Kansas Statutes 65-3411. Orders to prevent pollution or hazard
Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 65-3411
- Discharge: means and includes leakage, seepage or other release. See Kansas Statutes 65-3471
- 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
- Property: means real property. See Kansas Statutes 65-34,178
- 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 management system: means the entire process of storage, collection, transportation, processing, and disposal of solid wastes by any person engaging in such process as a business, or by any state agency, city, authority, county or any combination thereof. See Kansas Statutes 65-3402
- Waters of the state: means all streams and springs, and all bodies of surface or groundwater, whether natural or artificial, within the boundaries of the state. See Kansas Statutes 65-3402
If the secretary finds that the generation, accumulation, management or discharge of solid waste by any person is, or threatens to cause pollution of the land, air or waters of the state, or is a hazard to property in the area or to public health and safety, the secretary may order the person to alter the generation, accumulation or management of the solid waste or to provide and implement such solid waste management system as will prevent or remove pollution or hazards. The secretary may order any person having a permit issued pursuant to this act and operating a public or commercial solid waste management system, or any part thereof, which the secretary finds suitable to manage the solid waste, to provide and implement a solid waste management system or part thereof to prevent or remove such pollution or hazard. Such order shall specify a fair compensation to the owner or permittee for property taken or used and shall specify the terms and conditions under which the permittee shall provide such solid waste management services. Such order shall specify the length of time, after receipt of the order during which the person or permittee shall provide or implement the solid waste management system or alter the generation accumulation or management of the solid waste.