Industrial Hemp Research Program Research License Application — State Educational Institution

2019 Research License Application State Educational Institution

Guidelines and Instructions The Kansas Department of Agriculture (KDA) is implementing the Industrial Hemp Research Program (Program) as authorized by the Alternative Crop Research Act (K.S.A. 2-3901 et seq.). To be considered for a state educational institution research license for the 2019 growing season, you must submit your research license application, including your research proposal, all required attachments, fingerprint cards, waiver forms and applicable fees by the deadline. Submit all materials in one mailing to KDA, Attn: Industrial Hemp Research Program, 1320 Research Park Drive, Manhattan, KS 66502, postmarked by June 1, 2019. • Research License Application and Research Proposal. The deadline for submitting your research license

application — including your research proposal, all required attachments, fingerprint cards, waiver forms and applicable fees — is June 1, 2019. Submissions postmarked after that date will not be accepted. KDA recommends that applicants use a delivery method with tracking capabilities when submitting your research license application by mail; KDA is not responsible for research license applications lost in the mail or not received. All required documents and applicable fees must be received by KDA before your research license application will be considered. o Research license applications must be complete, accurate and legible. Follow all instructions in this

document to ensure your research license application is complete. KDA is not required to request additional information to clarify a research license application. Incomplete or illegible research license applications shall not be accepted and applicable fees shall not be refunded.

o You must submit a research proposal to be considered for participation in the Program. If you completed a Pre-Application and Pre-Application Research Proposal, you will be given the opportunity to certify your Pre-Application Research Proposal for use as your research proposal.

o Providing false, misleading or incorrect information on your research license application or attachments may result in your research license application being denied, revocation of any license and denial of future research license applications.

• State and National Criminal History Record Check. Each individual applying for, or listed on, a research license application must submit to the required fingerprint-based state and national criminal history record check no more than 30 days prior to the application being submitted to KDA. KDA shall collect payment of the $47 fee for each individual submitting to the state and national criminal history record check. Payment and the required fingerprint card shall be submitted by KDA to the Kansas Bureau of Investigation (KBI). Such payment must be made by check or money order and made payable to the Kansas Department of Agriculture. All required fingerprint-based state and national criminal history record checks completed by the KBI must be received and reviewed by KDA before your application will be considered. A state and national criminal history record check must be provided to KDA from the KBI; a state and national criminal history record check submitted by an applicant directly to KDA will not be accepted. Information about how to initiate this process with the KBI is available on the KDA industrial hemp website.

• Review. Your research license application and research proposal will be reviewed prior to a license being issued. The Industrial Hemp Advisory Board will review your research proposal and either recommend your research proposal for approval or denial to the Secretary of Agriculture.

• File Format. Please complete the application on this fillable PDF form. If you do not have compatible software to do so, please print the PDF form and complete it manually and legibly. o KDA is not responsible for missing information due to formatting or printing errors by applicants.

• Record Retention. You must maintain a copy of your completed research license application, all attachments, and, if applicable, the mailing receipt and tracking number for your records. Record retention is required by regulation. o Research license applications, research proposals, and any attachments submitted to KDA are subject to

public disclosure pursuant to the Kansas Open Records Act.

• Deadlines. The following table depicts important deadlines related to licensure and reporting dates:

What Who Date Due to KDA Comments

Research License Application Deadline

All Applicants June 1, 2019 No later than November 30 for each subsequent growing season

Field Planting Report The Primary Licensee on a state educational institution research license

No later than 15 days after each planting, including replanting of seeds or propagules

Pre-Harvest Report The Primary Licensee on a state educational institution research license

At least 30 days prior to the intended harvest date or dates

Production Report The Primary Licensee on a state educational institution research license

No later than 30 days after the harvest date for each harvest

Processing Report The Primary Licensee on a state educational institution research license

No later than November 30 of license year

Distribution Report The Primary Licensee on a state educational institution research license

No later than November 30 of license year

Voluntary Withdrawal Report

Any state educational institution licensee who does not plant industrial hemp in a licensed research area or who voluntarily destroys industrial hemp in all or a portion of a licensed research area

No later than June 1 for each growing season

Research Report The Primary Licensee for all license categories

No later than November 30 of license year

License Expiration All licensees January 31 of the year following your license year

KDA Industrial Hemp Research Program 2019 Fees

Fees may be submitted in the form of a check or money order made payable to the Kansas Department of Agriculture.

Send the Research License Application — including your research proposal, all required attachments, and applicable fees — postmarked no later than June 1, 2019, to:

Kansas Department of Agriculture Industrial Hemp Research Program

1320 Research Park Dr. Manhattan, KS 66502

Find more information on the KDA Industrial Hemp Research Program at agriculture.ks.gov/industrialhemp. Please note that KDA can answer questions but will not provide direct assistance

in completing the Research License Application or the Research Proposal.

Fee Type Program Fees* Fee Due Date KBI Fingerprint Fee

$47 (nonrefundable; This is the KBI’s standard fingerprint-based criminal history record check fee. It will be collected by KDA and submitted to the KBI.)

At the time the research license application is submitted

Application Fee $200 (nonrefundable; does NOT apply to License Fee)

At the time the research license application is submitted

License Fee – GROWER

$1,000 License Fee Within 15 days of receipt of notice of conditional approval

License Fee – DISTRIBUTOR

$2,000 (for each licensed research section)

Within 15 days of receipt of notice of conditional approval

License Fee – PROCESSOR

Fees per Processing Type • Fiber Processor — $3,000 for each processing

facility in a licensed research section and for each mobile processing facility

• Grain Processor — $3,000 for each processing facility in a licensed research section and for each mobile facility

• Floral Material Processor — $6,000 for each processing facility in a licensed research section and for each mobile facility

Within 15 days of receipt of notice of conditional approval

Each license fee shall include the cost for the department’s initial sample collection and initial laboratory test. Subsequent Sampling Fee

Transportation and inspection time at $45 per hour, and mileage at the rate fixed and established by the Department of Administration

Testing Fees $250 per laboratory test Modification Fee

$750 for each requested change to a license previously issued by the department

http://www.agriculture.ks.gov/industrialhemp

Example of Required Maps for Licensed Research Sections

Difference between Licensed Research Areas and

Licensed Research Section

T19S, R3E, S12, SW4

Research Area 1 Building 1 West Field 6 acres 38.12345 -97.12345

Industrial Hemp Storage 1,700 sq. ft 38.12351 -97.12353

Research Area 2 Building 2 Home Field 7 acres 38.12345 -97.11904

Transportation Storage 800 sq. ft 38.12347 -97.12034

Research Area 3 East Field 14 acres 38.12356 -97.08346

Research License Application – State Educational Institution

Submission Deadline: June 1, 2019

This Research License Application and Research Proposal is required by the regulations governing the Industrial Hemp Research Program. A state educational institution research licensee can only cultivate, plant, grow, handle, harvest, condition, store, distribute, transport or process industrial hemp in Kansas and must successfully complete a state educational i