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211.852 Prerequisites to approval of nuclear waste disposal facility -Procedure -- Exception.
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The location of a nuclear waste disposal facility in the Commonwealth of
Kentucky shall require prior approval by a majority of the members of the
Kentucky House of Representatives, a majority of the members of the
Kentucky Senate, and the approval of the Governor of Kentucky.
Before an application to locate a nuclear waste disposal facility in Kentucky
can be submitted for approval to the Kentucky General Assembly, it must first
receive the approval of the secretary of the Cabinet for Health and Family
Services and the secretary of the Energy and Environment Cabinet. It shall be
the responsibility of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services and the Energy
and Environment Cabinet to ensure that a comprehensive environmental
impact statement is submitted and that public hearings are held in the county in
which it is proposed to locate a nuclear waste disposal facility.
This section shall not apply to nuclear waste disposal facilities in existence
prior to June 17, 1978.
Effective:July 15, 2010
History: Amended 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 24, sec. 313, effective July 15, 2010. -Amended 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 99, sec. 379, effective June 20, 2005. -- Amended
1998 Ky. Acts ch. 426, sec. 320, effective July 15, 1998. -- Created 1978 Ky.
Acts ch. 279, sec. 8, effective June 17, 1978.
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