Legislative Alert: Ask members of the Senate Judiciary Committee to vote NO on SB 361.

Since this is a committee, you do not need to be in their district. Call as many as you can.

Who: Call the members of the Senate Judiciary Committee if one of them represents you in the Kansas Senate.
Their names & phone numbers (785 area code) are:
John Vratil 296-7361
Terry Bruce 296-7300
Barbara Allen 296-7353
Les Donovan 296-7385
Phil Journey 296-7367
Kay O'Connor 296-7382
Derek Schmidt 296-2497
Dwayne Umbarger 296-7389
Greta Goodwin 296-7381
Don Betts 296-7387
David Haley 296-7376

What: S.B. 361 would limit any person (who participated in the public comment process regarding whether KDHE should issue a new air pollution control permit, issue a variance to air pollution control permit, or issue a renewal of an air control pollution permit) to a judicial review of the final agency action only to the Kansas Court of Appeals. Under current law any permit issued by KDHE to control water, landfill, and air pollution, must first be reviewed by the district court before being appealed to the Court of Appeals. This bill was introduced by Sunflower Electric Power Corp. that has plans to expand its current 360 MW coal generating plant by an additional 1800 MW (with 1200 MW going to Colorado ) - making it one of the largest coal fired power plant complexes in the U.S.

When: SB 361 will be voted on by the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday, February 21. Make your call on Monday, February 20, and leave a message asking your state senator on the Judiciary Committee to vote NO on SB 361.