82a-302. Applications for consent or permit, fees; contents; licensed professional engineers; permit fees. (a) Each application for the consent or permit required by K.S.A. 82a-301, and amendments thereto, shall be accompanied by complete maps, plans, profiles and specifications of such dam or other water obstruction, or of the changes or additions proposed to be made in such dam or other water obstruction, the required application fee as provided in subsection (b) unless otherwise exempted, and such other data and information as the chief engineer may require. The chief engineer shall maintain a list of licensed professional engineers who may conduct the review of any application for the consent or permit required by K.S.A. 82a-301, and amendments thereto. Such list may include licensed professional engineers employed by a local unit of government. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, an applicant for the consent or permit required by K.S.A. 82a-301, and amendments thereto, may have the application reviewed by a licensed professional engineer approved by the chief engineer pursuant to this subsection provided such engineer is not an employee of the applicant. If such licensed professional engineer finds that such dam or other water obstruction meets established standards for the construction, modification, operation and maintenance of dams and other water obstructions, such findings shall be submitted in complete form to the chief engineer. Upon such submittance, the chief engineer shall grant such consent or permit within 45 days unless the chief engineer finds to the contrary that such dam or other water obstruction does not meet established standards for the construction, modification, operation and maintenance of dams and other water obstructions. If the chief engineer declines to grant such consent or permit based upon a contrary finding, the chief engineer shall provide to the applicant within 15 days a written explanation setting forth the basis for the chief engineer's contrary finding. The chief engineer's action in declining to grant such consent or permit and any hearing related thereto shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of the Kansas administrative procedure act. Any person aggrieved by any order or decision of the chief engineer shall be entitled to appellate review in accordance with the provisions of the Kansas judicial review act. Such applicant shall pay all costs associated with the review by the licensed professional engineer.

(b) (1) The application shall be based upon the stage of construction at the time that a complete application has been submitted. The construction in progress fee shall be applicable for construction begun prior to approval by the chief engineer. Such fee shall be in addition to any other penalty for an unpermitted structure. Such fees shall be as follows:

  Fees for new dam or dam modification applications

  Pre-Construction  Construction In Progress

  $200  $500

(2) Permit fees for stream obstructions/channel changes application fee is based upon two criteria and are as follows:

(A) The drainage area category; and

(B) the stage of construction when the application is submitted.

    Pre-  Construction

Drainage Area Category  Construction  In Progress

Major (Drainage area greaterthan 50 square miles)  $500  $1000

Moderate (Drainage area 5 to 50square miles)  $200  $400

Minor (Drainage area less than5 square miles)  $100  $200

General Permit  $100  $200

(c) All fees collected by the chief engineer pursuant to this section shall be remitted to the state treasurer as provided in K.S.A. 2012 Supp. 82a-328, and amendments thereto.

History: L. 1929, ch. 203, § 2; L. 1978, ch. 431, § 7; L. 2002, ch. 138, § 3; L. 2010, ch. 17, § 211; July 1.