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                                                                                              Kansas Register
In this issue …                                                                                                                                       Page             The Kansas Register is an official
                                                                                                                                                                       publication of the state of Kansas,
Legislative Branch                                                                                                                                                     published by authority of K.S.A.
   Legislative Administrative Services                                                                                                                                 75-430. The Kansas Register is pub-
     Interim Committee Schedule................................................................................................................... 1165                lished weekly and a cumulative
                                                                                                                                                                       index is published annually by the
Rates                                                                                                                                                                  Kansas Secretary of State.
   Pooled Money Investment Board
     Notice of Investment Rates...................................................................................................................... 1165             © Kansas Secretary of State 2022.
                                                                                                                                                                       Reproduction of the publication in
Notices                                                                                                                                                                its entirety or for commercial pur-
   City of Overland Park, Kansas                                                                                                                                       poses is prohibited without prior
     Notice of Public Information Meeting for 103rd Street and Antioch Intersection                                                                                    permission. Official enactments of
       Improvement Project............................................................................................................................. 1165           the Kansas Legislature and pro-
     Notice of Public Information Meeting for Switzer Road Improvements, 159th Street                                                                                  posed and adopted administrative
       to 167th Street......................................................................................................................................... 1165   regulations of state agencies may
   Kansas Department of Agriculture – Division of Conservation                                                                                                         be reproduced in any form without
     Notice to Contractors for Lakin Watershed District No. 49 Construction Project........................... 1165                                                    permission.
   Kansas Department of Health and Environment – Division of Health Care Finance                                                                                       Current and back issues of the Kan-
     Notice of Amendment to the Medicaid State Plan............................................................................... 1166                                sas Register (HTML and PDF Format)
     Notice of Amendment to the Medicaid State Plan............................................................................... 1166                                can be found at https://www.sos.
   Wichita State University                                                                                                                                            ks.gov/publications/kansas-register.
     Notice of Intent to Lease Real Property................................................................................................. 1166                     html.
   Kansas State Board of Regents Universities
     Notice to Bidders....................................................................................................................................... 1167
   Kansas Department of Administration – Office of Procurement and Contracts
     Notice to Bidders for State Purchase...................................................................................................... 1167
   Mid Kansas Coop and CHS of Rice County, Kansas
     Notice to Bidders for Rail Loop Construction Project in Rice County.............................................. 1168
   Kansas Department of Health and Environment
     Notice of Intent to Issue Permit for Organic and Yard Waste Composting Facility
       for Bourbon County Landfill................................................................................................................ 1168
     Notice of CMS Approval.......................................................................................................................... 1168
     Notice Concerning Proposed Air Quality Class I Operating Permit Renewal for
       Cobalt Boats............................................................................................................................................ 1169
     Notice Concerning Water Pollution Control Permits and Applications........................................... 1169
     Notice of Pending Water Pollution Control Permit for Ready-Mixed Concrete Plants,
       Concrete Product Plants, and Associated Facilities.......................................................................... 1172
   Kansas Department of Transportation
     Notice to Consulting Firms for US-169 Passing Lanes Project in Allen and
       Anderson Counties................................................................................................................................ 1172                 Register Office:
     Notice to Consulting Firms for Construction Inspection for Intersection                                                                                             1st Floor, Memorial Hall
       Improvement Projects in Bourbon County........................................................................................ 1174                                     785-368-8095
     Notice to Consulting Firms for Construction Inspection for Resurfacing
       Project in Pottawatomie County.......................................................................................................... 1175
                                                                                                                                                                          kansasregister@ks.gov

Opinions
   Governmental Ethics Commission
     Opinion 2022-04........................................................................................................................................ 1176

Executive Branch
   Office of the Governor
     Executive Order No. 22-05....................................................................................................................... 1178

Bonds
   City of Pratt, Kansas
     Summary Notice of Bond Sale................................................................................................................ 1179

Regulations
   Kansas State Board of Nursing
     Notice of Hearing on Proposed Administrative Regulations............................................................. 1180
   Kansas Department of Health and Environment                                                                                                                                 Published by
     Notice of Hearing on Proposed Administrative Regulation.............................................................. 1181                                                Scott Schwab
     Notice of Hearing on Proposed Administrative Regulations............................................................. 1182
                                                                                                                                                                             Secretary of State
   Kansas State Board of Accountancy
     Permanent Administrative Regulation.................................................................................................. 1182                          1st Floor, Memorial Hall
   Kansas Department of Health and Environment – Division of Health Care Finance                                                                                             120 SW 10th Ave.
     Permanent Administrative Regulation.................................................................................................. 1183                           Topeka, KS 66612-1594
                                                                                                                                                                               785-296-4564
Index to administrative regulations.............................................................................................. 1184                                   https://www.sos.ks.gov
Cover Artwork: Kansas Capitol, Topeka
Photo by Todd Caywood

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State of Kansas
                                                   Legislative Administrative Services
                                                             Interim Committee Schedule
   The Legislative Research Department gives notice that the following legislative committees plan to meet on the dates
listed below based on current information and subject to change. Requests for accommodation to participate in commit-
tee meetings should be made at least two working days in advance of the meeting by contacting Legislative Administra-
tive Services at 785-296-2391 or TTY 711, or email legserv@las.ks.gov.

Date              Room           Time             Committee                                                    Agenda
June 30           582-N          10:00 am         Joint Committee on Special Claims Against the State          Review of claims against the state.

                                                                                                                         Tom Day, Director
                                                                                                          Legislative Administrative Services
Doc. No. 050284

State of Kansas                                                                             (Published in the Kansas Register June 30, 2022.)

