- (a) The secretary of health and environment shall establish a statewide atmospheric mercury deposition monitoring network to measure mercury deposition in Kansas.
- (b) The secretary of health and environment shall contract with a laboratory that has demonstrated capability to perform appropriate analysis of the samples collected and to provide reports in a form acceptable to the secretary. After analysis, data and analysis reports, including data on long term trends, shall be provided to the public through a website. Data also will be posted to a national database designated by the secretary.
- (c) The secretary of health and environment shall ensure that data collected from the network and analyses of those data are made available specifically to Kansas-based research institutes and scientists for exploration of the impact of mercury on Kansas flora, fauna and human population.
L. 2007, ch. 137, § 1; L. 2014, ch. 112, § 3; July 1.