KRS 224.10-670: Administrative regulations -- Standards and certification program for

analysis of wastewater pollution -- Data submitted by uncertified laboratory

invalid.

(1) The cabinet may promulgate administrative regulations pursuant to KRS Chapter

13A establishing:

(a) Standards for the operation of laboratories relating to analyses and laboratory

tests for wastewater pollution, on behalf of activities subject to 33 U.S.C. sec.

1342, fees for certification and competency evaluations of those laboratories,

and issuance of certificates of competency to persons and laboratories meeting

the standards established by the agency; and

(b) A certification program for laboratories that submit environmental data as it

relates to analyses and laboratory tests for activiti es subject to 33 U.S.C. sec.

1342. In developing the certification program, the cabinet shall consider,

among other things, nationally recognized certification programs and those

tailored for individual states.

(2) After one (1) year from the effective date of the administrative regulations described

in subsection (1)(a) and (b) of this section, all environmental samples collected

pursuant to an approved permit under 33 U.S.C. sec. 1342 shall be submitted to a

laboratory that is certified by the cabinet. Af ter that date, any data submitted on

behalf of activities subject to 33 U.S.C. sec. 1342 to any agencies of the cabinet,

that are generated by an uncertified laboratory, shall be deemed invalid.