          Pooled Money Investment Board                                                   City of Overland Park, Kansas
                   Notice of Investment Rates                                            Notice of Public Information Meeting
  The following rates are published in accordance with                           The City of Overland Park, Kansas will be conducting
K.S.A. 75-4210. These rates and their uses are defined in                     a Google Meet public information meeting, regarding
K.S.A. 12-1675(b)(c)(d) and K.S.A. 12-1675a(g).                               the Switzer Road Improvements, 159th Street to 167th
               Effective 6-27-22 through 7-3-22                               Street project at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 12, 2022. The
             Term                          Rate                               main focus of the meeting will be to introduce the con-
          1-89 days                       1.58%                               tractor and go over the anticipated construction sched-
           3 months                       1.71%                               ule for the project.
           6 months                       2.37%                                  To view and listen to the virtual meeting online using a
          12 months                       2.90%                               device connected to the internet, please use the video call
          18 months                       3.05%                               link at https://meet.google.com/zpn-uyao-wrd.
            2 years                       3.12%                                  To listen to the meeting by phone, please dial 929-238-
                                                                              0813 and enter PIN 962 496 702# when prompted:
                                                          Scott Miller           Please contact Brent Gerard, Civil Engineer, at the City
                                             Director of Investments          of Overland Park, Kansas at 913-895-6193, if you have
Doc. No. 050269                                                               any questions about the meeting.
                                                                                 If you need special accommodations for the meeting,
              (Published in the Kansas Register June 30, 2022.)               call 913-895-6155 (Kansas Relay Service 1-800-766-3777).
            City of Overland Park, Kansas                                     Please give 48-hrs notice.
                                                                                 Si requière asistencia en español, favor de llamar a Ed
           Notice of Public Information Meeting                               Reyes al 913-895-6047.
  The City of Overland Park, Kansas will be conducting                                                                          Jennifer Gilbert
an in-person public information meeting for the upcom-                                                                        Contract Specialist
ing roadway improvement project at the intersection                                                                    Public Works Department
of 103rd Street and Antioch. This meeting is an “open                         Doc. No. 050283
house” and will not have a formal presentation. The
meeting is scheduled from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Thurs-                       State of Kansas
day, July 7, 2022, at the Tomahawk Ridge Community                                              Department of Agriculture
Center, 11902 Lowell, Overland Park, Kansas.                                                    Division of Conservation
  Please contact Kyle Dieckmann at 913-895-6053 with
your questions or concerns. If you need special accom-                                               Notice to Contractors
modations for the meeting, call 913-895-6155 (Kansas Re-
                                                                                Separate sealed BIDS for the construction of a proj-
lay Service 1-800-766-3777). Please give 48-hours’ notice.
                                                                              ect consisting of the FRD No. 2 Slope Protection Project
  Si requière asistencia en español, favor de llamar a Ed
                                                                              and the FRD No. 4 Slope Protection Project, both in Ke-
Reyes al 913-895-6047.
                                                                              arny County, will be received by the Lakin Watershed
                                                  Jennifer Gilbert            District No. 49, 1652 Road 160, Lakin, KS 67860 until
                                                Contract Specialist           1:30 p.m., August 9, 2022, and then at said time and place
                                         Public Works Department              publicly opened and read aloud.
Doc. No. 050282                                                                                                                                 (continued)

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  The bidding documents may be examined at the Kear-                    1, 2021, the 2021 Kansas Legislature passed HB 2254 to
ny County Clerk’s Office, 304 N. Main St., Lakin, Kansas,               increase the total amount designated for funeral services
during business hours.                                                  in an irrevocable burial agreement to $10,000. This limit
  Copies of the bidding documents may be obtained by                    (statutory funeral services cap) is to be increased every
contacting Rural Resources Consulting, LLC, 751 SE CR                   July 1st thereafter by the cumulative percentage increase
36, Syracuse, KS 67878, phone 785-820-6093, email frankc.               in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers
mercurio@gmail.com. Paper copies of the bidding docu-                   (CPI-U) in the Midwest Region from May 2021 (the base
ments may be obtained upon payment of $25 per set, non-                 year) to May of the current year.
refundable. Electronic copies of the bidding documents                    The proposed effective date for the State Plan Amend-
may be obtained at no charge if transmitted by email.                   ment (SPA) is July 1, 2022.
  For any questions pertaining to the project listed above,                        Fee-For-              Estimated Federal
please contact Hakim Saadi, P.E., Watershed Program                              Service Only          Financial Participation
Manager at 785-291-3099 or hakim.saadi@ks.gov.
                                                                                   FFY 2022                      $0
                                                       Andrew Lyon                 FFY 2023                      $0
                                                   Executive Director
Doc. No. 050274                                                            To request a copy of the proposed SPA, to submit a
                                                                        comment, or to review comments, please contact Wil-
State of Kansas                                                         liam C. Stelzner by email at william.stelzner@ks.gov, or
     Department of Health and Environment                               by mail at:
        Division of Health Care Finance                                   William C. Stelzner
                                                                          Kansas Department of Health and Environment
                                   Public Notice                          Division of Health Care Finance
  The Kansas Department of Health and Environment, Di-                    900 SW Jackson, Room 900N
vision of Health Care Finance (KDHE-DHCF) is amending                     Topeka, KS 66612
the Kansas Medicaid State Plan to add additional over 21                  The last day for public comment is August 1, 2022.
adult dental benefits. Prior authorizations are also defined                                                         Sarah Fertig
for select medical procedures and select dental procedures                                                State Medicaid Director
associated with medically necessary extractions.                        Doc. No. 050279
  The proposed effective date for the State Plan Amend-
ment (SPA) is July 1, 2022.                                             State of Kansas
             Fee-For-                        Estimated Federal                            Wichita State University
           Service Only                    Financial Participation
             FFY 2022                               $165                          Notice of Intent to Lease Real Property
             FFY 2023                               $656                   Public notice is hereby given that Wichita State Univer-
   To request a copy of the proposed SPA, to submit a                   sity (WSU), directly or through its affiliate corporation
comment, or to review comments, please contact Wil-                     Wichita State Innovation Alliance, Inc., intends to lease,
liam C. Stelzner by email at william.stelzner@ks.gov, or                subject to all required state approvals, up to four acres
by mail at:                                                             of real property located on the Wichita State Universi-
                                                                        ty’s campus designated as the “Innovation Campus,”
   William C. Stelzner                                                  for the private development and operation of a partner-
   Kansas Department of Health and Environment                          ship building or buildings. The university is interested
   Division of Health Care Finance                                      in leasing such ground to any individual, organization,
   900 SW Jackson, Room 900N                                            or entity whose presence on campus would advance the
   Topeka, KS 66612                                                     university’s applied learning vision or its mission as an
  The last day for public comment is August 1, 2022.                    educational, cultural, and economic driver for Kansas
  Draft copies of the proposed SPA may also be found at                 and the greater public good. The university intends to
a Local Health Department (LHD).                                        lease such space for a mutually agreeable period of time
                                                        Sarah Fertig    up to sixty years, but extended terms and renewal op-
                                             State Medicaid Director    tions would be considered. Interested tenants must be
Doc. No. 050278                                                         willing to be a good fit with the university’s educational
                                                                        mission and identify anticipated benefits to the univer-
State of Kansas                                                         sity, its students, and the WSU community (i.e. applied
                                                                        learning, joint research, faculty start-up, WSU curric-
     Department of Health and Environment                               ulum or program support, etc.), and must agree to the
        Division of Health Care Finance                                 essential ground lease terms and restrictive covenants.
                                                                        Interested tenants will be evaluated on: proposal terms,
                                   Public Notice                        demonstrated benefit to WSU, design concepts, finan-
 The Kansas Department of Health and Environment,                       cial stability, and proposed use. Interested tenants will
Division of Health Care Finance (KDHE-DHCF) is                          be required to construct adjacent and adequate surface
amending the Kansas Medicaid State Plan. Effective July                 parking that will not be included in the leased ground.

