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Luke Drury, senior VISTA analyst with the Kansas Legislative Research Department, walked the committee through KDHE’s budget materials and noted that several supplemental and enhancement requests — including hazardous-waste and livestock-waste items and FTE changes — had initially been deleted by the Legislative Budget Committee but were before the subcommittee for possible restoration.

Representative Long moved to restore $350,000 in the State General Fund for KDHE’s hazardous-waste management program for FY2025; Representative Smith seconded and the motion carried on a voice vote. The committee then approved a matching $350,000 addition for FY2026 after members discussed that the appropriation was intended as a catch-up while the agency transitions to higher fee revenue.

During KDHE’s environment discussion, Kate Gleason, deputy director of environment at KDHE, described the agency’s Keyms (KEIMS) database and the requested implementation work. “The KEIMS database… is used by all of our programs now in environment. And it is both internal for database management for our in house records,” Gleason said. “It also is an external facing portal for folks… so refineries or whatever type of facility they can now submit their reports, permit applications, all types of documents to us through KEIMS.” The committee approved a $425,000 one-time SGF appropriation to accelerate two KEIMS implementation projects: an internal-database link and an EPA-facing submission link.

The subcommittee voted to restore 8.1 FTEs that the Legislative Budget Committee had deleted; members asked KDHE for documentation on each position’s duties and salaries and for confirmation that funding exists to cover fringe benefits. The committee recorded that KDHE said funds were available to pay salaries and benefits.

Representative Long moved and the committee approved $210,000 SGF for KDHE’s livestock-waste management program to fund contract engineers and reduce permit backlogs for confined animal feeding operations (CAFOs). The committee recorded that the appropriation supports permitting, repairs and cleanup work and that the program targets low-income households for septic/well assistance where specified.

KDHE asked for three State Water Plan Fund (SWPF) enhancements that the subcommittee separated and voted on individually: $500,000 for a watershed restoration and protection strategy program (soil-health practices and nutrient-sediment runoff prevention); $500,000 for a rural groundwater, septic-system and well-testing program targeted to low-income households (testing plus repair and replacement assistance); and $1,000,000 for contamination remediation of “orphan sites” — locations without a responsible party for cleanup. All three SWPF items were approved on separate voice votes.

A motion to add $1,000,000 and 6 FTEs for water-planning project development in FY2026 failed after members questioned timing and fiscal prudence. Following the KDHE amendments the committee voted to pass the KDHE environment budget for FY2025 and FY2026 as amended.

The chair asked KDHE to provide documentation on restored positions and historical details on the rural well-testing program (start date, lapse and previous funding) to support later appropriations deliberations.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","House Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources Budget 01/31/2025","oneSentenceSummary","The House appropriations subcommittee restored multiple KDHE line items — including hazardous-waste stabilization and a one-time KEIMS implementation appropriation — and approved three State Water Plan Fund enhancements that together total $2 million for watershed restoration, rural groundwater/septic testing and contamination remediation.","taxTitle","Agriculture and Natural Resources Budget, Standing, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Committees, Legislative, Kansas","taxId",38043,"location","Kansas","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":77,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":78,"_41":79,"_43":80,"_45":81,"_47":82,"_49":83,"_51":84,"_53":85,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":86,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":87,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6357799,"House panel restores $5.4 million in state water-plan enhancements for Department of Agriculture; approves meat and poultry inspection funding",945,0,945000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2213708-4e711a97bc6caa4cfd888b98b44e8d4a&start=0&end=945","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2213708-4e711a97bc6caa4cfd888b98b44e8d4a/thumbnail_0.jpg","/articles/6357799/Kansas/House-panel-restores-54-million-in-state-water-plan-enhancements-for-Department-of-Agriculture-approves-meat-and-poultry-inspection-funding","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6357799-7db0f4b1e4fa8858156e28fdf7def8e5/orig.mp4?Expires=1771161400&Signature=Q6V-mcwt98F-zfJLri64Ot0RCQVzHm9CuYtMuZ5bp-re4AOxBCFn2WME27How9gfWxa44-6oAExbECxdAO8MnKBxaUIuoYHLbFdmSshIYxkp-9V929-r0kd1QC0HrY6SQ~fzph0PPP1gV6MIHdiizdbRHMvXRoYudnu2H73gh~gZ6JmnxT-BmstGPVLGGP-peGLgM8qGP6Z2Vx5QzRLwR8eoC5MiT2VCArjbNcKQ7hnbJ7EvVSxhW9Bn8ZVrGRU-fa5~8AaM7mK~nwxY7DCdCn97jcmJe~n3FtXDvktnJFR1wp225vEW22XYlgGjqdOsurcJOnR4anpZG6d58-a8bQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Kansas House appropriations subcommittee voted to restore $5,400,000 in State Water Plan Fund enhancements for the Kansas Department of Agriculture (KDA) and approved a separate $350,000 General Fund addition for the department’s meat and poultry inspection service.

Luke Drury, senior VISTA analyst with the Kansas Legislative Research Department, told the committee the agency submitted no supplemental request for FY2025 and that the agency’s FY2026 summary and figure tables “outline the dollars specifically and moves within the budget.” Drury also said four enhancement requests and FTE additions the agency had sought were removed in the Legislative Budget Committee’s global recommendation.

