KRS 151.615: Authority pilot projects permitted.

(1) Stream Restoration and Mitigation Authorities established under KRS 151.610 to

151.615 may conduct one (1) or more of the following restoration and mitigation

activities as pilot projects, identified within its watershed plan:

(a) Restoration and mitigatio n of impairments or permanent loss of water

resources due to mining operations;

(b) Restoration and mitigation of impairment or permanent loss of water

resources due to highway or road construction;

(c) Restoration and mitigation of impairment or permanent loss of water

resources due to agricultural or sivicultural operations; or

(d) Restoration and mitigation of impairment or permanent loss of water

resources due to residential or commercial building construction.

(2) If a Stream Restoration and Mitigation Authority undertakes a project that does not

otherwise require development and submittal to a state or federal agency of a plan

with standards and criteria for evaluating project success, the authority shall

develop standards and criteria for evaluating t he project's success. The authority

shall include an account of the pilot projects findings in the report required under

KRS 151.614(3).