Tag: kentucky
Designated Compliance Manager for UST Owners
As a reminder to UST owners please be aware the Kentucky UST Branch initiated the Designated Compliance Manager (DCM) training program last fall. Owners will be contacted by the UST Branch and supplied a Personal Identification Number so their DCM can access the web based training outlined in 401 KAR 42:020 Section 7. The DCM […]
Oil Well Operators in Hart County, KY, Sentenced for Violations of the Safe Drinking Water Act
Two oil well operators in Hart County and Logsdon Valley Oil Co. Inc., were ordered to pay fines for the continued conspiracy to inject fluids, without a permit, into sinkholes and wells from March 13, 2008 through July 18, 2012, in violation of the Safe Drinking Water Act. Specifically, they configured piping to inject produced […]
One Stop for Business – and what does that mean?
Sara Smith of SMG participated in a meeting arranged through the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce with members the Kentucky Secretary of State’s office who are charged with developing and managing the Kentucky One Stop Business Portal (http://onestop.ky.gov/Pages/default.aspx). This web portal is being developed in response to legislation in the 2011 Legislative Session (Senate Bill 8) […]
EPA Rules on Selenium Regulations
On November 15th, the Kentucky Division of Water received notice that the EPA approved part of the proposed water quality standards for selenium put forth in May 2013. The EPA approved Kentucky’s chronic water criteria and the practice of fish tissue sampling to determine compliance. However, Kentucky’s acute water criteria was rejected by the EPA, […]
Kentucky's Greenhouse Gas Policy Implications White Paper
Kentucky has sent a white paper to EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy in order to present Kentucky’s Energy & Environment Cabinet’s ideas regarding existing power plants and ways to control and reduce carbon dioxide emissions. The white paper can be found here. Dr. Peters, Secretary of the Energy & Environment Cabinet, asserts that this white paper is […]