The KDA enhancements the committee approved included: $500,000 for water-resources cost share; $1,750,000 for conservation aid to conservation districts; $500,000 for irrigation-technology conservation; $1,000,000 for a sorghum research center at Kansas State University (a one-time $1,000,000 payment the agency described as a 10-year, $100,000-per-year-equivalent partnership leveraged 4-to-1 by industry checkoff funds); a corrected dam-construction rehabilitation amount of $650,000 (the agenda sheet originally listed $1,650,000); and a $1,000,000 item described as the “Piedmont soft water upgrade.” Committee discussion and the motion indicated the total for the KDA water-related enhancements is $5,400,000. Representative Rogers moved the action; the motion carried on a voice vote.

Representative Carlin moved and Representative Long seconded a $350,000 General Fund appropriation for the KDA meat and poultry inspection service for FY2026, with proviso language to allow returning the funds if corresponding federal funding becomes available. The committee approved the motion on a voice vote. During discussion Representative Carlin said the funds were intended to avoid layoffs of inspectors and maintain state inspection capacity at local slaughterhouses.

Committee members also addressed a displayed technical error in the KDA materials showing a 2.2 FTE reduction; staff said it was a reporting error and that KDA was not losing those positions. After the amendments the subcommittee moved, and by voice vote approved, the KDA budget “as amended.”

The chair noted multiple times that any water funding approved by the subcommittee would remain subject to final acceptance or denial by the full Appropriations Committee when the statewide budget is compiled in the coming weeks.","A House appropriations subcommittee approved $5.4 million in State Water Plan Fund enhancements for the Kansas Department of Agriculture and added a $350,000 General Fund appropriation for the state meat and poultry inspection program. The committee passed the KDA budget as amended by voice votes.",{"_33":89,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":90,"_41":91,"_43":92,"_45":93,"_47":94,"_49":95,"_51":96,"_53":97,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":98,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":99,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6357789,"Subcommittee approves $14.8 million water package for Kansas Water Office, including planning, grants and aquifer mapping",843,3733000,4576000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2213708-4e711a97bc6caa4cfd888b98b44e8d4a&start=3733&end=4576","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2213708-4e711a97bc6caa4cfd888b98b44e8d4a/thumbnail_3733000.jpg","/articles/6357789/Kansas/Subcommittee-approves-148-million-water-package-for-Kansas-Water-Office-including-planning-grants-and-aquifer-mapping","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6357789-9a7aa216fe3310021d32f65d7ae2d3e6/orig.mp4?Expires=1771161400&Signature=LNRwX5M9Um8x4Ejx8FnQLLePvYvRG6acLn633j5-CqJJLFn3K6skeU37~xH171TSuO7oKx1bVLZdJKqFi6MOfzj12dPT3EzcF6xETW-fArtci2IUCYGfiYnb84RI9D7~DlygFdjpRJIoZ-YWhMIqP0Rq8Ec0lad42Pau1V2pT0VS3v11dw6kTtZV6mslWt9LF9jsBmBm3u49rdlRPJ6AdW6Ne~dhCP0nrAUonrQVVEISkutF3s4v2bIiZ5rhkGkBbq2w4Tv5HEyX5l715LawIYY6Nhg-l7HzycFcy9fcYTK~ZgripmVYdVPJlHIlztbN1InQXrscvtibkijRlZBESQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The House appropriations subcommittee approved $14,800,000 in enhancements to the Kansas Water Office budget to support basin-scale water planning, grant and technical-assistance pools created under House Bill 2302, a sediment-management pilot at John Redmond Reservoir, an independent program evaluation, and additional airborne electromagnetic (AEM) aquifer mapping.

Luke Drury, senior VISTA analyst with the Kansas Legislative Research Department, explained that the Water Office submitted no supplemental requests for FY2025 and that several FY2026 enhancement requests — including FTEs and capital outlay — had been removed in the Legislative Budget Committee’s global recommendation before the subcommittee considered them. The Water Office summary shows a mix of reauthorized funds (including rollovers from unspent FY2024 project money) and requested enhancements.

Victoria (last name not provided), a Kansas Water Office representative, described the enhancements to members. She said the first item, “water planning and project development,” funds basin-by-basin long-term water-supply planning to develop regional project pipelines. Two House Bill 2302 programs — a technical-assistance fund to support engineering reports and project planning and a projects fund to help implement infrastructure upgrades — would receive additional appropriations; the presentation indicated an $8,000,000 increase to the projects/program statutory pool.

Other items approved included funding for a hydro-suction pilot at John Redmond Reservoir to address sedimentation, an independent program evaluation to assess the effectiveness of funded water programs, and funding to complete AEM (airborne electromagnetic) mapping of the High Plains Aquifer in additional Groundwater Management Districts in partnership with the Kansas Geological Survey.

Representative Rogers moved to approve the Water Office enhancements as presented. The committee voted to add $14,800,000 to the Kansas Water Office budget on a voice vote and later passed the Water Office budget as amended. The chair again reminded members that any water funding approved by the subcommittee remains subject to final acceptance or denial by the full Appropriations Committee during the statewide budget process.","The appropriations subcommittee approved $14.8 million in enhancements for the Kansas Water Office to fund basin-level planning, add to House Bill 2302 grant pools, fund a John Redmond pilot, an independent program evaluation and additional airborne electromagnetic (AEM) aquifer mapping.","actionData","errors"]

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Panel restores hazardous-waste funding, approves KEIMS upgrade and $2 million in water-protection enhancements for KDHE

House panel restores $5.4 million in state water-plan enhancements for Department of Agriculture; approves meat and poultry inspection funding

Subcommittee approves $14.8 million water package for Kansas Water Office, including planning, grants and aquifer mapping