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353.592 Powers of the department.
In addition to the powers conferred upon the department by KRS 353.500 to 353.720 and
notwithstanding any provision of KRS 353.500 to 353.720, the department is authorized
but not obligated to develop and promulgate a regulatory program for the purpose of
accepting primary responsibility for administration of the Underground Injection Control
Program under Section 1425 of the Safe Drinking Water Act (Public Law 93-523 as
amended). To that end, the department shall include in any regulatory program developed
and promulgated under this provision:
(1) Regulations regarding the drilling, casing, operation, plugging, construction,
conversion, maintenance, and abandonment of class II wells to protect underground
sources of drinking water and to prevent their endangerment;
(2) Regulations prohibiting underground injection through class II wells except as
authorized by such regulations or by a permit issued pursuant thereto;
(3) Regulations requiring owners or operators of class II wells to demonstrate financial
responsibility for the costs of closure of all class II wells. Such demonstration of
financial responsibility may include but need not be limited to the well plugging
bond required by KRS 353.590(7) and (12);
(4) Regulations providing for reasonable public notice of applications for permits for
class II wells and providing for public participation in the issuance of such permits;
(5) Regulations establishing a schedule of fees for the mechanical integrity testing and
periodic registration of class II wells to be paid by the owners or operators thereof.
The schedule of fees shall be based upon the reasonable cost to the department of
administering the underground injection control program. The regulations may
provide for the collection of a fee prior to delegation of authority by the Federal
Environmental Protection Agency which shall be refunded by the department if the
department does not receive said delegation.
No regulation promulgated pursuant to this section shall authorize the endangerment of
an underground source of drinking water or be more stringent than regulations
promulgated by the Environmental Protection Agency pursuant to the Underground
Injection Control Program of the Safe Drinking Water Act, 42 U.S.C. sec. 300f et seq.
Effective: June 24, 2015
History: Amended 2015 Ky. Acts ch. 21, sec. 14, effective June 24, 2015. -- Amended
2006 Ky. Acts ch. 160, sec. 3, effective July 12, 2006. -- Created 1986 Ky. Acts ch.
277, sec. 3, effective July 1, 1986.
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