Kansas e-tips


Upcoming environmental-related events and information for Kansas businesses are listed below.  If your small business has environmental compliance questions, give us a call at 1-800-578-8898 or email us at    sbeap@ksu.edu

For pollution prevention technical assistance or P2 intern program information, email KSU-PPI@ksu.edu
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Apply Now for a Summer 2020 P2 Intern

Deadline to submit an application for a K-State Pollution Prevention Institute intern is Dec. 31, 2019, but don't want until the last minute. Pollution prevention is about reducing waste, and use of water, chemicals and energy, which can result in huge dollar savings for your company. 
 
Take advantage of the opportunity to have a student with the latest environmental and engineering strategies work for you this summer and provide solutions that give immediate results.
 
To learn more about hiring a P2 intern, watch this 10-minute video on YouTube about the program or visit our P2 Intern Program website (video and narrative is available there as well).

Not sure if you have needs that qualify as P2 projects? Send an email to KSU-PPI@ksu.edu or contact the P2 intern coordinator at 800-578-8898, to request a site visit or assistance.
Register for Free Workshop on Reducing Toxic and Hazardous Materials

The K-State Pollution Prevention Institute will host a free live workshop Nov. 6, 8:30 - 11:30 a.m., at the State of Kansas Government Office, 308 W. 14th St., Chanute, Kansas.
 
The workshop will focus on the essential connection between local emergency planning, toxic-substance risk identification, and pollution prevention strategies and solutions. It will feature presentations on LEPC and emergency management, EPA's risk-screening environmental indicators (RSEI) model, and pollution prevention strategies and solutions for industry and communities to reduce hazardous and toxic materials.
 
Click here to see the agenda and here to register for the workshop. Registration deadline is Oct. 25 at 5:00 p.m. Space is limited, so don't delay.
 
Contact Lynelle Ladd, lladd@ksu.edu or 800-578-8898, for mor e information or questions. Funding for this event is provided by EPA's Pollution Prevention Program.
Featured Compliance Tools Now on SBEAP Website

SBEAP has published several new compliance-assistance tools on its website since June. If you haven't been to the website recently, check out the new tools to get a jumpstart on your compliance.
 
On the ambient air side, check out -
On the hazardous waste side, check out -
Check out all of our compliance and technical assistance tools, and upcoming events at SBEAP.org . If you need assistance, please contact SBEAP by e-mail or phone at 800-578-8898.
Air Permitting and Reporting Changes Coming Jan. 1, 2020

If you have been on KDHE's Bureau of Air website recently to find forms, reports or technical guidance documents, you might have seen the notice at the top of the webpages informing users of the switch to paperless. In the July Kansas e-tips, SBEAP reported on the new online-application and reporting tool known as the Kansas Environmental Informatio n Management System or KEIMS .

Effective Jan. 1, 2020, forms currently found on the KDHE BOA website will no longer be available. Sources should sign up for a KEIMS account and begin using it for all new reports submittals and permit applications.
 
SBEAP will continue to assist you with your air permitting questions and emissions calculations and can help you with your submittal on KEIMS. 

For questions about this change, or if you need assistance, please contact SBEAP by e-mail or phone at 800-578-8898.
Upcoming events

Nov. 6:  Reducing Toxics Workshop, Chanute, KS
Nov. 7-8:  Governor's Water Conference , Wichita, Kansas
Dec. 31: Apply for a P2 Intern - Deadline
Mar. 31 - Apr. 2:  KOR WORKS! Conference , Topeka, Kansas
Important dates to remember

Tier II reporting due annually March 1
Class I and II air emission reports and fees due annually April 1
TRI reporting due annually July 1
October 2019



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Established in 1989 within the College o f Engineering at Kansas State University, the Pollution Prevention Institute (PPI) has been providing environmental compliance and pollution prevention (P2) technical assistance to Kansas and Region 7 industries, communities and institutions for 30 years.
 
Entirely grant-funded, PPI provides a number of services including, 
P2 technical assistance, P2 engineering interns, P2 and environmental-compliance training. 

PPI partners with the Kansas Department of Health and Environment to host the Kansas Small Business Environmental Assistance Program known as SBEAP and with U.S. EPA to support the National SBEAP .