Volume 42 - Issue 52 - December 28, 2023
State of Kansas
Wildlife and Parks Commission
Notice of Hearing on Proposed Administrative Regulation
A public hearing will be conducted by the Wildlife and Parks Commission (the Commission) at 12:00 p.m. Thursday, March 28, 2024, at the Topeka & Shawnee Co. Public Library, Marvin Auditorium 101C, 1515 SW 10th Ave., Topeka, KS 66604, to consider the approval and adoption of a proposed administrative regulation of the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks.
Other Commission business will follow and will include general discussions, which may include educational presentations, workshop sessions, and a public comment opportunity following the public hearing. The meeting will continue until all business is complete.
Any individual with a disability may request an accommodation to participate in the public hearing and may request the proposed regulation and economic impact statement in an accessible format. Requests for accommodation to participate in the hearing should be made at least five working days in advance of the hearing by contacting Sheila Kemmis, Commission Secretary, at 620-672-5911. Persons with a hearing impairment may call the Kansas Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing at 1-800-432-0698 to request special accommodations.
This 30-day notice period prior to the hearing constitutes a public comment period for the purpose of receiving written public comments on the proposed administrative regulation.
All interested parties may submit written comments prior to the hearing to the Chairman of the Commission, Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks, 1020 S. Kansas Ave., Suite 200, Topeka, KS 66612, or to sheila.kemmis@ks.gov, if submitted electronically. All interested parties will be given a reasonable opportunity at the hearing to express their views orally regarding the adoption of the proposed regulation. During the hearing, all written and oral comments submitted by interested parties will be considered by the Commission as a basis for approving, amending and approving, or rejecting the proposed regulation.
The regulation that will be heard during the regulatory hearing portion of the meeting is as follows:
K.A.R. 115-25-11. This regulation makes changes to the raccoon and opossum harvest season.
Economic Impact Summary: There will be no cost to implement this change. There may be approximately 2,500 licensed fur harvesters who participate in this new season. It is unknown how many days each will participate or what their daily expenditures will be. However, if we estimate each would participate for 20 days with expenditures of $20 per day, that will equal $1,000,000 in expenditures by participants. In addition, if 20 new small businesses or individuals were hired to conduct control activities for 30 days each at $100 per day, that would be an additional $60,000 of economic impact.
Copies of the complete text of the regulation and economic impact statement may be obtained by writing the Chairperson of the Commission at the address above, electronically on the Department’s website at http://www.ksoutdoors.com, or by calling 785-296-2281.
Gerald Lauber
Chairman
Wildlife and Parks Commission
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