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Rental rate shall be based on fair market value and nego-        sity of Kansas will not be accepting paper bids until fur-
tiable based on term of lease, purpose/use of building im-       ther notice. Additional contact information: phone: 785-
provement, and benefit to the university. The university         864-5800, email: purchasing@ku.edu.
will consider serious offers and inquiries with detailed           University of Kansas Medical Center – Electronic bid
proposal terms from any financially qualified individu-          postings: http://www.kumc.edu/finance/purchasing/bid-
al, group, organization. If interested, please contact Se-       opportunities.html. Additional contact information:
nior Vice President for Industry and Defense Programs,           phone: 913-588-1117, email: hunkemoore@kumc.edu.
Dr. John Tomblin at john.tomblin@wichita.edu or Prop-            Mailing address: University of Kansas Medical Center,
erty Manager Crystal Stegeman at crystal.stegeman@               Purchasing Department, Mail Stop 2034, 3901 Rainbow
wichita.edu. This publication is being published pursu-          Blvd., Kansas City, KS 66160.
ant to K.S.A. 75-430a(d), to the extent applicable.
                                                                   Wichita State University – Bid postings: http://www.
                                          Crystal Stegeman       wichita.edu/purchasing. Additional contact information:
                             University Property Manager         phone: 316-978-3080, fax: 316-978-3738, email: purchasing.
                            Office of the Vice President for     office@wichita.edu. Mailing address: Wichita State Uni-
                              Administration and Finance         versity, Office of Purchasing, 1845 Fairmount Ave., Cam-
Doc. No. 050070                                                  pus Box 38, Wichita, KS 67260-0038.
State of Kansas                                                                                          Kathy Herrman
                                                                                      Chair of Regents Purchasing Group
            Board of Regents Universities                                                            Purchasing Director
                                                                                               Fort Hays State University
                     Notice to Bidders                           Doc. No. 049784
   The universities of the Kansas Board of Regents en-
courage interested vendors to visit the various universi-        State of Kansas
ties’ purchasing offices’ websites for a listing of all trans-            Department of Administration
actions, including construction projects, for which the                 Office of Procurement and Contracts
universities’ purchasing offices, or one of the consortia
commonly utilized by the universities, are seeking infor-                            Notice to Bidders
mation, competitive bids, or proposals. The referenced
construction projects may include project delivery con-             Sealed bids for items listed will be received by the Of-
struction procurement act projects pursuant to K.S.A. 76-        fice of Procurement and Contracts until 2:00 p.m. on the
7,125 et seq.                                                    date indicated. For more information, call 785-296-2376.
                                                                    All bids are to be submitted via email only to
  Emporia State University – Bid postings: https://www.          procurement@ks.gov. For more information, please visit
emporia.edu/about-emporia-state-university/business-             https://supplier.sok.ks.gov/psc/sokfsprdsup/SUPPLIER/
office/purchasing. Additional contact information: phone:        ERP/c/SCP_PUBLIC_MENU_FL.SCP_PUB_BID_CMP_
620-341-5137, email: purchaseorders@emporia.edu. Mail-           FL.GBL.
ing address: Emporia State University Purchasing, Cam-           07/20/2022 EVT0008637      Kansas Department of Wildlife
pus Box 4021, 1 Kellogg Circle, Emporia, KS 66801.               		                         and Parks Printing of a Bi-
  Fort Hays State University – Electronic bid post-              		                         monthly Magazine
ings: http://www.fhsu.edu/purchasing/bids. Additional            07/20/2022 EVT0008635      Kansas Wildlife and Parks KWLP
contact information: phone: 785- 628-4251, fax: 785-628-         		                         Magazine Printing
                                                                 07/21/2022 EVT0008638      Study for Career Campus at
4046, email: purchasing@fhsu.edu. Mailing address: Fort
                                                                 		                         Lansing Correctional Facility
Hays State University Purchasing Office, 601 Park St.,           07/25/2022 EVT0008633      Nursing Facility Mental Health
Sheridan Hall 318, Hays, KS 67601.                               		                         (NFMH) Services
  Kansas State University – Bid postings: https://dfs.           08/02/2022 EVT0008639      Governor’s Office of Recovery
ksucloud.net/rfq. All bids must be submitted via Kan-            		                         Learning Recovery Grant
sas State University’s Vendor Bid Submission Secure              		                         Program
File Upload portal, https://www.k-state.edu/finsvcs/               The above referenced bid documents can be down-
purchasing/bidsubmission.html.      Additional contact           loaded at the following website:
information: phone: 785-532-6214, fax: 785-532-5577,             https://supplier.sok.ks.gov/psc/sokfsprdsup/SUPPLIER/
email: kspurch@k-state.edu. Mailing address: Division of         ERP/c/SCP_PUBLIC_MENU_FL.SCP_PUB_BID_CMP_
Financial Services/Purchasing, 2323 Anderson Ave., Kan-                                   FL.GBL
sas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506.
                                                                    Additional files may be located at the following web-
  Pittsburg State University – Bid postings: https://www.        site (please monitor this website on a regular basis for
pittstate.edu/office/purchasing. Additional contact infor-       any changes/addenda):
mation: phone: 620-235-4169, email: sburke@pittstate.edu.
Mailing address: Pittsburg State University, Purchasing            https://admin.ks.gov/offices/procurement-contracts/
Office, 1701 S. Broadway, Pittsburg, KS 66762.                       bidding--contracts/additional-bid-opportunities
 University of Kansas – Electronic bid postings: http://
www.procurement.ku.edu. Due to Covid-19, the Univer-                                                                   (continued)

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07/19/2022 A014358                      Larned State Hospital Adult           350 feet straight south of the waste transfer station. In
		                                      Treatment Center Fire Alarm           the future, additional source-separated materials may be
		                                      System Replacement                    composted if specifically approved by KDHE.
07/19/2022 A014447                      Hutchinson Correctional Facility        The composting facility will be located at 2274 Noble
		                                      Power Plant and Old Clinic            Rd., Fort Scott, Kansas, in the SW4 of Section 17-T25S-
		                                      Reroof
07/21/2022 A014525                      Adjutant General Department
                                                                              R25E. The annual weight of incoming organic material is
		                                      Salina Nickell Barracks               expected to be 1,000 tons. The entrance to the composting
                                                                              facility (and transfer station) will be fenced, gated, and
  Information regarding prequalification, projects, and                       locked, except during business hours.
bid documents can be obtained at 785-296-8899 or http://                        KDHE has reviewed the application from the Bour-
admin.ks.gov/offices/ofpm/dcc.                                                bon County to expand their existing permit number
                                            Richard Beattie, Director         0512, through the Bureau of Waste Management, and
                               Office of Procurement and Contracts            has found the application to be in conformance with
Doc. No. 050289                                                               state solid waste statutes and regulations. KDHE is
                                                                              providing public notice of its intent to add yard waste
                 (Published in the Kansas Register June 30, 2022.)            and source-separated waste composting to the existing
                                                                              Bourbon County permit, at the existing county proper-
                  Mid Kansas Coop and                                         ty described herein. A copy of the administrative record,
                CHS of Rice County, Kansas                                    which includes the draft permit page and all information
                                                                              regarding this permit action, is available for public re-
                              Notice to Bidders                               view until July 29, 2022, during normal business hours,
   Mid Kansas Coop and CHS (MKC-CHS) of Rice Coun-                            Monday through Friday, at the following location:
ty, Kansas is currently seeking bidders for a rail loop con-                    Bourbon County Clerk’s Office
struction project at their facility in Rice County, Kansas.                     210 S. National Ave.
Interested bidders need to contact Benjamin Nye with                            Fort Scott, KS 66701
ASM Engineering Consultants, LLC (ASM) at bnye@                                 Contact: Ashley Shelton
asm4.com to request a bid package for the upcoming                              620-223-3800
project. The bid package will include bid documents,                            countyclerk@bourboncountyks.org
plans, and specifications. Bid packages for the project
will be available June 23, 2022. A pre-bid meeting will oc-                     Additionally, the application form with primary permit
cur at 9:00 a.m. July 8, 2022, via Zoom. Interested bidders                   information is available for public viewing on the KDHE
                                                                              Bureau of Waste Management website at https://www.
should contact Benjamin Nye with ASM at bnye@asm4.
                                                                              kdhe.ks.gov/676/Solid-Waste-Public-Notices. A map of
com for a meeting invitation. Bids will be due by 12:00
                                                                              the site can be found at this link.
p.m. July 14, 2022.
                                                                                Anyone wishing to comment on the draft permit infor-
   The work consists of the following major items: ap-
                                                                              mation should submit written statements postmarked no
proximately 10,700 track feet of new rail construction,
                                                                              later than July 29, 2022, to Emery Wiens, at the following
five turnouts, installation of track through unloading
                                                                              address:
shed, and installation of gas line protection bridge per
the construction documents. This project is the recipient                       Kansas Department of Health and Environment
of a KDOT State Rail Service Improvement Fund pro-                              Bureau of Waste Management
gram grant and the contract for work will be directly                           1000 SW Jackson, Suite 320
with MKC-CHS. MKC-CHS reserves the right to reject                              Topeka, KS 66612
any or all bids. Questions regarding the project should be                      785-296-2751
directed to Benjamin Nye with ASM at bnye@asm4.com.                             Emery.Wiens@ks.gov
                                                 Benjamin Nye, P.E.              After consideration of all comments received, the direc-
                                                    Project Engineer          tor of the Division of Environment of KDHE will make a
                                   AMS Engineering Consultants, LLC           final decision on whether to issue the permit. Notice of
Doc. No. 050266                                                               the decision will be given to anyone who submitted writ-
                                                                              ten comments during the comment period and to those
State of Kansas                                                               who requested notice of the final permit decision.
     Department of Health and Environment                                                                                   Janet Stanek
                                                                                                                               Secretary
                                   Public Notice                              Doc. No. 050270

