KRS 224.46-305: Legislative findings and goals on pollution prevention.

In the interest of protecting public health and the environment, the General Assembly of

the Commonwealth of Kentucky hereby finds that it is the policy of the Commonwealth

to encourage environmental leadership in pollution prevention by source reduction w hen

technically feasible and economically practicable, without shifting risks from one part of

a process or environmental medium to another. It shall be the goal of the Commonwealth

to reduce the amount by weight of hazardous waste and of toxic chemicals r egulated

under Title III, Section 313 of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of

1986 generated by each Kentucky facility in 1987 by twenty -five percent (25%) by

January 1, 1997, and by fifty percent (50%) by January 1, 2002. It shall also be the goal of

the Commonwealth to reduce the amount by weight of hazardous waste, and of toxic

chemicals regulated under Title III, Section 313 of the Superfund Amendments and

Reauthorization Act of 1986 generated by each Kentucky facility which began operati ng

after December 31, 1987, by twenty -five percent (25%) within ten (10) years after

beginning the operation, and by fifty percent (50%) within fifteen (15) years after

beginning the operation. The General Assembly finds that the best means to achieve

environmental leadership through pollution prevention are by:

(1) Providing facilities generating hazardous waste or releasing toxic chemicals with

technical assistance to reduce the release of toxic chemicals and the generation of

hazardous waste;

(2) Encouraging facilities generating hazardous waste or releasing toxic chemicals to

adopt policies to prevent pollution, to prepare comprehensive plans and to develop

measurable performance goals;

(3) Providing economic incentives to reduce the amount of hazardous waste generated

and toxic chemicals released in the Commonwealth; and

(4) Using cabinet incentives to acknowledge the environmental leadership of facilities

meeting the pollution prevention goal.