Irrespective of date of issuance of a permit, all permittees, operators, and persons shall immediately conform to any statutes enacted or regulations adopted on the effective date of the statute or regulation. This section shall not require the regrading or replanting of any area on which the work was satisfactorily performed prior to the effective date of the statute or regulation. The cabinet shall specify for every regulation promulgated pursuant to this chapter the effective date of such regulation. However, the cabinet may specify a reasonable period of time in which permittees, persons, and operators shall conform to any regulations adopted when it finds that such conformance time is reasonably necessary.
Effective: July 14, 1992
History: Amended 1992 Ky. Acts ch. 429, sec. 21, effective July 14, 1992. — Amended
1980 Ky. Acts ch. 377, sec. 9. — Created 1966 Ky. Acts ch. 4, sec. 26..