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2018 Kentucky Revised Statutes
CHAPTER 224 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Subchapter 46 - Hazardous Waste
224.46-310 "Pollution prevention" defined.

Universal Citation: KY Rev Stat § 224.46-310 (2018)
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224.46-310 "Pollution prevention" defined. As used in KRS 224.46-315 to 224.46-325, "pollution prevention," shall mean in-plant practices, including, but not limited to, process modifications, feedstock substitutions, product reformulation management practices or housekeeping alterations, recycling within industrial processes, or equipment replacement or modifications, that reduce, avoid, or eliminate the generation of hazardous waste or the release of toxic chemicals at their source, rather than controlling, treating, or managing hazardous waste or toxic chemicals after their generation or release, to reduce the risks to employees, public health, and the environment. Pollution prevention shall not include actions taken at locations away from the pollution-generating activity, including recycling or treatment, or concentrating the hazardous content of a waste, or the toxic content of a toxic chemical, to reduce volume, or diluting to reduce the degree of hazard or toxicity. Effective: July 15, 1994 History: Amended 1994 Ky. Acts ch. 460, sec. 2, effective July 15, 1994. -- Created 1988 Ky. Acts ch. 166, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1988. Formerly codified as KRS 224.980.
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