(AP) — Kansas has delayed imposing new regulations designed to improve the inspections of large scales used to weigh recyclables, scrap metal and agricultural products.

The  state Department of Agriculture confirmed it isn’t moving forward with regulations proposed in June. The proposals followed reports in the newspaper that the state’s own checking of scales showed a high percentage of them not complying with standards for accuracy.

The department’s Division of Weights and Measures is supposed to ensure the accuracy of 4,000 large scales. The state licenses private companies to inspect scales at least once a year but spot checks a fraction of them.

Meanwhile, a coalition of scale inspectors and inspection companies plans to meet Oct. 2 in Salina and recently began soliciting new members.