KRS 211.852: Prerequisites to approval of nuclear waste disposal facility -- Procedure --

Exception.

(1) The location of a nuclear waste disposal facility in the Commonwealth of Kentucky

shall require prior approval by a majority of the members of the Kentucky Hou se of

Representatives, a majority of the members of the Kentucky Senate, and the

approval of the Governor of Kentucky.

(2) Before an application to locate a nuclear waste disposal facility in Kentucky can be

submitted for approval to the Kentucky General A ssembly, it must first receive the

approval of the secretary of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services and the

secretary of the Energy and Environment Cabinet. It shall be the responsibility of

the Cabinet for Health and Family Services and the Energy and Environment

Cabinet to ensure that a comprehensive environmental impact statement is

submitted and that public hearings are held in the county in which it is proposed to

locate a nuclear waste disposal facility.

(3) This section shall not apply to nucl ear waste disposal facilities in existence prior to

June 17, 1978.