CHAPTER 151. GEOLOGY AND WATER RESOURCES  


010. Establishment and personnel of survey.
020. Other departments of university to cooperate.
030. Duties and functions of survey.
035. Official repository for groundwater information.
040. Reports and publications.
050. Repealed, 1966. [Repealed]
100. Definitions.
110. Water resources policy -- Duties of cabinet.
112. Planning process for management and development of water resources.
114. Long range water supply plans.
116. Regulations.
118. Financing development of water supply plans.
120. Public water of Commonwealth, what constitutes.
125. Authority and powers of secretary.
130. Repealed, 1974. [Repealed]
140. Withdrawal of water from public waters, permit required -- Exceptions.
150. Application for permit -- Withdrawal of water from public waters.
160. Record and report of water withdrawn under permit -- Effect of noncompliance.
170. Permits to be specific -- Issuance -- Amendment.
180. Repealed, 1980. [Repealed]
182. Notice of violation and hearing thereon -- Demand for hearing on denial, modification or revocation of permit.
184. Hearing conducted by hearing officer -- Final determination by secretary -- Use of counsel -- Subpoena power -- Hearings to be public.
186. Appeals from final orders.
190. Repealed, 1980. [Repealed]
200. Temporary allocation of water supply among users -- Permit for transfer or diversion of water between streams or watersheds.
210. Use of water by landowner for domestic purposes -- Impounding and conserving water, permitted when.
220. Water resources studies.
230. Minimum standards for flood plain management to be set by administrative regulation -- Local application and effect.
232. Participation in development of administrative regulations.
240. Surveys of project on behalf of state.
250. Plans for dams, levees, etc. to be approved and permit issued by cabinet -- Jurisdiction of Department for Natural Resources.
260. Applications for permit -- Time for approval or rejection.
270. Repealed, 1974. [Repealed]
280. Commencement of preparations for project without permit prohibited -- Deviation from approved plans.
290. Repealed, 1974. [Repealed]
291. Responsibility for safety of water barriers owned by Commonwealth -- Transfer of ownership of water barrier -- Responsibility for safety after transfer -- Approval of transfer.
293. Certificates of inspection.
295. Regular inspections of dams and reservoirs.
297. Orders for remedy -- Action by cabinet -- Contracts or agreements for required work -- Hearings.
299. Liability for costs of cabinet emergency work -- Action for recovery of costs -- Foreclosure sale to satisfy judgment.
300. Repealed, 1974. [Repealed]
310. Deposits in water without permit prohibited.
320. Officers required to enforce law.
330. Repealed, 1988. [Repealed]
340. Repealed, 1988. [Repealed]
350. Repealed, 1988. [Repealed]
360. Repealed, 1988. [Repealed]
370. Repealed, 1988. [Repealed]
380. Repealed, 1988. [Repealed]
390. Repealed, 1988. [Repealed]
400. Repealed, 1988. [Repealed]
410. Repealed, 1988. [Repealed]
420. Repealed, 1988. [Repealed]
430. Repealed, 1988. [Repealed]
440. Repealed, 1988. [Repealed]
450. Repealed, 1988. [Repealed]
460. Actions for penalties and injunctions.
550. Community Flood Damage Abatement Program.
560. Repealed, 2007. [Repealed]
570. Repealed, 2007. [Repealed]
580. Negotiation with federal agencies for operation or maintenance of a navigable waterway within Kentucky -- Approval of agreement -- Appropriation.
600. Public information program for flood plain management and flood hazard mitigation programs.
601. County and multicounty 2020 water management planning councils.
603. Consistency of each council's long-range water supply plan with other provisions of law -- Contents of plan -- Function of planning councils.
605. Water service coordinators -- Supplemental funding -- Assistance by state agencies.
607. Annual review and prioritization of planning councils' plans.
Stream Restoration and Mitigation
610. Definitions for KRS 151.610 to 151.615.
611. Stream Restoration and Mitigation Authorities -- Powers -- Limitation on authority -- Legislative preferences on funding uses.
612. Assistance in establishing Stream Restoration and Mitigation Authority.
613. Authority membership -- Qualifications -- Terms -- Compensation -- Officers.
614. Authority powers and duties -- Reports.
615. Authority pilot projects permitted.
Groundwater Monitoring
620. Legislative findings.
621. Definitions for KRS 151.620 to 151.629.
625. Establishment of long-term groundwater monitoring network -- Duties.
629. Interagency Technical Advisory Committee on Groundwater -- Duties and responsibilities.
Improvement of Public Drinking Water Supplies
630. Legislative finding -- Cabinet's duty to administer system capacity program -- Authority to promulgate administrative regulations.
632. System capacity development strategy -- Assistance to existing systems in plan development.
634. Requirement for system capacity for new community or nontransient noncommunity public water systems after October 1, 1999.
636. Cabinet's requirement to conduct a source water assessment and delineation program.
West Fork Drakes Creek Dam and Reservoir Interstate Authority
650. Authority created -- Purposes -- Legislative findings.
652. Board of directors.
654. Powers, functions, and duties.
656. Dam and reservoir construction and operation.
658. Bonding authority and procedures.
660. Contributions by local governments -- State appropriation requests.
662. Statement of objectives --- Annual report -- Accounting and auditing.
664. State agency cooperation.
Kentucky River Authority
700. Declaration of policy.
705. Kentucky River Authority -- Functions -- Public purposes -- Management of authority.
710. Membership of Kentucky River Authority -- Compensation -- Meetings -- Administrative regulations.
720. Powers of authority.
723. Water use fees.
725. Authority's duty to bring action for penalties or injunctive relief -- Venue.
727. Continuing study of water availability and needs of Kentucky River basin -- Biennial estimate on costs of water supply needs of Kentucky River basin.
728. Preconstruction and construction reports -- Long-range planning document -- Execution of funded programs.
7282. Presession reports to legislative committees.
729. Authority's involvement in requested transfer of drinking water between water utilities involving Kentucky River basin watershed.
730. Revenue bonds.
State Geographer
810. State geographer -- Appointment -- Duties.
Penalties
990. Penalties.