KRS 109.042: Enforcement representative -- Regulations -- Financing for program.

(1) A county or waste management district may employ an enforcement representative

to ensure compliance with applicable administrative regulations of the cabinet

relating to construction and operation of solid waste management facilities. The

local government representative shall have the authority to inspect loads of solid

waste and prevent any loads, which fail to comply with administrative regulations,

from being disposed of at the solid waste management facility. The local

government representative shall possess at least minimum qualifications required of

representatives of the cabinet performing similar functions.

(2) The cabinet shall adopt administrative regulations for local government inspection

of solid waste management facilities and enforcement proce dures. The

administrative regulations shall include but not be limited to, requiring local

enforcement representatives to report violations of state solid waste management

facilities laws and administrative regulations immediately to the cabinet and

requiring the cabinet to respond to the report within forty -eight (48) hours of its

receipt.

(3) A county or waste management district which elects to implement a local inspection

and enforcement program for solid waste management facilities may finance the

program from the license fees provided for in KRS 68.178.