  The Kansas Department of Health and Environment                             State of Kansas
(KDHE) has reviewed an application from Bourbon
County, to add a source-separated organic waste and yard                          Department of Health and Environment
waste composting facility to their existing construction
and demolition landfill and waste transfer station permit                                       Notice of CMS Approval
number 0512. Approved source-separated items request-                           Pursuant to K.S.A. 65-6208(c), notice is hereby given
ed for composting are waste grain, wood chips, and spent                      that the Kansas Department of Health and Environment
soybeans. The composting pad will be constructed about                        has received approval from the United States Centers for

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Medicare and Medicaid Services to amend the KanCare            The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has a
Section 1115 demonstration’s budget neutrality agree-        45-day review period, which will start concurrently with
ment, which will support the state in implementing the       the public comment period, within which to object to the
changes made to the Health Care Access Improvement           proposed permit. If the EPA has not objected in writing
Program by L. 2020, Ch. 7, Sec. 1. These changes shall be    to the issuance of the permit within the 45-day review
effective on and after July 1, 2022.                         period, any person may petition the administrator of the
                                             Janet Stanek    EPA to review the permit. The 60-day public petition pe-
                                                Secretary    riod will directly follow the EPA’s 45-day review period.
Doc. No. 050273
                                                             Interested parties may contact KDHE to determine if the
                                                             EPA’s 45-day review period has been waived.
State of Kansas                                                Any such petition shall be based only on objections to
                                                             the permit that were raised with reasonable specificity
    Department of Health and Environment                     during the public comment period provided for in this
                                                             notice, unless the petitioner demonstrates that it was im-
         Notice Concerning Proposed Kansas Air               practicable to raise such objections within such period,
        Quality Class I Operating Permit Renewal             or unless the grounds for such objection arose after such
   Notice is hereby given that the Kansas Department         period. Contact Keith Johnson, U.S. EPA, Region 7, Air
of Health and Environment (KDHE) is soliciting com-          Permitting and Compliance Branch, 11201 Renner Blvd.,
ments regarding a proposed air quality operating per-        Lenexa, KS 66219, 913-551-7960, to determine when the
mit. Cobalt Boats has applied for a Class I operating        45-day EPA review period ends and the 60-day petition
permit renewal in accordance with the provisions of          period commences.
K.A.R. 28-19-510 et al. The purpose of a Class I permit is                                                        Janet Stanek
to identify the sources and types of regulated air pollut-                                                           Secretary
ants emitted from the facility; the emission limitations,    Doc. No. 050290
standards, and requirements applicable to each source;
and the monitoring, record keeping, and reporting re-        State of Kansas
quirements applicable to each source as of the effective
date of permit issuance.                                         Department of Health and Environment
   Cobalt Boats, 1715 N. 8th St., Neodesha, KS 66757,
                                                                     Notice Concerning Kansas/Federal Water
owns and operates a small boat and cruiser manufactur-              Pollution Control Permits and Applications
ing facility located at 1701 N. 9th St., Neodesha, Wilson
County, KS 66757.                                               In accordance with Kansas Administrative Regula-
   A copy of the proposed permit, permit application,        tions 28-16-57a through 63, 28-18-1 through 17, 28-18a-1
all supporting documentation, and all information re-        through 31 and 33, 28-16-150 through 154, 28-46-7, and
lied upon during the permit application review process       the authority vested with the state by the administrator
are available for public review during normal business       of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, various
hours of 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at the KDHE, Bureau          draft water pollution control documents (permits, no-
of Air (BOA), 1000 SW Jackson, Suite 310, Topeka, KS         tices to revoke and reissue, notices to terminate) have
66612-1366 and at the Southeast District Office, 308 W.      been prepared and/or permit applications have been re-
14th St., Chanute, KS 66720. To obtain or review the pro-    ceived for discharges to waters of the United States and
posed permit and supporting documentation, contact           the state of Kansas for the class of discharges described
Jacob Zortman, 785-296-5231, at the central office of the    below.
KDHE or Ryan Jack, 620-860-7235, at the Southeast Dis-          The proposed actions concerning the draft documents
trict Office. The standard departmental cost will be as-     are based on staff review, applying the appropriate stan-
sessed for any copies requested. The proposed permit,        dards, regulations, and effluent limitations of the state
accompanied with supporting information, is available,       of Kansas and the Environmental Protection Agency.
free of charge, at the KDHE BOA Public Notice website        The final action will result in a Federal National Pollut-
at https://www.kdhe.ks.gov/413/Public-Notices.               ant Discharge Elimination System Authorization and/or
   Please direct written comments or questions regard-       a Kansas Water Pollution Control permit being issued,
ing the proposed permit to Jacob Zortman, KDHE, BOA,         subject to certain conditions, revocation, and reissuance
1000 SW Jackson, Suite 310, Topeka, KS 66612-1366. In        of the designated permit or termination of the designat-
order to be considered in formulating a final permit de-     ed permit.
cision, written comments must be received no later than
                                                                               Public Notice No. KS-AG-22-153
12:00 a.m. Monday, August 1, 2022.
   A person may request a public hearing be held on the                  Application(s) for New or Expansion
proposed permit. The request for a public hearing shall                      of Existing Swine Facilities
be in writing and set forth the basis for the request. The   Name and Address                 Owner of Property Where
written request must be submitted to Jacob Zortman,          of Applicant                     Facility Will Be Located
KDHE BOA, 1000 SW Jackson, Suite 310, Topeka, KS             Hartter Bros Pork, LLC           Hartter Bros Pork, LLC
66612-1366, no later than 12:00 a.m. Monday, August 1,       2225 192nd Rd.                   2225 192nd Rd.
2022, in order for the Secretary of Health and Environ-      Sabetha, KS 66534                Sabetha, KS 66534
ment to consider the request.                                                                                         (continued)

