United States
                Environmental Protection
                Agency
vvEPA
State Incentives  for Achieving Clean and Renewable
Energy  Development  on  Contaminated Lands
                                                                                                 Kansas
The development of clean and renewable energy on formerly used land offers many economic and environmental benefits. Combining clean and renewable energy and
contaminated land cleanup incentives can allow investors and communities to create economically viable clean and renewable energy redevelopment projects. This
document provides information about incentives in your state that can be leveraged for clean and renewable energy and development of contaminated land.
                  Incentives for Clean  and Renewable Energy
Tax Incentives (abatements, deductions, credits, etc.)
Renewable Energy Property Tax Exemption
http://kcc.ks.gov/energy/index.htm
Exempts renewable energy equipment from property taxes. Renewable
energy includes wind, solar thermal electric, photovoltaic (PV), biomass,
hydropower, geothermal, and landfill gas resources or technologies that
are actually and regularly used predominantly to produce and generate
electricity. All personal property used to collect, refine, and treat landfill gas
or transport landfill gas from a landfill to a transmission pipeline (i.e., not
necessarily used for electricity generation) is also exempt from property
taxes.

Technical Assistance and Other Incentives	
Solar Easements
www.kslegislature.org/legsrv-statutes/getStatuteFile.do?number=/58-
3801.html
Allows parties to voluntarily enter into solar easement contracts for the
purpose of ensuring adequate exposure of a solar energy system.
                                                                                   Quick Facts
                                                              Public Benefit Fund (PBF)
                                                              Renewable Portfolio Standard
                                                              Net Metering
                                                              Interconnection Standards
                                                                                                        Yes D No 0
                                                                                                        Yes D No 0
                                                                                                        Yes D No 0
                                                                                                        Yes D No 0
                                                                         Electric Power Industry Generation by
                                                                          Primary Energy Source (EIA, 2006)
                                                                 Petroleum-Fired     0.1%  Nuclear           20.5%
                                                                 Natural Gas-Fired    4.0%  Hydroelectric
                                                                 Coal-Fired         73.1%  Other Renewables   2.2%
                                                                                 Points of Contact
                                                              Renewable Energy Property Tax Exemption, Solar Easements
                                                              Kansas Corporation Commission
                                                              Jim Ploger, j.ploger@kcc.ks.gov, (785) 271-3349
Information current as of November 2008; please refer to www.dsireusa.org and the state Web sites
provided, or contact the points of contact identified above for more up to date information.
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Incentives  for Development of Contaminated Land
  Funding (grants, loans, bonds, etc.)
  Brownfields Targeted Assessment (BTA) Program
  www.kdheks.gov/brownfields/targeted_assess_prog.html
  Provides funding and technical assistance to assist local units of
  government, land clearance authorities, regional councils, redevelopment
  agencies, tribal organizations, nonprofit organizations, and other quasi-
  governmental agencies across the state in performing environmental site
  assessments.

  Brownfields Cleanup Revolving Loan and Grant Fund
  (BCRLGF)
  www.kdheks.gov/remedial/articles/article_brownfield.html
  Provides low-interest loans and grants to clean up contaminated properties
  owned by municipalities or nonprofit organizations. Cleanups must be
  conducted through KDHE's Voluntary Cleanup Program for all properties
  qualifying for BCRLGF funding.

  Kansas Agricultural Remediation Fund (KARF)
  http://karb. org/default. htm
  Provides funding to assist in the investigation and remediation of qualifying
  properties with agriculture-related contaminants. Maximum reimbursement
  amount for those who have been assessed a fee is $200,000. For those
  who have not paid an assessment fee or for pesticide dealers who have
  paid an assessment, maximum reimbursement amount is $10,000.

  Limitations on Liability	
  Voluntary Cleanup  and Property Remediation Program -
  No Further Action (NFA)
  www.kdheks.gov/remedial/vcp/index.html
  Grants an  NFA determination, which provides protection from potential
  future liabilities to developers and buyers who perform successful cleanups
  of contaminated properties according to established criteria.
                                                                                             Quick Facts
                                                                    Limitations on Liability                           Yes 0 No D
                                                                    Number of State-Tracked Contaminated Properties:        499
                                                                    Includes 163 sites issued a No Further Action letter and 336 currently active sites
                                                                    in the Voluntary Cleanup and Property Redevelopment Program
                                                                    Number of EPA CERCLIS Sites:                          283
                                                                    Sites identified for potential investigation under the federal Superfund Program
                                                                    Number of EPA Brownfields Properties:                    69
                                                                    Properties being funded or addressed under the EPA Brownfields Program
                                                                    There may be some overlap among the categories listed and sites listed may not
                                                                    represent all potentially contaminated sites in Kansas.
  Information current as of November 2008; please refer to
  www.epa.gov/brownfields/pubs/st_res_prog_report.htm and the state Web sites provided,
  or contact the points of contact identified above for more up to date information.
                                                                                           Points of Contact
                                                                     Kansas Department of Health and Environment, n/n/n/.M?e/(s.gov/
                                                                     BTA Program, BCRLGF,
                                                                     Doug Doubek, ddoubek@kdhe.state.ks.us, (785) 291-3246
                                                                     NFA, Jeff Poyer, jpoyer@kdhe.state.ks.us, (785) 291-3244
                                                                     KARF
                                                                     Kansas Agricultural Remediation Board, karb.org/default.htm
                                                                     Mary Jane Stankiewicz, mjs@karb.org, (785) 440-0356
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