Title XVIII, Public Health

(1) The cabinet shall establish by administrative regulation an environmental leadership program for those facilities meeting the pollution prevention goal established in KRS 224.46-305. The program shall provide incentives to acknowledge the environmental leadership of those fac…

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky hereby finds, determines, and declares as follows: (1) That technological progress and increases in the amounts of manufacturing are continuing to result in increasing quantities of hazardous waste being generated and prohibiti…

county government -- Criteria for determining whether waste is hazardous and list of hazardous wastes to be set by regulation. (1) The cabinet shall promulgate regulations which establish standards for the generators of hazardous waste by amount of waste generated requiring such …

recycling, or disposal of hazardous waste -- Standards for closure -- Monitoring, maintenance, and remedial measures -- Financial responsibility -- Closure for noncompliance. (1) No person shall engage in the storage, treatment, recycling, or disposal of hazardous waste without f…

unit closure plans. The cabinet shall consider hazardous waste regulated unit closure plans in a manner consistent with KRS 224.1-400(18) to (21) to the extent these proposals do not conflict with state hazardous waste statutes or administrative regulations, federal statutes, or …

(1) In addition to any other authority or power, the cabinet shall have the authority and power: (a) To prohibit the placement of bulk or noncontainerized liquid hazardous wastes or free liquids contained in hazardous wastes (whether or not absorbents have been added) in any land…

amounts not deemed harmful not considered as generator of hazardous waste. (1) No hazardous waste management provision of this chapter shall be construed to apply to any agricultural wastes, including manures and crop residues which are returned to the soil as fertilizers or soil…

The cabinet shall promulgate regulations requiring, in connection with the application, review and issuance of generator registration certificates showing compliance with KRS 224.46-510 or hazardous waste permits issued pursuant to KRS 224.46-520, the payment of a reasonable fee.…

The cabinet shall promulgate administrative regulations establishing standards applicable to transporters of hazardous waste regarding record keeping, notification and compliance with the manifest system. The Transportation Cabinet and the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet shall …

The cabinet shall require the use of a manifest system for the orderly tracking of hazardous wastes from the generation site to the site of treatment, storage, and disposal except for coal mining wastes pursuant to KRS 224.50-760(1)(c). The system shall, at a minimum, require the…

Hazardous waste assessment -- Waiver -- Hazardous waste management fund - - Pollution prevention fund -- Response actions to release of waste -- Post- closure site integrity. (1) The General Assembly declares that it is the purpose of this section to promote the development of st…

plan. The secretary of the Cabinet for Economic Development shall cooperate with the special assistant to the Governor for coal and energy policy in examining the feasibility of a hazardous waste treatment-industrial park complex approach to the siting of hazardous waste manageme…

disposal -- Requirements for treatment or disposal permits -- Restrictions governing permits -- Reclassification of residues of demilitarization process. (1) The General Assembly of Kentucky finds that: (a) The compounds listed in subsection (2) of this section were designed and …

facility. If a hazardous waste site or facility that has been permitted under KRS 224.50-130 for treatment, storage, or disposal of any of the substances identified in KRS 224.50-130(2) proposes to utilize the facility for the treatment, storage, or disposal of other waste, the p…

(1) No person shall knowingly: (a) Dispose of lead acid batteries by placing them in mixed solid waste; (b) Accept lead acid batteries for disposal in a landfill or an incinerator; or (c) Discard or abandon a lead acid battery in any manner except as allowed by subsection (2) of …

(1) Retail sellers of new lead acid batteries shall: (a) Accept, if offered, used lead acid batteries, but the seller shall be required to accept only one (1) used battery for each new battery sold; and (b) Post notice at the place of retail sales that they are required to accept…

placing covered battery in solid waste or recycling container. (Effective July 15, 2026) (1) As used in this section and KRS 224.50-422: (a) "Battery-containing product": 1. Means a product that contains or is packaged with a covered battery; and 2. Does not include computers, sm…

cabinet -- Registration of voluntary battery stewardship organizations -- Submission of plans -- Reporting requirements. (1) No later than March 31, 2027, the cabinet shall establish the Covered Battery Stewardship Program in order to: (a) Educate the public on the prohibition on…

Posting notice of collection sites -- Representation of used oil as new oil -- Registration of used oil collectors and recyclers. (1) It is the finding of the General Assembly that almost nineteen (19) million gallons of used automotive and industrial oil are generated each year …

(1) As used in this section: (a) "Rigid plastic container" means any formed or molded article comprised predominantly of plastic resin and having a relatively inflexible finite shape or form intended primarily as a single service container with a capacity of eight (8) ounces or m…

224.46-520 -- Permit -- Notice -- Hearing. (1) (a) For purposes of this section and KRS 224.46-580(7), special wastes are those wastes of high volume and low hazard which include but are not limited to mining wastes, utility wastes (fly ash, bottom ash, scrubber sludge), wastes f…

for siting and permitting of biosolids disposal. (1) As used in this section, "biosolids" means nutrient-rich, organic, residual material that results from the treatment of domestic sewage or sewage sludge in a treatment facility and can be recycled and applied as a fertilizer to…

The General Assembly finds that waste tires are a threat to human health, safety, and the environment when they are not properly managed. The General Assembly further finds that waste tires can be used in civil engineering applications, as tire-derived fuel, and may be recycled, …

