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211.981 Disposal of sewage and sewage sludge.
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All sewage or sewage sludge hauled pursuant to the provisions of KRS
211.970 to 211.982 shall be disposed of by landspreading at an approved site
or in a publicly-owned sewage treatment plant, unless it is demonstrated to the
satisfaction of the cabinet that a publicly-owned sewage treatment plant does
not exist within a reasonable hauling distance from the site at which the
sewage or sewage sludge is received, or the publicly-owned sewage treatment
plant refuses to accept the sewage or sewage sludge.
If the cabinet determines that no publicly-owned sewage treatment plant is
available for use by a licensed hauler, the cabinet may approve an alternative
mode of disposal including, but not limited to, landspreading. The cabinet shall
promulgate administrative regulations pursuant to KRS Chapter 13A governing
landspreading and other acceptable modes of disposal which insure:
(a) That no contamination threat is posed to surface waters from any run-off;
and
(b) That all reasonable protection is afforded to prevent contamination of
groundwater.
Trenching of sewage and sewage sludge shall be prohibited except where
specifically authorized by the cabinet.
Effective:July 15, 1998
History: Amended 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 71, sec. 11, effective July 15, 1998; and
ch. 570, sec. 2, effective July 15, 1998. -- Created 1992 Ky. Acts ch. 248, sec. 2,
effective July 14, 1992.
Legislative Research Commission Note (7/15/98). This section was amended by
1998 Ky. Acts chs. 71 and 570 which are identical and have been codified
together.
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