Kentucky Statutes 224.46-335 v2 – Environmental leadership program. (Effective July 1, 2024)
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(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 facilities. The program may include provisions to address:
(a) Public recognition of a facility for meeting “state of the art” standards for environmental leadership;
(b) Accelerated review of a facility’s applications for permits, permit renewals, and permit modifications;
(c) “Green product” labeling for products produced by a facility;
(d) Compliance credit given in later enforcement action taken against a facility; (e) Reduced frequency of monitoring or reporting by a facility;
(f) Consolidation of requirements into one (1) permit;
(g) Reduction or elimination of fees paid to the cabinet for permits, releases of toxic chemicals, or generation of hazardous waste;
(h) Access to the Commonwealth Office of the Ombudsman who will assist in cutting red tape; and
(i) Offset of voluntary actions against future regulatory requirements.
(2) The administrative regulations shall not violate a statutory or regulatory requirement or impair the cabinet’s ability to administer a federally-delegated or federally-funded program.
Effective: July 1, 2024
History: Amended 2023 Ky. Acts ch. 124, sec. 89, effective July 1, 2024. — Created
1994 Ky. Acts ch. 460, sec. 7, effective July 15, 1994.
(a) Public recognition of a facility for meeting “state of the art” standards for environmental leadership;
Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 224.46-335 v2
- Action: includes all proceedings in any court of this state. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
- Cabinet: means the Energy and Environment Cabinet. See Kentucky Statutes 224.1-010
- Violate: includes failure to comply with. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
- Waste: means :
(a) "Solid waste" means any garbage, refuse, sludge, and other discarded material, including solid, liquid, semi-solid, or contained gaseous material resulting from industrial, commercial, mining (excluding coal mining wastes, coal mining by-products, refuse, and overburden), agricultural operations, and from community activities, but does not include those materials including, but not limited to, sand, soil, rock, gravel, or bridge debris extracted as part of a public road construction project funded wholly or in part with state funds, recovered material, post-use polymers or recovered feedstocks, tire-derived fuel, special wastes as designated by KRS §. See Kentucky Statutes 224.1-010
(b) Accelerated review of a facility’s applications for permits, permit renewals, and permit modifications;
(c) “Green product” labeling for products produced by a facility;
(d) Compliance credit given in later enforcement action taken against a facility; (e) Reduced frequency of monitoring or reporting by a facility;
(f) Consolidation of requirements into one (1) permit;
(g) Reduction or elimination of fees paid to the cabinet for permits, releases of toxic chemicals, or generation of hazardous waste;
(h) Access to the Commonwealth Office of the Ombudsman who will assist in cutting red tape; and
(i) Offset of voluntary actions against future regulatory requirements.
(2) The administrative regulations shall not violate a statutory or regulatory requirement or impair the cabinet’s ability to administer a federally-delegated or federally-funded program.
Effective: July 1, 2024
History: Amended 2023 Ky. Acts ch. 124, sec. 89, effective July 1, 2024. — Created
1994 Ky. Acts ch. 460, sec. 7, effective July 15, 1994.