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Legal Description                         Receiving Water                      greater than 700 pounds, 130 head (65 animal units) of cattle weigh-
                                                                               ing 700 pounds or less and 80 head (80 animal units) of cattle weigh-
NW/4 of Section 27                        Kansas River Basin
                                                                               ing more than 700 pounds; for a total of 229 animal units. There will
T02S, R14E
                                                                               be no change in the operation or permitted number of animal units
Nemaha County
                                                                               from the previous permit. This facility has an approved Waste Man-
Kansas Permit No. A-KSNM-S046                                                  agement Plan on file with KDHE.
This is notification KDHE has received a complete permit application         Name and Address          Legal Description        Receiving Water
  for the operation of a swine waste management facility capable of          of Applicant
  housing 2,400 head (960 animal units) of swine weighing more than
  55 pounds each. The complete application can be viewed at the office       Bethell Hog Farm          NE/4 of Section 28       Marais des Cygnes
  of the Nemaha County Clerk, the KDHE District Office in Lawrence,          32700 Stanley Rd.         T18S, R17E               River Basin
  Kansas or the KDHE Main Office in Topeka, Kansas. A permit to              Melvern, KS 66510         Osage County
  operate the proposed swine waste management system will not be             Kansas Permit No. A-MCOS-H001
  issued without additional public notice.                                   Federal Permit No. KS0093734
                                                                             The proposed action is to approve an update to the Nutrient Manage-
               Public Notice No. KS-AG-22-154/158                              ment Plan (NMP) received for this existing facility currently permit-
     Pending Permits for Confined Feeding Facilities                           ted for 4,800 head (1,920 animal units) of swine more than 55 pounds.
                                                                               The facility’s NMP was updated to include a change in the applica-
Name and Address               Legal Description     Receiving Water           tion rate limitation for one field. The fields’ application rate limita-
of Applicant                                                                   tion had become less restrictive than the previous NMP. There are
                                                                               no changes to the permit or in the permitted number of animal units.
Roger F. Murphy                NW/4 of Section 02    Upper Arkansas            Only the updated portion of the Nutrient Management Plan is sub-
  Irrevocable Trust            T19S, R14W            River Basin               ject to comment. This facility has an approved Nutrient Management
Paul Woydziak                  Barton County                                   Plan on file with KDHE.
355 NW 30 Ave.
Great Bend, KS 67530
Kansas Permit No. A-UABT-C005                                                             Public Notice No. KS-Q-22-054/055
Federal Permit No. KS0088536                                                   The requirements of the draft permit public noticed
The proposed action is to reissue an existing state permit for an exist-     below are pursuant to the Kansas Surface Water Quali-
  ing facility for 1,350 head (1,350 animal units) of cattle more than       ty Standards, K.A.R. 28-16-28(b-g), and Federal Surface
  700 pounds. There will be no change in the operation or permitted
  number of animal units from the previous permit. This facility has an      Water Criteria.
  approved Nutrient Management Plan on file with KDHE.                       Name and Address          Receiving Stream         Type of Discharge
Name and Address               Legal Description     Receiving Water         of Applicant
of Applicant                                                                 Norton Correctional       Prairie Dog              Treated Domestic
Circle R Farms, LLP -          NW/4 of Section 04    Kansas River Basin        Facility                Creek via                Wastewater
  River Feedlot                T10S, R11E                                    PO Box 546                Walnut Creek
22450 Short Rd.                Pottawatomie                                  Norton, KS 67654
Belvue, KS 66407               County                                        Kansas Permit No. M-UR16-OO02
Kansas Permit No. A-KSPT-B002                                                Federal Permit No. KS0095834

The proposed action is to reissue an existing state permit for an existing   Legal Description: SE¼, SW¼, SW¼, S28, T2S, R22W, Norton
  facility for 700 head (350 animal units) of cattle 700 pounds or less        County, Kansas
  and 299 head (299 animal units) of cattle more than 700 pounds for
                                                                             Facility Location: 11130 Road E4, Norton, KS 67654
  a total of 649 animal units. There will be no change in the operation
  or permitted number of animal units from the previous permit. This         The proposed action is to reissue an existing State/NPDES permit for
  facility has an approved Waste Management Plan on file with KDHE.            an existing facility. This facility is a six-cell wastewater stabilization
Name and Address               Legal Description     Receiving Water           lagoon system. The proposed permit includes a schedule of compli-
of Applicant                                                                   ance for the permittee to meet final effluent ammonia limits. The pro-
                                                                               posed permit contains limits for biochemical oxygen demand, total
Waters Farm                    NE/4 of Section 24    Upper Republican          suspended solids, and ammonia, as well as monitoring for pH, E.
Johnathan B. Waters            T03S, R39W            River Basin               coli, arsenic, and total phosphorus.
2285 Road P                    Cheyenne County
Bird City, KS 67731                                                          Name and Address          Receiving Stream         Type of Discharge
                                                                             of Applicant
Kansas Permit No. A-URCN-B002
                                                                             Stafford, City of         North Fork               Treated Domestic
The proposed action is to reissue an existing state permit for an existing   PO Box 280                Ninnescah River          Wastewater
  facility for 980 head (980 animal units) of cattle weighing more than      Stafford, KS 67578        via Dooleyville
  700 pounds. There will be no change in the operation or permitted                                    Creek
  number of animal units from the previous permit. This facility has an
  approved Waste Management Plan on file with KDHE.                          Kansas Permit No. M-AR84-OO01
                                                                             Federal Permit No. KS0028231
Name and Address               Legal Description     Receiving Water
of Applicant                                                                 Legal Description: NE¼, NW¼, SE¼, S18, T24S, R11W, Stafford
                                                                               County, Kansas
DeVon Benfer                   NE/4 of Section 36    Lower Republican
1891 N. 180th Rd.              T05S, R03W            River Basin             The proposed action is to reissue an existing State/NPDES permit for an
Concordia, KS 66901            Cloud County                                    existing facility. This facility is a three-cell wastewater stabilization
                                                                               lagoon system. The proposed permit contains limits for biochemical
Kansas Permit No. A-LRCD-M002                                                  oxygen demand and total suspended solids, as well as monitoring
The proposed action is to reissue an existing state permit for an existing     for pH, ammonia, and E. Coli.
  facility for 60 head (84 animal units) of mature dairy cattle weighing

