Volume 44 - Issue 11 - March 13, 2025
State of Kansas
Department of Health and Environment
Notice of Hearing on Proposed Administrative Regulations
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE), Radiation Control Program, will conduct a public hearing at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, May 21, 2025, in the Azure Conference Room, 4th Floor, Curtis State Office Building, 1000 SW Jackson, Topeka, Kansas, to consider the adoption of proposed amended regulations K.A.R. 28-35-189a, 28-35-221b, 28-35-264, 28-35-284, 28-35-354, 28-35-505, and 28-35-700.
A summary of the proposed regulations and estimated economic impact follows.
Summary of Regulations
Updates to adopted regulations include the latest federal medical requirements, federal security requirements, and the latest appendix of values to be used for determining requirements for transportation. These updates are mostly corrections to addresses listed in adopted federal documents.
Instant reading dosimeters have been useful in certain applications. They allow authorized users of radioactive material to quickly determine their radiation dose in the field without waiting for their dosimeter to be mailed out of the state, read by a certified laboratory and the results to return. Current regulatory language would bar their use and is now being updated to match Nuclear Regulatory Commission language.
Economic Impact
There are no estimated changes to aggregate state revenues or expenditures for the implementation of the proposed rules and regulations. There are no anticipated economic impacts resulting from the proposed regulations. There are no changes to revenues or costs to cities, counties, or school districts.
The time period between the publication of this notice and the scheduled public hearing constitutes a comment period of at least 60 days for the purpose of receiving written public comments on the proposed regulations. All interested parties may submit written comments prior to 5:00 p.m. on the day of the hearing to David Lawrenz, Kansas Department of Health and Environment, Bureau of Community Health Systems, Radiation Control Program, 1000 SW Jackson, Suite 330, Topeka, KS 66612 or by email to david.lawrenz@ks.gov. Interested parties are encouraged to participate in the public hearing by submitting written comments.
During the hearing, all interested parties will be given a reasonable opportunity to present their views orally on the proposed regulations as well as an opportunity to submit their written comments. It is requested that each individual giving oral comments also provide a written copy of their comments for the record. In order to give each individual an opportunity to present their views, it may be necessary for the hearing officer to request that each presenter limit an oral presentation to an appropriate time frame.
Complete copies of the proposed regulations and the corresponding economic impact statement may be obtained from the Bureau of Community Health Systems, Radiation Control Program website at https://www.kdhe.ks.gov/1009/Radiation-Right-To-Know or by contacting David Lawrenz at david.lawrenz@ks.gov or 785-296-1637. Questions pertaining to the proposed regulations should be directed to David Lawrenz at the contact information above.
Any individual with a disability may request accommodations in order to participate in the public hearing and may request the proposed regulations and the economic impact statement in an accessible format. Requests for accommodations to participate in the hearing should be made at least five working days in advance of the hearing by contacting David Lawrenz.
Janet Stanek
Secretary
Department of Health and Environment
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