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2009 Kentucky Revised Statutes
CHAPTER 353 MINERAL CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT
353.591 Purpose and application of KRS 353.592 and 353.593.
Download pdfadministration of the Underground Injection Control Program under Section 1425 of the
Safe Drinking Water Act (Public Law 93-523 as amended), to protect underground
sources of drinking water and to prevent their endangerment from class II wells. KRS
353.592 and 353.593 shall apply to all persons as defined in KRS 353.510; to all lands
including federally-owned lands; and to all class II wells without regard to the time the
well was drilled; provided that the department may make reasonable distinctions between
existing and new class II wells in the implementation of KRS 353.592 and 353.593. No
provision of KRS 353.592 or 353.593 shall apply to crude oil or natural gas production
wells that are not class II wells. Effective: July 15, 1986
History: Created 1986 Ky. Acts ch. 277, sec. 2, effective July 15, 1986.
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