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               Public Notice No. KS-PT-22-006                                 amounts of gypsum present. The lower portion, which is known as
                                                                              the Hutchinson Salt member, is mainly salt with inter-bedded shale
   The requirements of the draft permit public noticed be-                    deposits. The salt deposits beneath Occidental Chemical Corpora-
low are pursuant to the Kansas Administrative Regula-                         tion’s salt mining operations described herein are first encountered
tions 28-16-82 through 28-16-98, and U.S. Environmental                       at about 270 feet below ground surface and extended to a depth of
Protection Agency Pretreatment Regulation 40 CFR 403.                         about 470 feet. All construction, monitoring, and operation of these
                                                                              wells shall meet the requirements that apply to Class III Injection
Name and Address         Receiving Facility      Type of Discharge            wells under the Kansas UIC Regulations, K.A.R. 28-46-1 through 28-
of Applicant                                                                  46-45 and other requirements of KDHE.
KMW, Ltd.                Sterling Municipal      Process Wastewater
535 W. Garfield          Wastewater
Sterling, KS 67579       Treatment Plant
                                                                               Persons wishing to comment on or object to the draft
                                                                            documents and/or permit applications must submit their
Kansas Permit No. P-AR85-OO01                                               comments in writing to the Kansas Department of Health
Federal Permit No. KSP000113
                                                                            and Environment (KDHE) if they wish to have the com-
The proposed action is to reissue an existing pretreatment permit for an    ments or objections considered in the decision-making
  existing facility. This facility manufactures backhoes and end load-
  ers made of steel. The steel is processed in a three-stage phosphating    process. All written comments regarding the draft docu-
  operation, prior to being painted, using well water. Phosphating is       ments, application or registration notices received on or
  considered to be a type of conversion coating operation, which is one     before July 30, 2022, will be considered in the formulation
  of six core processes under the Metal Finishing Standard. Outfall 001     of the final determination regarding this public notice.
  consists of spent phosphating wastes, which is discharged to the city
  sewer, after the wastewater is treated and solids are removed. The pro-
                                                                            Please refer to the appropriate Kansas document number
  posed permit has pretreatment limitations for pH, total toxic organics,   (KS-AG-22-153/158, KS-Q-22-054/055, KS-PT-22-006, KS-
  cadmium, chromium, copper, lead, nickel, silver, zinc, and cyanide.       EG-22-016) and name of the applicant/permittee when
                                                                            preparing comments.
               Public Notice No. KS-EG-22-016                                  All comments received will be responded to at the
                                                                            time the Secretary of Health and Environment issues a
  In accordance with K.A.R. 28-46-7 and the authority                       determination regarding final agency action on each
vested with the state by the administrator of the U.S. En-                  draft document/application. If response to any draft doc-
vironmental Protection Agency, draft permits have been                      ument/application indicates significant public interest, a
prepared for the use of the well(s) described below with-                   public hearing may be held in conformance with K.A.R.
in the State of Kansas.                                                     28-16-61 (28-46-21 for UIC). A request for public hearing
Name and Address of Applicant                                               must be submitted in writing and shall state the nature
Occidental Chemical Corporation
                                                                            of the issues proposed to be raised during the hearing.
6200 S. Ridge Rd.                                                              Comments or objections for agricultural related draft
Wichita, KS 67215                                                           documents, permit applications, registrations, or actions
Permit No. KS-03-173-OLNI                                                   should be submitted to the attention of Paige Drury,
                                                                            Livestock Waste Management Section at the KDHE, Bu-
Legal Description:                   S29, T29S R3W, Sedgwick
                                     County, Kansas
                                                                            reau of Environmental Field Services (BEFS), 1000 SW
                                                                            Jackson, Suite 430, Topeka, KS 66612. Comments or ob-
Well Number                          Location
                                                                            jections for all other proposed permits or actions should
Lemon 1-0:                           Latitude: 37.505464”                   be sent to Michael Beezhold at the KDHE, Bureau of Wa-
                                     Longitude: -97.612897”                 ter, 1000 SW Jackson St., Suite 420, Topeka, KS 66612.
Lemon 1-1:                           Latitude: 37.505472”                      All draft documents/applications and the supporting
                                     Longitude: -97.611864”                 information including any comments received are on
Lemon 1-2:                           Latitude: 37.505483”                   file and may be inspected at the offices of the KDHE. For
                                     Longitude: -97.610828”                 agricultural related draft documents or applications an
Lemon 1-3:                           Latitude: 37.505492”                   appointment can be scheduled, or copies requested by
                                     Longitude: -97.609794”                 contacting Mirina Landry at 1000 SW Jackson St., Suite
Lemon 1-4:                           Latitude: 37.5055”                     430, Topeka, KS 66612, telephone 785-296-0076 or email
                                     Longitude: -97.608761”                 at kdhe.feedlots@ks.gov. For all other proposed permits
Lemon 1-5:                           Latitude: 37.505508”                   or actions an appointment can be scheduled, or copies
                                     Longitude: -97.607728                  requested by contacting Christopher Zwiener, Bureau of
The proposed action is to reissue six Class III Injection Well permits      Water, 1000 SW Jackson St., Suite 420, Topeka, KS 66612,
  for the wells listed above. These wells are authorized to mine salt       telephone 785-296-3056 or email at Christopher.Zwiener@
  from the Hutchinson Salt Member of the Wellington Formation by            ks.gov. These documents are available upon request at
  solution mining methods or as otherwise specified within the per-         the copying cost assessed by KDHE. Application infor-
  mit. Freshwater shall be injected into and saturated brine withdrawn
  from wells Lemon 1-1, Lemon 1-2, Lemon 1-3, Lemon 1-4 and Lemon
                                                                            mation and components of plans and specifications for all
  1-5. Lemon 1-0 is the access well to drill the horizontal borehole to     new and expanding swine facilities are available at http://
  connect the production wells in this gallery. The top of the cavity       www.kdhe.ks.gov/livestock. Division of Environment of-
  shall be no shallower than 250 feet below land surface. Mining shall      fices are open from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through
  not extend into the upper 50 feet of the salt deposit. The maximum        Friday, excluding holidays.
  operational injection pressure is not to exceed 130 pounds per square
  inch at the wellhead. The Wellington Formation consists of inter-bed-                                                              Janet Stanek
  ded salt and shale deposits with minor amounts of gypsum. The                                                                         Secretary
  upper portion of the formation is primarily clayey shale with small       Doc. No. 050280

