Kentucky Statutes 350.050 – Powers of cabinet
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The Energy and Environment Cabinet under the supervision of the secretary of the Energy and Environment Cabinet shall have and exercise the following authority and powers:
(1) To exercise general supervision and administration and enforcement of this chapter and all rules and regulations and orders promulgated thereunder;
(2) To encourage and conduct investigations, research, experiments, and demonstrations, and to collect and disseminate information relating to strip mining and reclamation of lands and waters affected by strip mining;
(3) To adopt, without hearing, internal procedures with respect to the filing of reports, the issuance of permits, and other matters of procedure and administration;
(4) To examine and pass upon all plans and specifications submitted by the permit applicant for the method of operation, backfilling, grading, and for the reclamation of the area of land affected by his operation;
(5) To make investigations or inspections which may be deemed necessary to insure compliance with any provision of this chapter;
(6) To order, through personnel of the cabinet, the suspension of any permit for failure to comply with any of the provisions of this chapter or any regulations adopted pursuant thereto;
(7) To order, through personnel of the cabinet, the stopping of any operation that is started without first having secured a permit as required by this chapter.
Effective: July 15, 2010
History: Amended 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 24, sec. 1876, effective July 15, 2010. — Amended 1992 Ky. Acts ch. 429, sec. 3, July 14, 1992. — Amended 1978 Ky. Acts ch. 332, sec. 3, effective June 17, 1978. — Amended 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 74, Art. III, sec. 13(2),(7) — Amended 1972 (1st Extra. Sess.) Ky. Acts ch. 3, sec. 64. — Amended
1966 Ky. Acts ch. 4, sec. 6. — Amended 1962 Ky. Acts ch. 105, sec. 3. — Amended
1956, (1st Extra. Sess.) Ky. Acts ch. 7, Art. VII, sec. 5. — Created 1954 Ky. Acts ch.
8, sec. 5.
(1) To exercise general supervision and administration and enforcement of this chapter and all rules and regulations and orders promulgated thereunder;
Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 350.050
- applicant: means a person applying for a permit. See Kentucky Statutes 350.010
- Area of land affected: means any area of land or water upon which surface coal mining and reclamation operations are conducted or located or are to be conducted or located. See Kentucky Statutes 350.010
- Cabinet: means the Energy and Environment Cabinet. See Kentucky Statutes 350.010
- Method of operation: means the method or manner by which the cut or open pit is made, the overburden is placed or handled, water is controlled, and other acts are performed by the operator in the process of uncovering and removing the coal. See Kentucky Statutes 350.010
- Reclamation: means the reconditioning of the area affected by surface coal mining operations under a plan approved by the cabinet. See Kentucky Statutes 350.010
- Secretary: means the secretary of the Energy and Environment Cabinet. See Kentucky Statutes 350.010
(2) To encourage and conduct investigations, research, experiments, and demonstrations, and to collect and disseminate information relating to strip mining and reclamation of lands and waters affected by strip mining;
(3) To adopt, without hearing, internal procedures with respect to the filing of reports, the issuance of permits, and other matters of procedure and administration;
(4) To examine and pass upon all plans and specifications submitted by the permit applicant for the method of operation, backfilling, grading, and for the reclamation of the area of land affected by his operation;
(5) To make investigations or inspections which may be deemed necessary to insure compliance with any provision of this chapter;
(6) To order, through personnel of the cabinet, the suspension of any permit for failure to comply with any of the provisions of this chapter or any regulations adopted pursuant thereto;
(7) To order, through personnel of the cabinet, the stopping of any operation that is started without first having secured a permit as required by this chapter.
Effective: July 15, 2010
History: Amended 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 24, sec. 1876, effective July 15, 2010. — Amended 1992 Ky. Acts ch. 429, sec. 3, July 14, 1992. — Amended 1978 Ky. Acts ch. 332, sec. 3, effective June 17, 1978. — Amended 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 74, Art. III, sec. 13(2),(7) — Amended 1972 (1st Extra. Sess.) Ky. Acts ch. 3, sec. 64. — Amended
1966 Ky. Acts ch. 4, sec. 6. — Amended 1962 Ky. Acts ch. 105, sec. 3. — Amended
1956, (1st Extra. Sess.) Ky. Acts ch. 7, Art. VII, sec. 5. — Created 1954 Ky. Acts ch.
8, sec. 5.