Kentucky Statutes 224.40-605 – Training and certification of persons operating waste site
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(1) The cabinet shall promulgate regulations which establish standards for the operator of any waste site or facility or portion thereof, whether publicly or privately owned, requiring such operators to do the following:
(a) Attend a training session concerning the operation of the appropriate type of waste facility conducted by the Energy and Environment Cabinet;
(b) Indicate sufficient skill and competency for proper operation of the waste site by adequate performance on an examination prescribed by the Energy and Environment Cabinet;
(c) Pay a reasonable fee related to the cost of conducting training and certification sessions to be utilized to defray the cost of conducting the sessions; and
(d) Renew the certificates of competence at reasonable intervals.
(2) No person shall authorize or allow any person who does not hold a certificate issued pursuant to subsection (1) of this section to have primary responsibility for the operation of any waste site or facility or portion thereof.
Effective: July 15, 2010
History: Amended 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 24, sec. 366, effective July 15, 2010. — Amended
1984 Ky. Acts ch. 111, sec. 187, effective July 13, 1984. — Created 1980 Ky. Acts ch. 284, sec. 7, effective July 15, 1980.
Formerly codified as KRS § 224.844, and also previously codified as KRS § 224.882.
(a) Attend a training session concerning the operation of the appropriate type of waste facility conducted by the Energy and Environment Cabinet;
Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 224.40-605
- Cabinet: means the Energy and Environment Cabinet. See Kentucky Statutes 224.1-010
- 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 - Waste site or facility: means any place where waste is managed, processed, or disposed of by incineration, landfilling, or any other method, but does not include a container located on property where solid waste is generated and which is used solely for the purpose of collection and temporary storage of that solid waste prior to off-site disposal, or a recovered material processing facility, or an advanced recycling facility, or the combustion of processed waste in a utility boiler. See Kentucky Statutes 224.1-010
(b) Indicate sufficient skill and competency for proper operation of the waste site by adequate performance on an examination prescribed by the Energy and Environment Cabinet;
(c) Pay a reasonable fee related to the cost of conducting training and certification sessions to be utilized to defray the cost of conducting the sessions; and
(d) Renew the certificates of competence at reasonable intervals.
(2) No person shall authorize or allow any person who does not hold a certificate issued pursuant to subsection (1) of this section to have primary responsibility for the operation of any waste site or facility or portion thereof.
Effective: July 15, 2010
History: Amended 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 24, sec. 366, effective July 15, 2010. — Amended
1984 Ky. Acts ch. 111, sec. 187, effective July 13, 1984. — Created 1980 Ky. Acts ch. 284, sec. 7, effective July 15, 1980.
Formerly codified as KRS § 224.844, and also previously codified as KRS § 224.882.