1. (1) No permit to construct or expand a municipal solid waste disposal facility shall be accepted for processing by the cabinet unless the application contains a determination from the governing body for the solid waste management area in which the facility is or will be located concerning the consistency of the application with the area solid waste management plan submitted under KRS 224.43-345(1)(a) to (d) and (l) until January 1, 1993, and the entire plan after January 1, 1993. The governing body for the area shall, within sixty (60) days of receipt of a written request, make the determination after public notice and opportunity for public comment and public hearing. For applications with a notice of intent filed prior to February 26, 1991, the cabinet shall continue to process the application but no permit shall be approved until the governing body for the solid waste management area in which the facility is or will be located has made a determination in accordance with this section.

2. (2) No permit to construct or expand a municipal solid waste disposal facility shall be approved unless the applicant affirmatively demonstrates and the cabinet makes a written finding in the preliminary determination made pursuant to KRS 224.40- 310(2) that the application conforms to and is consistent with all of the following:

   1. (a) The capacity needs identified in the area solid waste management plan;
   2. (b) Other elements of the area solid waste management plan, for permit applications filed after approval of those elements;
   3. (c) The statewide solid waste reduction and management plan, for permit applications filed after completion of the plan; and
3. (3)
4. (4)
5. (d) Applicable zoning regulations adopted pursuant to KRS Chapter 100. If the cabinet approves a permit to construct or expand a municipal solid waste management facility after the governing body for the area has determined the application to be inconsistent with the area solid waste management plan, as part of the written finding the cabinet shall state in detail the reasons why it did not accept the determination of the governing body for the area.
6. (a) For the purposes of this section, the term municipal solid waste disposal facility includes, in addition to those facilities defined in KRS 224.1-010(14), any residual or contained landfill or incinerator disposing of industrial solid waste, but does not include a waste site or facility that is owned and operated by a solid waste generator and: 1. Exclusively accepts industrial solid waste generated from industrial activities of that generator that occur on the same, contiguous, or adjacent property, including where divided by a roadway, as well as any additional industrial solid waste received from a corporate affiliate or generated at another facility owned by the generator; or Is an existing permitted waste site or facility located on property owned by the solid waste generator that: a. Is not located in the same county as the solid waste generator; and b. Accepts only industrial solid waste from the solid waste generator. 2.
7. (b) Paragraph (a)2. of this subsection shall include permit modifications granting vertical or horizontal expansions of that permitted waste site or facility on that property, including all contiguous or abutting tracts owned by that solid waste generator prior to January 1, 2026.

Effective: April 10, 2026

History: Amended 2026 Ky. Acts ch. 86, sec. 2, effective April 10, 2026. -- Amended 2017 Ky. Acts ch. 117, sec. 22, effective June 29, 2017. -- Created 1991 (1st Extra. Sess.) Ky. Acts ch. 12, sec. 17, effective February 26, 1991. Formerly codified as KRS 224.856. Legislative Research Commission Note (10/4/91). The reference to KRS 224.40- 310(1) (formerly KRS 224.855(1)) contained in subsection (2) of this statute has been changed by the Reviser of Statutes to KRS 224.40-310(2), pursuant to KRS 7.136. The text of the subsection (1) of the former 224.855 became (2) by 1991 (First Extra. Sess.) Ky. Acts ch. 12, sec. 37.