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 waste may be taken by state agencies or other entities for composting purposes as space permits.
Effective: February 26, 1991

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Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 224.10-630

  • Cabinet: means the Energy and Environment Cabinet. See Kentucky Statutes 224.1-010
  • Composting: means the process by which biological decomposition of organic solid waste is carried out under controlled aerobic conditions, and which stabilizes the organic fraction into a material which can easily and safely be stored, handled, and used in an environmentally acceptable manner:
    (a) "Composting" may include a process which creates an anaerobic zone within the composting material. See Kentucky Statutes 224.1-010
  • State: when applied to a part of the United States, includes territories, outlying possessions, and the District of Columbia. 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

History: Created 1991 (1st Extra. Sess.) Ky. Acts ch. 12, sec. 59, effective February 26,
1991.
Formerly codified as KRS § 224.038.