Kentucky Statutes 224.16-060 – Cabinet as agency for securing benefits of federal acts
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The cabinet is hereby designated as the water pollution agency for this state and for any city, county, or district, or authority within this state for all purposes of the Water Pollution Control Act (Public Law 80-845 approved June 30, 1948), as amended, as air pollution agency for this state for all purposes of the Federal Air Quality Act (Public Law
90-148, approved November 21, 1948), as amended, and as solid waste agency for this state for all purposes of the Federal Solid Waste Disposal Act (Public Law 89-272, approved October 20, 1965), as amended, and as management agency for solid waste and hazardous waste for purposes of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976, as amended, (PL 94-580), and as the surface mining agency for this state for all purposes of the Federal Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act (Public Law 95-87, approved August 3, 1977), as amended. The cabinet may take all action necessary or appropriate to secure to this state and all cities, counties, districts, and authorities within this state the benefits of such federal acts.
Effective: July 13, 1984
History: Amended 1984 Ky. Acts ch. 111, sec. 183, effective July 13, 1984. — Amended 1978 Ky. Acts ch. 113, sec. 4, effective June 17, 1978; and ch. 330, sec.
25, effective May 3, 1978 . — Created 1972 (1st Extra. Sess.) Ky. Acts ch. 3, sec. 8, effective January 1, 1973.
Formerly codified as KRS § 224.037.
90-148, approved November 21, 1948), as amended, and as solid waste agency for this state for all purposes of the Federal Solid Waste Disposal Act (Public Law 89-272, approved October 20, 1965), as amended, and as management agency for solid waste and hazardous waste for purposes of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976, as amended, (PL 94-580), and as the surface mining agency for this state for all purposes of the Federal Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act (Public Law 95-87, approved August 3, 1977), as amended. The cabinet may take all action necessary or appropriate to secure to this state and all cities, counties, districts, and authorities within this state the benefits of such federal acts.
Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 224.16-060
- Action: includes all proceedings in any court of this state. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
- Air pollution: means the presence in the outdoor atmosphere of one (1) or more air contaminants in sufficient quantities and of such characteristics and duration as is or threatens to be injurious to human, plant, or animal life, or to property, or which unreasonably interferes with the comfortable enjoyment of life or property. See Kentucky Statutes 224.1-010
- Cabinet: means the Energy and Environment Cabinet. See Kentucky Statutes 224.1-010
- City: includes town. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
- Disposal: means the discharge, deposit, injection, dumping, spilling, leaking, or placing of any waste into or on any land or water so that such waste or any constituent thereof may enter the environment or be emitted into the air or discharged into any waters, including ground waters. See Kentucky Statutes 224.1-010
- District: means an air pollution control district as provided for in KRS Chapter 77. See Kentucky Statutes 224.1-010
- Federal: refers to the United States. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
- Hazardous waste: means any discarded material or material intended to be discarded or substance or combination of such substances intended to be discarded, in any form which because of its quantity, concentration or physical, chemical or infectious characteristics may cause, or significantly contribute to an increase in mortality or an increase in serious irreversible, or incapacitating reversible, illness or pose a substantial present or potential hazard to human health or the environment when improperly treated, stored, transported, or disposed of, or otherwise managed. 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
Effective: July 13, 1984
History: Amended 1984 Ky. Acts ch. 111, sec. 183, effective July 13, 1984. — Amended 1978 Ky. Acts ch. 113, sec. 4, effective June 17, 1978; and ch. 330, sec.
25, effective May 3, 1978 . — Created 1972 (1st Extra. Sess.) Ky. Acts ch. 3, sec. 8, effective January 1, 1973.
Formerly codified as KRS § 224.037.