Kansas Statutes 65-166. Application for permit to discharge sewage
Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 65-166
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Person: means any individual, firm, partnership, corporation or other association of persons. See Kansas Statutes 65-171j
- Secretary: means the secretary of health and environment. See Kansas Statutes 65-1,114
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
- Waters of the state: means all streams and springs, and all bodies of surface and subsurface waters within the boundaries of the state;
(b) "discharge" means, when used without qualification, the causing or permitting of sewage to enter, either directly or indirectly, into waters of the state;
(c) "indirect discharge" means the introduction of pollutants into a publicly owned treatment works from any nondomestic source; and
(d) "direct discharge" means the discharge of sewage into waters of the state. See Kansas Statutes 65-161
It is required of public authorities having by law the charge of the sewer system of any municipality, township, county, or legally constituted sewer district, and of each and every person, company, corporation, institution, municipality, or federal agency, that upon making application for a permit to discharge sewage into any waters of the state, or the extension of any sewer system, the application shall be accompanied by plans and specifications for the construction of the sewage collection systems and/or sewage treatment or disposal facilities, and any additional facts and information as the secretary of health and environment may require to determine adequate protection of the public health of the state and the beneficial uses of waters of the state.