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State of Kansas                                                     • 171 Environmental Documentation
     Department of Health and Environment                           • 201 Location and Design Concept Studies/Corridor
                                                                      Studies
                 Notice of Pending Kansas Water                     • 211 Highway Design–Major Facility
                 Pollution Control General Permit                   • 222 Standard Span Bridge Design
                                                                    • 231 Traffic Control Analysis and Design
   The Kansas Department of Health and Environment                  • 301 Land Surveying
(KDHE) has prepared a Kansas/NPDES Water Pollution                  • 302 Engineering Surveying
Control General Wastewater Control Permit for operat-               • 336 Right of Way Services
ing wastewater treatment/retention facilities for ready-            • 401 Landscape Seeding and Erosion Control
mixed concrete plants, concrete product plants, and their
associated facilities. The draft permit covers both total            If a firm is not currently prequalified by KDOT, a pro-
retention facilities and facilities which discharge treated       posal may still be submitted. Firms not prequalified must
wastewater to surface waters of the state. The draft per-         also provide documentation that demonstrates the firm is
mit also requires the permittee to submit a stormwater            qualified for each specified category listed in this notice
pollution prevention certification and Comprehensive              for the project. Firms must use the KDOT prequalification
Site Compliance Evaluation annually.                              form to provide this documentation. KDOT 1050 Prequal-
   A general wastewater permit is provided for those enti-        ification Category Definitions (Blue Book) can be found at
ties engaged in similar activities and discharging the same       http://www.ksdot.org/descons.asp. Consultants may cre-
types of wastewater. The wastewater from these types of           ate a team to meet the prequalification requirements. All
activities has a low public health and environmental risk.        firms doing business with KDOT must be registered and
A general permit is placed on public notice once during           in good standing under the laws of the State of Kansas at
the life of the permit and then is made available, without        the time of contracting and must comply with applicable
further public notice, to entities for activities which meet      state and federal laws, rules, and regulations.
the requirements of the permit. The permittees are also                      Table 1: Background and Scope of Project
required to meet all other federal, state, and local require-     Project Number          Background and Scope of Project
ments including local zoning ordinances.
                                                                                   Add passing lanes along US-169 in both Anderson
   The draft permit contains limits for oil and grease,             KA-6560-01
                                                                                                 and Allen Counties.
total suspended solids, pH, and monitoring for total re-
coverable iron and visual water quality standards. The                               Table 2: Project Summary
permittee is also required to conduct inspections of the
                                                                                                      Length
stormwater runoff control system. To be covered under             Project Number Route and Scope
                                                                                                       (mi)
                                                                                                                 Project Termini
the draft permit, the permittee is required to submit the
                                                                                                                MP 54.26 to MP 108
notice of intent and receive a signed and dated permit                               169–Multiple
                                                                                                               Neosho/Allen County
from KDHE.                                                          KA-6560-01
                                                                                       Counties       55.36
                                                                                                                 line north to the
                                                                                   Identify passing   miles
   Copies of the notice of intent application, instructions,                        lane locations
                                                                                                                Anderson/Franklin
draft permit, and fact sheet may be viewed at https://www.                                                          County line
kdhe.ks.gov/1056/Technical-Services or requested in hard                                   Structure BR#, Structure Scope,
                                                                  Project Number
copy by writing: Kansas Department of Health and Envi-                                         Structure Size and Type
ronment, Bureau of Water–Technical Services Unit, 1000                                US-169 passing lane additions may impact
SW Jackson St., Suite 420, Topeka, KS 66612-1367.                   KA-6560-01      bridges/approaches or other structures (will be
   Persons wishing to comment on the draft permit must                                  investigated during discovery phase).
submit written comments to the above address by July              Anticipated Consultant Scope
30, 2022.                                                            KDOT anticipates the following will be included in the
                                                   Janet Stanek   consultant’s scope in this initial phase: Discovery Phase
                                                      Secretary   Services that includes an environmental review.
Doc. No. 050281                                                      The selected consultant will need to gather and evalu-
                                                                  ate preliminary information.
State of Kansas                                                      Based on funding needs identified and developed
               Department of Transportation                       during the Discovery Phase, the consultant selected for
                                                                  this request for proposals may or may not be selected to
                      Notice to Consulting Firms                  continue providing service up through the Preliminary
                                                                  and/or Final Design phases. Additional scope which may
  The Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) is               be added during later phases (at the Secretary’s discre-
seeking a qualified consulting firm or team of firms to           tion) may include Surveying; Right of Way; Preliminary
perform professional services for the project(s) described        Design Services; Final Design Services; Pavement Design
in Table 1 below. Interested consultants must email a             Services; Public Involvement Services; Geotechnical En-
proposal to KDOT.DesignContracts@ks.gov by 12:00                  gineering; Environmental Documentation Preparation
p.m. (CDT) July 27, 2022, to be considered for selection.         (Permitting); Letting and Construction Phase Services;
Consultant Prequalification                                       and 3D Electronic Deliverables Preparation.
 Interested consulting firms must be prequalified by                 Current expectations for consultant scope are de-
KDOT or otherwise demonstrate qualification in categories:        tailed below. The scope included herein may not be all-

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inclusive. A scoping meeting will take place after consul-   Bridge Design
tant selection is made.                                        • Discovery Phase.
Project Management                                             • Minimize impacts to bridges.
  • Develop and communicate Project Management                 • Subsequent phases may include:
     Plan and Quality Assurance Plan.                            ◦ The consultant will propose and evaluate dif-
  • Perform Quality Control Checks according to Qual-               ferent (e.g.: skewed) framing layouts for review
     ity Assurance Plan.                                            and acceptance by the KDOT Bridge Office.
  • Provide electronic plan files compliant with KDOT               The goal is to identify passing lane locations
     Graphic Standards Manual, including CAD confor-                that avoid or minimize impacts to bridges.
     mance checks and ControlCAD indexed DGN files                  Perform hydraulic analysis and determine type,
     with ProjectWise attributes.                                   size, and location of proposed replacement
  • Provide bi-annual construction cost estimates and               structures.
     at major project milestones.                            Traffic Engineering
Environmental                                                  • Discovery Phase.
 • High-level data gathering.                                  • Subsequent phases may include:
 • Identify potential issues.                                     ◦ Develop permanent signing and pavement
 • Subsequent phases may include:                                     marking plans.
    ◦ Completing environmental data collecting and                ◦ Develop Traffic Control Plans.
       analysis.                                             Anticipated Schedule and Key Dates
    ◦ Submitting findings.                                    1. Proposals are due by or before 12:00 p.m. (CDT)
    ◦ Final permitting.                                          July 27, 2022
Geotechnical                                                  2. The program fiscal year for this project is FY 2027
 • Subsequent phases may include:                                (July 2026–June 2027).
    ◦ Soil investigations.                                    3. Important dates in Discovery Phase:
    ◦ Bridge foundation geology.                                 a. Bstdy: November 9, 2022
    ◦ Pavement field investigation and design.                   b. Draftrept: July 13, 2023
    ◦ Surfacing recommendations.                                 c. Estdy: July 28, 2023

