KRS 224.46-320: Powers and duties of center.

The center shall:

(1) Compile, organize, and make available for distribution information on pollution

prevention technologies and procedures;

(2) Compile, and make available for distribution to business and industry, a list of

expert private consultants on pollution prevention technologies and procedures, and

a list of researchers at state universities that could provide assistance in waste

reduction activities;

(3) Sponsor and conduct conferences and individualized workshops on pollution

prevention for specific classes of business or industry;

(4) Conduct feasibility analyses for innovative pollution prevention technologies and

procedures;

(5) Facilitate and promote the transfer of pollution prevention technologies and

procedures between businesses and industries;

(6) Develop, where appropriate, and distribute for voluntary implementation, pollution

prevention plans for the major classes of business or industry that generate

hazardous waste or release toxic chemicals in the state;

(7) Develop, and make available for distribution, recommended environmental audit

procedures or protocols for utilization by business and industry in conducting

internal environmental audits;

(8) Administer loan, loan guarantee, interest subsidy, or grant programs which may be

established pursuant to law for the purpose of providing moneys to a business or

industry to subsidize the costs of conducting environmental audits or source

reduction studies, or developing or purchasing, and implementing, source reduction

technologies and procedures, or for other similar purposes;

(9) Provide moneys, from such funds as may be appropriated or otherwise made

available, to academic institutions, businesses or industries, government agencies or

private organizations located in the state to conduct demonstration or pilot programs

utilizing innovative pollution prevention technologies or procedures for specific

categories of industry or business;

(10) Provide moneys, from such funds as may be appropriated or otherwise made

available, to academic institutions or private or ganizations located in the state for

basic or applied research on pollution prevention;

(11) Compile, and make available for distribution, information on available tax benefits

for the implementation of pollution prevention technologies and procedures by a n

industry or business;

(12) Identify governmental and nongovernmental impediments to pollution prevention;

(13) Develop the necessary information base and data collection programs to assist in

establishing program priorities and evaluating the progress of reducing pollution;

(14) Develop training programs and materials for state and local regulatory personnel

and private industry, designed to inform about pollution prevention practices and

their applicability to industry;

(15) Participate in existing state, federal and industrial networks of individuals and

groups actively involved in pollution prevention activities; and

(16) Prepare a proposed pollution prevention research and program budget request for

each fiscal year, based on revenue projections and providing for the expenses of the

board, the board's technical advisor, and recommendations of the university, and

present it to the board for review and approval.