Kansas Administrative Regulations
Agency 4 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Article 21 - NUTRIENT UTILIZATION PLANS
Section 4-21-3 - Soil samples
Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 52, December 26, 2024
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(b) The owner or operator of each swine facility shall sample the soil within 60 days following any application of waste if the application is the result of an emergency waste disposal. Each individual who collects any soil sample to comply with these regulations shall certify the location and number of representative cores collected from the field.
(c) A copy of the certification of each field and the laboratory analysis of composite or grid soil sample shall be maintained in the office of the swine facility and made available to the secretary of agriculture or designee upon request. The certification required by this regulation shall be submitted on a form prescribed by the secretary.
(d) Samples shall be taken by the secretary of agriculture or designee if, at that individual's discretion, an inspection requires a sample. Each composite soil sample taken by the secretary of agriculture or designee shall be taken in the manner required by this regulation and by K.A.R. 4-21-4. A composite soil sample taken by the secretary of agriculture or designee shall be presumed to be representative of the field.
Whether a sample is representative shall be within the sole discretion of the secretary of agriculture, and the secretary's determination of whether a sample is representative shall be final.