KRS 224.10-220: Timetables for issuance of permits -- Effects of failure to file timetables

and inaction before established deadlines.

(1) The Energy and Environment Cabinet shall adopt administrative regulations

establishing reasonable timetables for the issuance of all permits by the cabinet,

except those permits for which a timetable is set out by statute. The timetables shall

set specific time periods for actions to be taken in the consideration of permit

applications.

(2) The timetables adopted pursuant to sub section (1) of this section shall be proposed

for adoption and filed with the Legislative Research Commission no later than

January 1, 1993. In the event that the timetables required by subsection (1) of this

section are not proposed for adoption and filed with the Legislative Research

Commission by the January 1, 1993 deadline, the Energy and Environment Cabinet

shall cease the collection of permit fees for all permits for which timetables have

not been established until the required timetables have been proposed for adoption.

(3) The cabinet shall waive the permit fee for any permit not acted upon, either

favorably or unfavorably, in accordance with the established timetables. The

approach of an impending deadline for action on a permit pursuant to the

established timetables shall not be a reason for denial of a permit. However, nothing

in this section shall require the cabinet to issue a permit which would violate this

chapter or the administrative regulations adopted pursuant thereto.