a permitted solid waste disposal area as allowed by subsection (i)(1) of Kan. Stat. Ann. § 65-3407, and amendments thereto.
(b) No person shall be held responsible for failure to secure a permit under the provisions of this section for the dumping or depositing of any solid waste on land owned or leased by such person without such person’s expressed or implied consent, permission or knowledge.
(c) Any person who violates any provision of subsection (a) shall be guilty of a class A misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished as provided by law.