The Department of Health and Environment has prepared a draft combined Kansas/NPDES Water Pollution Control general permit for the discharge of hydrostatic test water from new pipelines and storage tanks, and/or existing pipelines and storage tanks exposed to crude oil and refined petroleum products or natural/liquefied petroleum gases or other chemicals. The permit will replace the current general permit for similar discharges scheduled to expire February 28, 2017. Written public comment will be accepted until February 11, 2017. See http://www.kssos.org/pubs/register/2017/Vol_36_No_02_January_12_2017_pa… (p. 23)