KRS 177.977: Directory of coal road system.

(1) The Transportation Cabinet shall publish a directory, including supporting maps

and other documents, designating the official coal road system in coal impact and

coal producing counties which shall include all public highways, roads, bridges, and

streets over which quantities of coal sufficient to significantly affect the condition

and state of repair of such highways, roads, bridges, and streets have been

transported in the immediately preceding year. The cabinet shall further publish the

total county mile age of the official coal road system and the total ton -miles within

each coal impact and coal producing county for said preceding year.

(2) Every person, producer or processor shipping or transporting coal over the public

highways, roads, bridges, and stre ets, shall file with the Transportation Cabinet

information at intervals as the cabinet shall designate by administrative regulation

promulgated pursuant to KRS Chapter 13A, for the purpose of identifying those

highways, roads, and streets comprising the c oal road system and the quantities of

coal transported thereon, in order that the cabinet can accurately calculate total ton -

miles within each coal impact and coal producing county. A copy of the information

furnished to the Energy and Environment Cabinet pursuant to the provisions of

KRS 350.0285 and a copy of the information furnished to the Department for

Natural Resources pursuant to the provisions of KRS 351.070 and 352.420 shall be

submitted to the Transportation Cabinet to satisfy the reporting requi rements of this

subsection and the transportation plan shall be annually updated to reflect in route

changes.