KRS 349.145: Authorization for Department of Natural Resources and Attorney General

to bring suit in Circuit Court to restrain violations under this chapter.

(1) Whenever it appears that a person is violating or threatening to violate any

provision of this chapter , or any rule, administrative regulation, or order

promulgated or issued under this chapter, the department may bring suit against the

person in the Circuit Court of the county where the violation occurred or is

threatened, the Circuit Court in the county in which the defendant resides or in

which any defendant resides if there is more than one (1) defendant, or the Franklin

Circuit Court to restrain the person from continuing the violation or from carrying

out the threatened violation. In the suit, the cou rt shall have jurisdiction to grant

without bond or other undertaking the prohibitory or mandatory injunction as the

facts may warrant, including a temporary restraining order or injunction.

(2) Whenever it appears that any person is violating any provisio n of this chapter, or

any rule, administrative regulation or order promulgated or issued hereunder, the

Attorney General or any person who is adversely affected by the violation may

bring suit to restrain the violation in any court in which the department might have

brought suit. The department shall be made a party defendant in the suit in addition

to the person allegedly violating a provision or any rule, administrative regulation,

or order promulgated or issued under this chapter.