Kansas

Who may prepare a stormwater plan in Kansas

Kansas requires a credentialed preparer. A plan generated here is a draft for that person to review, adopt and sign.

The answer

Credential required

Kansas requires a credentialed preparer. A plan generated here is a draft for that person to review, adopt and sign.

Credentials that qualify

Kansas-licensed Professional Engineer (PE)
Kansas-licensed geologist
Kansas-licensed architect
Kansas-licensed landscape architect
Certified Professional in Erosion and Sediment Control (CPESC)

Every SWP2 (SWPPP) covered by this permit must be developed and prepared under the supervision of one of: a licensed Kansas PE, geologist, architect, landscape architect, or a CPESC — no acreage-based exemption or tiering exists in the permit text, so this applies uniformly to all sites the permit covers. A PE stamp is not independently required — PE licensure is only one of five equally valid qualifying routes. Part 6.1 separately allows continued use of the prior permit's SWP2 Plan for up to 18 months after this permit's effective date before this credential requirement kicks in for any modification.

Verified2022 Kansas Construction Stormwater General Permit, General Permit No. S-MCST-2208-1 / Federal Permit No. KSR100000, Part 7.1Source

What this means for a generated plan

Where a credential applies, or where we cannot confirm that none does, treat a generated document as a complete draft for a credentialed preparer to review, amend and sign. It is not by itself a compliant filed plan, and ours says so on its face.

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Total acres disturbed*

Total land disturbance over the whole project, including staging and access. This decides whether you need a permit at all.

Acres open at any one time

Optional. If you phase the work, the most that will be disturbed at once. Leave blank if the whole site is open together. The stabilisation deadline turns on this figure, not the total.

Part of a larger common plan of development or sale

A half acre lot inside a 40 acre subdivision is covered even though the lot alone is under the threshold. This is the most commonly missed trigger in the permit.

Receiving water and site conditions(optional, but they change the inspection frequency)

Discharges to a sediment or nutrient impaired water

Discharges to a Tier 2, 2.5 or 3 water

Arid, semi arid or drought stricken area

May allow a reduced inspection frequency during the seasonally dry period.

In Indian country

EPA keeps permitting authority in Indian country even inside a state that runs its own programme.

No account, no card, nothing transmitted.

What people ask about preparing a SWPPP in Kansas

Do I need a qualified preparer for a SWPPP in Kansas?

Kansas requires a credentialed preparer. A plan generated here is a draft for that person to review, adopt and sign.

Does a professional engineer have to stamp the plan in Kansas?

Practice act citations are routinely overstated on this point. A PE stamp is not required as a general matter in most states with no preparer gate, and where we have not verified it we will not assert either answer. Confirm with the state board or the permitting authority.

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