{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-224.43-610","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 224.43-610","heading":"Legislative findings and purposes.","body":"The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky hereby finds, determines, and\ndeclares, as follows:\n(1) That Congress enacted the Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments of 1984\nestablishing a clear bias against the disposal of hazardous waste in or on t he land,\nand prohibits land disposal of a hazardous waste unless the Environmental\nProtection Agency determines that the prohibition is not necessary to protect human\nhealth and the environment and further recognized the environmental hazards of\ndisposing of limited quantities of hazardous waste into solid waste landfills absent\nadequate design considerations.\n(2) That in 1983 the United States Office of Technology Assessment published a\ncomprehensive report which concluded that current land disposal techno logies\ncannot guarantee the containment of hazardous wastes and protection of\ngroundwater supplies.\n(3) That a majority of Kentucky is underlaid by geology which is permeable and of\nlittle protection to groundwater resources from the contaminates, includin g\nhazardous waste, which can leach from a landfill disposal site.\n(4) That Congress and the United States EPA have expressed the intention, in regards\nto environmental protection, that each state should be able to regulate to protect the\nenvironment in ways that are specific to the needs of each state and that each state\ndoes regulate the disposal of small amounts of hazardous waste differently.\n(5) That waste flowing into solid waste landfills contains limited quantities of\nhazardous waste commingled with nonhazardous waste which produces a waste\nstream that is impossible to separate the hazardous components from nonhazardous\ncontents.\n(6) It is therefore the purpose of KRS 224.43 -614 to require all waste streams disposed\nin Kentucky to be free of limited q uantity hazardous waste components or that such\nwaste streams be regulated by being required to dispose of the waste in a landfill\nmeeting strict design standards for groundwater protection.","path":[],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=10427","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:52:40Z","sha256":"cb36aa4c007043616cc18ea0e4af84b3334a6602c51c4ab093621a8c599343f4","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-224.43-505","next":"us-ky/krs-224.43-614"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}