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151.112 Planning process for management and development of water
resources.
(1)
(2)
The cabinet shall develop a comprehensive and systematic planning process
for the long-range management and orderly development of the
Commonwealth's water resources. The planning process shall generate over
each biennium a plan for the implementation of specific goals and
management objectives for the cabinet to achieve in meeting the
Commonwealth's water needs. The biennial plan shall serve as the basis for
the cabinet's budgeting process in allocating resources to the state's water
resource programs. The planning process shall be developed to:
(a) Protect, conserve, develop, and utilize the water resource in a manner
consistent with the Commonwealth's duties for management of natural
resources, the public's right to clean water, and the preservation of the
natural, scenic, cultural, historic, and aesthetic values of the environment;
(b) Provide a coordinated framework for cooperation among federal,
interstate, state, and local government agencies in the planning and
management of water resources, in a manner consistent with KRS
Chapter 147 and KRS 224.10-100(13);
(c) Be both anticipatory of future needs and reactive to problems;
(d) Provide for public involvement in the establishment of the comprehensive
and systematic planning process, in plan development and
implementation, and the allocation and prioritizing of resources for water
resource management and development; and
(e) Establish a process for the collection and coordination of data regarding
surface and ground water availability and quality, including the presence
of point and nonpoint sources of pollution, instream flow information,
withdrawal and use information, an assessment of flood damage and
storm water management problems, and an identification and assessment
of future data needs.
The continuous planning process shall include goals and objectives for ground
and surface water quantity and quality management in order to assess the
effectiveness of current programs in addressing the comprehensive water
needs of the Commonwealth and to gauge the need for new or different
programs to recommend to the General Assembly for legislation.
Effective:July 15, 1986
History: Created 1986 Ky. Acts ch. 367, sec. 2, effective July 15, 1986.
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