(1) A waste tire program is created to manage waste tires which for the purposes of KRS 224.50-850 to 224.50-880 shall include: (a) Tires not used for their original, intended purpose due to wear or damage; (b) Used tires stored for resale; and (c) Processed waste tire material. …

The waste tire program shall not apply to: (1) A person who accumulates waste tires for an agricultural purpose; (2) A person who stores waste tires for resale, if the storage of the waste tires complies with environmental performance standards established by the cabinet for wast…

(1) The Waste Tire Working Group is hereby established and shall be attached to the cabinet for administrative purposes and staff support. (2) The Waste Tire Working Group shall have the following eight (8) members: (a) The director of the Division of Waste Management or his or h…

Accumulation of waste tires -- Transportation. (1) No person shall engage in disposal of waste tires in Kentucky except by transfer to a permitted solid waste disposal facility and except as follows: (a) 1. If transferred to a contained landfill, the waste tires shall be processe…

(1) Unless exempted by KRS 224.50-854 or as authorized by KRS 224.50-856(4) and (5), no person shall accumulate more than twenty-five (25) waste tires at a time for processing, transport more than fifty (50) waste tires at a time, or accumulate more than one hundred (100) waste t…

processor. A person required to register as an accumulator, transporter, or processor of waste tires shall: (1) Manage the waste tires in accordance with the registration approved by the cabinet; (2) Manage the waste tires in accordance with environmental performance standards es…

(1) A person required to register as an accumulator, transporter, or processor of waste tires shall provide the cabinet with financial assurance to pay for closure and corrective action as required by KRS 224.50-864 and 224.50-866. (2) The amount of the financial assurance shall …

(1) A person required to register as an accumulator, transporter, or processor of waste tires shall conduct closure by: (a) Notifying its customers and the cabinet with a schedule of when waste tires will no longer be accepted and closure will begin; (b) Removing all waste tires …

A person required to register as an accumulator, transporter, or processor of waste tires shall conduct corrective action as necessary to protect human health, safety, and the environment. For a release or a threatened release of a hazardous substance, a pollutant or contaminant,…

Report to cabinet -- Retailer requirements. (1) As used in this section: (a) "Motor vehicle" means every vehicle intended primarily for use and operation on the public highways that is self-propelled, including a low-speed motor vehicle as defined in KRS 186.010; (b) "Semitrailer…

The Department of Revenue shall transfer monthly fees collected pursuant to KRS 224.50-868 to the State Treasury, for deposit into the waste tire trust fund established by KRS 224.50-880. All assessment and collection powers conveyed to the Department of Revenue for the assessmen…

(1) The cabinet shall report to the General Assembly no later than January 15 each year on the effectiveness of the waste tire program in developing markets for waste tires, the amount of revenue generated and the effectiveness of the fee established in KRS 224.50-868 in funding …

(1) A recordkeeping system shall be implemented for a waste tire from the time it becomes a waste tire to the time it is disposed, recycled, or used as tire-derived fuel. (2) A retailer, an automotive recycling dealer, and a person required to register as an accumulator, transpor…

Memorandum of agreement -- Agreements with local governments. (1) The cabinet may enter into an agreement with a person to collect, transport, process, recycle, make tire-derived fuel, dispose of waste tires, or develop markets for waste tires. A person awarded a contract shall c…

Revocation. (1) If money in the waste tire trust fund established by KRS 224.50-880 is not otherwise obligated, the cabinet may award a grant to a person for a project that will manage waste tires in accordance with the purposes of the waste tire program as appropriate to protect…

(1) A waste tire trust fund is established in the state treasury. The fund shall be used by the cabinet for the following purposes: (a) Properly managing waste tires; (b) Paying the costs associated with any waste tire amnesty program established by the cabinet that permits waste…

As used in KRS 224.60-105: (1) "Underground storage tank" means any one (1) or combination of tanks (including underground pipes connected thereto) used to contain an accumulation of regulated substances, and the volume of which (including the volume of the underground pipes conn…

tanks. (1) Owners of any underground storage tank, currently existing, or taken out of operation after January 1, 1974, shall notify the cabinet of the existence of such tanks and a description of the tank and its use in accordance with regulations promulgated by the cabinet. (2)…

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky finds and declares that: (1) Significant quantities of petroleum and petroleum products are being stored in petroleum storage tanks in the state to meet the needs of its citizens and to foster economic growth and development an…

As used in KRS 224.60-120 to 224.60-150, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Bodily injury and property damage" means only those actual economic losses to an individual or the individual's property resulting from bodily injuries and damages to property caused by a release…

Administrative regulations. (1) Each petroleum storage tank owner or operator shall establish and maintain evidence of financial responsibility, as provided for in this section, for taking corrective action and for compensating third parties for bodily injury and property damage.…

Division of Waste Management -- Deadline for reimbursement of corrective action projects. (1) The Energy and Environment Cabinet, Department for Environmental Protection, Division of Waste Management, shall: (a) Establish by administrative regulation the policy, guidelines, and p…

storage tank. (1) As required under administrative regulations of the cabinet, a petroleum storage tank owner or operator shall commence, or contract for, corrective action for a release into the environment from a petroleum storage tank. A property owner who is not also the petr…