KRS 350.050: Powers of cabinet.

The Energy and Environment Cabinet under the supervision of the secretary of the

Energy and Environment Cabinet shall have and exercise the following authority and

powers:

(1) To exercise general supervision and administration and enforcement of this chapt er

and all rules and regulations and orders promulgated thereunder;

(2) To encourage and conduct investigations, research, experiments, and

demonstrations, and to collect and disseminate information relating to strip mining

and reclamation of lands and waters affected by strip mining;

(3) To adopt, without hearing, internal procedures with respect to the filing of reports,

the issuance of permits, and other matters of procedure and administration;

(4) To examine and pass upon all plans and specifications su bmitted by the permit

applicant for the method of operation, backfilling, grading, and for the reclamation

of the area of land affected by his operation;

(5) To make investigations or inspections which may be deemed necessary to insure

compliance with any provision of this chapter;

(6) To order, through personnel of the cabinet, the suspension of any permit for failure

to comply with any of the provisions of this chapter or any regulations adopted

pursuant thereto;

(7) To order, through personnel of the cab inet, the stopping of any operation that is

started without first having secured a permit as required by this chapter.