Kansas Statutes 82a-1609. Cost-benefit analysis of alternatives required prior to request for appropriation; state agency and public review and comment; duties of division of conservation
Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 82a-1609
- Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
- Chief engineer: means the chief engineer of the division of water resources of the department of agriculture. See Kansas Statutes 82a-1603
- Division: means the division of conservation established within the Kansas department of agriculture in Kan. See Kansas Statutes 82a-1603
- General plan: means a preliminary engineering report describing the characteristics of the project area, the nature and methods of dealing with the soil and water problems within the project area and the projects proposed to be undertaken by the sponsor within the project area. See Kansas Statutes 82a-1603
- Multipurpose small lake project: means a dam and lake containing: (1) Flood control storage; and (2) either public water supply storage or recreation features, or both. See Kansas Statutes 82a-1603
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
(a) Before the Kansas department of agriculture division of conservation requests any appropriation for any multipurpose small lake project, the chief engineer shall review the cost-benefit analysis of alternatives to the project and shall:
(1) Submit the general plan to the appropriate state environmental review agencies pursuant to Kan. Stat. Ann. §§ 82a-325, 82a-326 and 82a-327, and amendments thereto, for review and comment as provided by those sections; and
(2) publish notice of the review in the Kansas register, make the general plan available to the public and receive public comments on the proposed project for a period of 30 days following publication of the notice.
(b) If, in the review, a reasonable, less expensive alternative to the proposed project is identified and the Kansas department of agriculture division of conservation nevertheless requests an appropriation for the proposed project, the division shall submit its reasons for proceeding with participation in the project, together with substantiating documentation, with the budget estimate and program statement for such project.
(c) This section shall be part of and supplemental to the multipurpose small lakes program act.