Road Design                                                  Instructions for Proposal
 • Discovery Phase.                                            1. No cost or pricing information shall be submitted
 • Visit the project site location.                               with the proposal. Proposals including cost or pric-
 • Data gathering.                                                ing information will be considered non-responsive
 • Subsequent phases may include:                                 and withdrawn from further consideration.
                                                               2. The consultant’s proposal must not exceed 4 pag-
    ◦ Develop plans to Materials and Research.
                                                                  es total (including any cover letter, index, etc.). All
    ◦ Building of the existing right of way.
                                                                  pages shall be standard letter size (8.5” x 11”). Any
    ◦ Develop Preliminary Plans to Field Check.
                                                                  page larger than standard letter size will be count as
    ◦ Perform roadway geometric design, drainage
                                                                  two or more pages depending on size.
      design, and roadside safety analysis.
                                                               3. A single PDF (2MB maximum size) of the propos-
    ◦ Final Plans.
                                                                  al including all attachments must be emailed to
Survey and Right of Way                                           KDOT.DesignContracts@ks.gov by the proposal
 • LIDAR for preliminary location surveys.                        due date and time.
 • Visit the project site location.                            4. The subject line of the email and the PDF file name
 • Existing right of way from old plans.                          must read:
 • Existing centerline from old plans.                            a. “KA-6560-01 U169 PsgLns in Allen.Anderson
 • Subsequent phases may include:                                    Cos._FIRM NAME”
    ◦ Provide a full survey including structures in the        5. The proposal must be accompanied by Special At-
       existing right of way. The deliverables shall in-          tachments No. 8 (“Tax Clearance Certificate”) and
       corporate the full project including the roadway           No. 10 (“Policy Regarding Sexual Harassment”). If
       and bridge surveys and will be provided in the             you need a Tax Clearance Certificate, you can request
       Kansas Regional Coordinate System.                         one at https://www.ksrevenue.gov/taxclearance.
    ◦ Establish and determine impacts to right of way             html. Allow 2-3 business days for processing.
       and utilities.                                          6. The outline in Table 3 below describes the expected
    ◦ Based upon consultant’s field survey data and               proposal organization and content sections.
       historical KDOT project information, consultant         7. Table 4 lists the evaluation criteria and associated
       shall establish and compile into a right of way            weights which will be used to make a selection.
       strip map the positions and locations of the exist-
       ing highway right of way and property lines for                          Table 3: Proposal Content
       the ownership adjacent thereto. Consultant shall
                                                                 Section                   Description of Intent
       perform these activities using coordinate geome-
       try and Bentley Open Site Designer.                     Cover Letter   1 page
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                 Demonstrate a unique approach to accomplish                   State of Kansas
                 the design efficiently and to a high standard.
                 Include cost-effective and optimized solutions
                                                                                        Department of Transportation
Project Approach
                 to address the anticipated improvements in
                 the design. Include unique qualifications or                                   Notice to Consulting Firms
                 experience related to the project approach.                     The Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) is
                         Describe the approach to accomplish the               seeking a qualified consulting firm or team of firms to
    Approach to          scope of services within the schedule                 perform professional services for the project(s) described
     Schedule            requirements. Include anticipated key
                         milestone dates and availability of staff.            in Table 1 below. Interested consultants must email a
                                                                               proposal to KDOT.DesignContracts@ks.gov by 12:00
                 Describe methods or procedures your firm
  Approach to    will use to provide all drawings, reports                     p.m. (CDT) July 15, 2022, to be considered for selection.
 Quality Control and other services with professional                          Consultant Prequalification
                 quality and technical accuracy.
                                                                                  Interested consulting firms must be prequalified by
                         For key personnel to be assigned to the project       KDOT or otherwise demonstrate qualification in catego-
                         provide names, office location, qualifications,
                         education, training, and expertise. Identify their
                                                                               ry 241 Construction Inspection and Testing.
   Qualifications                                                                 If a firm is not currently prequalified by KDOT, a
                         area(s) of responsibility and percent of their time
  and Experience
                         dedicated to the project. List work for which         proposal may still be submitted. Firms not prequalified
                         you do not have in-house capability and name          must also provide documentation that demonstrates
                         the firm you propose to subcontract with.
                                                                               the firm is qualified for each specified category listed
                 Describe team’s past performance with                         in this notice for the project. Firms must use the KDOT
                 respect to ability to meet project schedules;
                 quality of work; and ability to control costs
                                                                               prequalification form to provide this documentation.
Past Performance
                 on similar transportation projects, especially                KDOT 1050 Prequalification Category Definitions (Blue
                 those performed for KDOT. Include three                       Book) can be found at http://www.ksdot.org/descons.
                 references and contact information.                           asp. Consultants may create a team to meet the prequal-
                  Describe team’s familiarity with KDOT’s                      ification requirements. All firms doing business with
 Familiarity with
   KDOT and
                  design process and standards. Describe                       KDOT must be registered and in good standing under
                  familiarity with the project area and any                    the laws of the State of Kansas at the time of contract-
   Project Area
                  identified special site conditions.
                                                                               ing and must comply with applicable state and federal
                           Table 4: Evaluation Factors                         laws, rules, and regulations.
                                                                                           Table 1: Resource and Inspection Needs
                            Evaluation Factor                         Weight
Qualifications and experience of project manager and                           Project Number            Resource and Inspection Needs
                                                                       30%
other key project team members proposed for services                                            Project manager and inspectors as necessary to in-
Project approach                                                       30%                      spect: Grading, concrete, PCCP, HMA commercial
                                                                                                  grade, traffic signals, erosion control, pavement
                                                                                 KA-5563-01
Approach and commitment to meet advertised schedule                    10%                      marking, traffic control, AASHTOWare data entry,
                                                                                                all project records, all project paperwork, and final
Past performance history for similar
                                                                       10%                                          paperwork,etc.
projects/services for KDOT
Understanding of the project area                                      5%                          Table 2: Project Summary
The quality and completeness of the response                           5%      Project Number        Route and Scope             Project Location
Demonstrated understanding of nature and scope of project              10%                                 U069-006
                                                                                                                                 US-69 in Bourbon
                                                                                                Upgrade traffic signals and
Contract Terms and Conditions                                                                     add battery backup with
                                                                                                                                 County at 3rd, 6th,
  A standard KDOT agreement for engineering and                                  KA-5563-01
                                                                                                retroreflective backplates to
                                                                                                                                12th and 25th Street
                                                                                                                                intersections in Fort
technical services will be used for professional services                                       all locations. Add right turn
                                                                                                                                        Scott
projects. The following special attachments will need to                                         lanes at 6th and 12th street
be provided by the selected consultant and all subconsul-                      Anticipated Consultant Scope
tants with the signed work order following negotiations                          KDOT anticipates the following to be included in the
and will become attachments to the contract.                                   consultant’s scope: Construction Inspection/Testing.
   • Special Attachment No. 8 (“Tax Clearance Certificate”)                      KA-5563-01 will be managed out of the KDOT office in
   • Special Attachment No. 10 (“Policy Regarding Sex-                         Iola, Kansas.
     ual Harassment”)                                                          Anticipated Schedule and Key Dates
Questions                                                                       1. Proposals are due by or before 12:00 p.m. (CDT)
  All questions regarding this request for proposals shall                         July 15, 2022
be emailed to KDOT.DesignContracts@ks.gov.                                      2. Anticipated Start Date: August 1, 2022
  Questions can be submitted until July 14, 2022; an-                           3. Estimated Working Days: 165 days
swers will be provided to all prequalified consultants on                      Instructions for Proposal
July 20, 2022.                                                                   1. No cost or pricing information shall be submitted
                           Marcia Turner, P.E. Contracts Manager                    with the proposal. Proposals including cost or pric-
                             Division of Engineering and Design                     ing information will be considered non-responsive
Doc. No. 050286                                                                     and withdrawn from further consideration.

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