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2009 Kentucky Revised Statutes
CHAPTER 146 NATURAL RESOURCES
146.270 Administration of system by Energy and Environment Cabinet.
Download pdfaccording to the policies and criteria set forth in KRS 146.200 to 146.360. The secretary
for energy and environment shall adopt such rules or regulations necessary for the
preservation and enhancement of the stream areas as set forth in KRS 146.250, and for
control of recreational, educational, scientific, and other uses of these areas in a manner
that shall not impair them. In such administration primary emphasis shall be given to
protecting aesthetic, scenic, historic, archaeologic, and scientific features of the area. The
secretary shall develop a management plan for a designated stream area and shall
publicize and hold public hearings and record the views expressed on each plan
developed. Management plans for a given stream area may establish varying degrees of
intensity for its protection, based on special attributes of each area, but shall follow the
concepts embodied in KRS 146.230. No public use of lands within the boundaries of a
designated wild river area in which the state has acquired an interest shall be permitted
prior to the development of a management plan. Any such management plan shall be
developed jointly with the Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources with respect to
those aspects of such plan as relate to the jurisdiction of that department over fish and
wildlife resources. Effective: July 15, 2010
History: Amended 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 24, sec. 127, effective July 15, 2010. -- Amended 1976 Ky. Acts ch. 197, sec. 7. -- Amended 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 74, Art. III,
sec. 13(1), (9). -- Created 1972 Ky. Acts ch. 117, sec. 8.
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