82a-1609.
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82a-1609. Cost-benefit analysis of alternatives required prior to request for appropriation; state agency and public review and comment; duties of division of conservation.
(a)Before the Kansas department of agriculture division of conservation requests any appropriation for any multipurpose small lake project, the chief engineer shall review the cost-benefit analysis of alternatives to the project and shall:
(1)Submit the general plan to the appropriate state environmental review agencies pursuant to K.S.A. 82a-325 , 82a-326 and 82a-327 , and amendments thereto, for review and comment as provided by those sections; and
(2)publish notice of the review in the Kansas register, make the general plan available to the public and receive public comments on the proposed project for a period of 30 days following publication of the notice.
(b)If, in the review, a reasonable, less expensive alternative to the proposed project is identified and the Kansas department of agriculture division of conservation nevertheless requests an appropriation for the proposed project, the division shall submit its reasons for proceeding with participation in the project, together with substantiating documentation, with the budget estimate and program statement for such project.
(c)This section shall be part of and supplemental to the multipurpose small lakes program act.