Ag Chemical Remediation Reimbursement Program

The Agricultural Chemical Remediation Reimbursement Program (Program) provides financial reimbursement of expenses incurred while conducting remediation (cleanup) activities for agricultural chemical and fertilizer contamination.

The Program is financed by various fees on the commercial grain storage, ag-chemical, and fertilizer industries. The Program is administered by the Kansas Agricultural Remediation Board (KARB).

In March of this year, Chairman Kamyar Nikoomanesh resigned from the Board after more than twenty years of service holding the “agricultural processor” seat on the KARB. Our industry is tremendously appreciative of Kamyar’s leadership and dedication in both developing this program and ensuring its success for so many years.

Other current industry Board members include Jami Loecker, Syngenta, Manhattan; Kevin Dieckmann, Brandt, Olathe; Jodi Guetterman, Guetterman Family Farms, Bucyrus; and Laura Pearl, J.B. Pearl Sales & Service, Saint Marys, who will become the new Board Chair. We thank these members as well for their service and dedication to our industry.

The Board meets four times annually to consider applications for reimbursement. There is currently no back-log of applications to the fund and applications are generally able to be reimbursed in the quarter in which they are submitted.

In calendar year 2022, the program reimbursed 49 applicants a total of $626,203.52. During the March 2023 board meeting, KARB reimbursed 12 applicants a total of $159,912.96. The next KARB meeting will be held on Friday, June 16, 2023, and the deadline to submit applications for that meeting is Friday, May 19, 2023.

If your facility is conducting agricultural chemical remediation activities either ordered by the Kansas Department of Health and Environment or agreed to under the state

Voluntary Program or Cooperative Program, please file an application to the program for reimbursement of those costs. The application form and additional information about the program are available at www.karb.org. For more specific information or for assistance in applying to the program, please reach out to KARB staff at 785-234-0461 or randy@ kansasag.org.

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