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Kentucky Revised Statutes

Chapter 151

Ky. Rev. Stat. Ann. ch. 151

Geology And Water Resources

Commonwealth of Kentucky

151.010Establishment and personnel of survey.151.020Other departments of university to cooperate.151.030Duties and functions of survey.151.035Official repository for groundwater information.151.040Reports and publications.151.050Repealed, 1966.Repealed 151.100Definitions for KRS 151.110 to 151.460 and 151.990.151.110Water resources policy -- Duties of cabinet.151.112Planning process for management and development of water resources.151.113Kentucky Water Resources Board.151.114Long range water supply plans.151.116Administrative regulations.151.118Financing development of water supply plans.151.120Public water of Commonwealth, what constitutes.151.125Authority and powers of secretary.151.130Repealed, 1974.Repealed 151.140Withdrawal of water from public waters, permit required -- Exceptions.151.150Application for permit -- Withdrawal of water from public waters.151.160Record and report of water withdrawn under permit -- Effect of noncompliance.151.170Permits to be specific -- Issuance -- Amendment.151.180Repealed, 1980.Repealed 151.182Notice of violation and hearing thereon -- Demand for hearing on denial, modification or revocation of permit.151.184Hearing conducted by hearing officer -- Final determination by secretary -- Use of counsel -- Subpoena power -- Hearings to be public.151.186Appeals from final orders.151.190Repealed, 1980.Repealed 151.200Temporary allocation of water supply among users -- Permit for transfer or diversion of water between streams or watersheds.151.210Use of water by landowner for domestic purposes -- Impounding and conserving water, permitted when.151.220Water resources studies.151.230Repealed, 2023.Repealed 151.232Repealed, 2017.Repealed 151.240Surveys of project on behalf of state.151.250Plans for dams, levees, embankments, dikes, bridges, fill, or other obstruction to be approved and permit issued by cabinet -- Jurisdiction of Department for Natural Resources.151.260Applications for permit -- Time for approval or rejection -- Emergency action plan administrative regulation.151.270Repealed, 1974.Repealed 151.280Commencement of preparations for project without permit prohibited -- Deviation from approved plans.151.290Repealed, 1974.Repealed 151.291Responsibility for safety of water barriers owned by Commonwealth -- Transfer of ownership of water barrier -- Responsibility for safety after transfer -- Approval of transfer.151.293Inspection reports -- Requirement -- Time periods -- Modification -- Administrative regulations.151.295Regular inspections of dams and reservoirs.151.297Orders for remedy -- Action by cabinet -- Contracts or agreements for required work -- Hearings.151.299Liability for costs of cabinet emergency work -- Action for recovery of costs -- Foreclosure sale to satisfy judgment.151.300Repealed, 1974.Repealed 151.310Deposits in water without permit prohibited.151.320Officers required to enforce law.151.330Repealed, 1988.Repealed 151.340Repealed, 1988.Repealed 151.350Repealed, 1988.Repealed 151.360Repealed, 1988.Repealed 151.370Repealed, 1988.Repealed 151.380Repealed, 1988.Repealed 151.390Repealed, 1988.Repealed 151.400Repealed, 1988.Repealed 151.410Repealed, 1988.Repealed 151.420Repealed, 1988.Repealed 151.430Repealed, 1988.Repealed 151.440Repealed, 1988.Repealed 151.450Repealed, 1988.Repealed 151.460Actions for penalties and injunctions.151.550Community Flood Damage Abatement Program.151.560Repealed, 2007.Repealed 151.570Repealed, 2007.Repealed 151.580Negotiation with federal agencies for operation or maintenance of a navigable waterway within Kentucky -- Approval of agreement -- Appropriation.151.600Public information program for floodplain management and flood hazard mitigation programs.151.601County and multicounty water management planning councils.151.603Consistency of each council's long-range water supply plan with other provisions of law -- Contents of plan -- Function of planning councils.151.607Annual review and prioritization of planning councils' plans.151.610Definitions for KRS 151.610 to 151.615.151.611Stream Restoration and Mitigation Authorities -- Powers -- Limitation on authority -- Legislative preferences on funding uses.151.612Assistance in establishing Stream Restoration and Mitigation Authority.151.613Authority membership -- Qualifications -- Terms -- Compensation -- Officers.151.614Authority powers and duties -- Reports.151.615Authority pilot projects permitted.151.620Legislative findings.151.621Definitions for KRS 151.620 to 151.629.151.625Establishment of long-term groundwater monitoring network -- Duties.151.629Interagency Technical Advisory Committee on Groundwater -- Duties and responsibilities.151.630Legislative finding -- Cabinet's duty to administer system capacity program -- Authority to promulgate administrative regulations.151.632System capacity development strategy -- Assistance to existing systems in plan development.151.634Requirement for system capacity for new community or nontransient noncommunity public water systems after October 1, 1999.151.636Cabinet's requirement to conduct a source water assessment and delineation program.151.650Authority created -- Purposes -- Legislative findings.151.652Board of directors.151.654Powers, functions, and duties.151.656Dam and reservoir construction and operation.151.658Bonding authority and procedures.151.660Contributions by local governments -- State appropriation requests.151.662Statement of objectives --- Annual report -- Accounting and auditing.151.664State agency cooperation.151.700Declaration of policy.151.705Kentucky River Authority -- Functions -- Public purposes -- Management of authority.151.710Membership of Kentucky River Authority -- Compensation -- Meetings -- Administrative regulations.151.720Powers of authority.151.723Water use fees.151.725Authority's duty to bring action for penalties or injunctive relief -- Venue.151.727Continuing study of water availability and needs of Kentucky River basin -- Biennial estimate on costs of water supply needs of Kentucky River basin.151.728Preconstruction and construction reports -- Long-range planning document -- Execution of funded programs.151.7282Presession reports to legislative committees.151.729Authority's involvement in requested transfer of drinking water between water utilities involving Kentucky River basin watershed.151.730Revenue bonds.151.810State geographer -- Appointment -- Duties.151.990Penalties.