Title XVIII, Public Health

cabinet. There are hereby transferred to and vested in the secretary and cabinet all functions, powers and duties, funds, personnel, equipment and supplies relating to emission standards for carburetion systems under provisions of KRS 234.321, which said provisions of law have be…

There are transferred to and vested in the commissioner and the Department for Public Health all functions, powers and duties, funds, personnel, equipment, and supplies relating to septic tank servicing under the provisions of KRS 211.972 to 211.982, which said provisions of law …

data. Any record or other information furnished to or obtained by the cabinet shall be open to reasonable public inspection except that any record or information, not relating to emission or effluent data, which constitutes a trade secret or confidential business information and …

nature of certain data. (1) Any record or any other information furnished to or obtained by the cabinet relating to hazardous waste shall be open to reasonable public inspection, except that any record or information which constitutes a trade secret or confidential business infor…

and inaction before established deadlines. (1) The Energy and Environment Cabinet shall adopt administrative regulations establishing reasonable timetables for the issuance of all permits by the cabinet, except those permits for which a timetable is set out by statute. The timeta…

industrial energy facilities, and surface coal mining and reclamation operations. (1) The secretary of the Energy and Environment Cabinet shall facilitate the permitting of: (a) Coal-fired electric generation plants or industrial energy facilities in the Commonwealth; and (b) Upo…

legislative committee -- Promulgation of regulations. (1) The cabinet shall implement a time and accounting system to reasonably and accurately document its actual costs. (2) The cabinet shall submit documentation of its costs to the Interim Joint Appropriations and Revenue Commi…

The first one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000) of civil penalties collected per fiscal year by the cabinet or the Attorney General on its behalf under the provisions of KRS 224.99-010 shall be paid to the State Treasury and credited to the Kentucky Environmental Educatio…

Renewal -- Emergency provisions not limited. (1) Any person subject to any rule or regulation governing the emission or discharge of contaminants into the ambient air or waters of the Commonwealth promulgated by the cabinet may apply for an exemption or partial exemption from suc…

administer -- Source and disposition of moneys. (1) There is hereby established in the State Treasury a trust and agency account to be known as the Volkswagen settlement fund. The fund shall consist of moneys designated to the Commonwealth from that settlement. (2) The fund shall…

(1) In granting an exemption the cabinet may impose such conditions as this chapter may require. If the hardship complained of consists solely of the need for a reasonable delay in which to correct a violation of this chapter or of the cabinet regulations, the cabinet shall condi…

construction of facility for generating electricity -- Conditions imposed by cabinet -- Administrative regulations. (1) Except for a person that commenced construction of a facility prior to April 15, 2002, or that has received a certificate of public convenience and necessity fr…

Administrative regulations -- Fund -- Independent review. (1) If the owner of a merchant electric generating facility fails to complete the decommissioning plan within eighteen (18) months of the date that the facility ceases to produce electricity for sale and the secretary has …

activity without hearing -- Subsequent hearing. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provisions of law, whenever the secretary finds, after investigation, that any person or combination of persons is causing, engaging in or maintaining a condition or activity which, in his judgment, …

-- Hearing. (1) Whenever the cabinet has reason to believe that a violation of any of the provisions of this chapter or any administrative regulation promulgated pursuant thereto has occurred, it shall issue and serve upon the person complained against a written notice of the pro…

In case of refusal to obey a subpoena issued to any person, any Circuit Court of competent jurisdiction, upon application by any party, may issue to that person an order requiring him to appear before the cabinet, there to produce documentary evidence if so ordered or to give evi…

Rights of parties -- Records -- Hearings to be public -- Administrative regulations. (1) All hearings under this chapter shall be held before a qualified hearing officer, who may be a full-time employee of the cabinet, serve by contract, or be paid on a per diem basis in the disc…

(1) Appeals may be taken from all final orders of the Energy and Environment Cabinet. Except as provided in subsection (3) of this section, the appeal shall be taken to the Franklin Circuit Court within thirty (30) days from entry of the final order. The party or parties affected…

containers -- Assistance to household waste educational and collection programs. (1) The cabinet shall implement a program to provide technical assistance to counties, cities, and urban-county governments that seek to develop programs to accept and dispose of nonindustrial surplu…

The Kentucky Environmental Education Council, the Energy and Environment Cabinet, and the Department of Education shall establish a program to educate the citizens of the Commonwealth of the importance of reducing and managing waste effectively, the need for individual action to …

state property for composting. The cabinet shall provide technical assistance to state agencies directed to undertake composting activities under the provisions set out in KRS 56.005. By January 21, 1992, the cabinet shall have identified state property in every county where yard…

funds received -- Resource conservation and recovery fund. (1) The secretary of the Energy and Environment Cabinet shall assume the primary responsibility in state government for implementing a source separation and collection program for waste materials generated as a result of …

analysis of wastewater pollution -- Data submitted by uncertified laboratory invalid. (1) The cabinet may promulgate administrative regulations pursuant to KRS Chapter 13A establishing: (a) Standards for the operation of laboratories relating to analyses and laboratory tests for …

The authority may enter into assistance agreements with governmental agencies, and governmental agencies may enter into assistance agreements with the authority in connection with infrastructure projects. Each assistance agreement shall be subject to review by the Capital Project…

Formerly codified as KRS 220.650.

(1) There is hereby established in the State Treasury a revolving account to be known as the residential housing infrastructure fund. The fund shall consist of moneys received from state appropriations, gifts, grants, federal funds, and all repayment, interest or other return on …

A one-half of one percent (0.5%) administrative fee shall be paid to the Kentucky Infrastructure Authority for the administration of each project funded by the infrastructure for economic development fund for coal-producing counties and the infrastructure for economic development…

(1) All moneys derived by the authority pursuant to assistance agreements other than those assistance agreements funded under KRS 224A.111, 224A.112, and 224A.1121 shall be received by the authority as constituting authority revenues, and shall, in common with other authority rev…

Duties of authority. (1) The federally assisted wastewater revolving fund shall be established in the State Treasury and shall be administered by the authority under an agreement with the Energy and Environment Cabinet to assure compliance with the federal act. (2) The fund shall…

Duties of authority. (1) The federally-assisted water supply revolving fund shall be established in the State Treasury and shall be administered by the authority under an agreement with the Energy and Environment Cabinet to assure compliance with the federal act. (2) The fund sha…

responsibilities. (1) There is established the Office of Broadband Development, which shall: (a) Be administratively attached to the Kentucky Infrastructure Authority; (b) Encourage, foster, develop, and improve broadband within the Commonwealth to: 1. Drive job creation, promote…

deployment fund -- Purpose -- Use of moneys. (1) The infrastructure revolving fund shall be established in the State Treasury and shall be administered by the authority. The fund shall be a dedicated fund, and all moneys in the fund shall be allocated and dedicated solely to prov…

Funding criteria and prioritization schedules -- Guidelines and standards for grants -- Applications available to public -- Challenge -- Partial funding -- Administrative regulations. (1) (a) The purpose of the broadband deployment fund set forth in KRS 224A.112 shall be to: 1. A…

Infrastructure Improvement Program. (1) The General Assembly hereby finds and declares that: (a) A rural infrastructure improvement fund, and a program to administer the fund, is necessary to further the Commonwealth's goal to expand and accelerate access to broadband service thr…

The authority may promulgate administrative regulations to implement KRS 224A.111, 224A.1115, and 224A.112.

The General Assembly finds and declares that: (1) Pursuant to KRS 224A.1118(1)(f)2., the Office of Broadband Development is established as the single point of contact and liaison between the Commonwealth and federal agencies with regard to programs to expand access to broadband i…

As used in KRS 224A.115 to 224A.118: (1) "Administration" means the National Telecommunications and Information Administration; (2) "BEAD Program" means the federal Broadband Equity Access and Deployment Program administered by the National Telecommunications and Information Admi…

Application of federal law -- Grantee applications for funding. (1) The Kentucky BEAD Grant Program is hereby established for the purpose of defraying eligible expenses associated with projects intended to provide broadband service to unserved and underserved areas of the Commonw…

(1) The BEAD fund is hereby established in the State Treasury and shall be administered by the office. All moneys in the fund shall be allocated and dedicated to: (a) Providing moneys to grantees that comply with federal requirements and the requirements developed by the office i…

(1) The authority may provide, at one (1) time or from time to time, for the issuance of its Kentucky Infrastructure Authority revenue bonds, for the purpose of providing funds and moneys to the authority to enable it to enter into assistance agreements with governmental agencies…