{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-224.46-510","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 224.46-510","heading":"Generation of hazardous waste, standards -- Report by cabinet to","body":"county government -- Criteria for determining whether waste is hazardous and\nlist of hazardous wastes to be set by regulation.\n(1) The cabinet shall promulgate regulations which establish standards for the\ngenerators of hazardous waste by amount of waste generated requiring such\ngenerators to do any or all of the following:\n(a) Compile and maintain such information and record keeping regarding the\nquantities of hazardous waste gen erated, characteristics and composition of\nsuch waste and disposition of hazardous waste generated;\n(b) Utilize proper labeling and containerization of hazardous waste as required by\nthe cabinet;\n(c) Utilize a manifest for each shipment of hazardous waste and assure that the\nfacility to which the waste is designated is a permitted facility;\n(d) Provide information on the general chemical composition of the hazardous\nwaste to persons transporting, treating, storing or disposing of hazardous\nwaste;\n(e) Keep a ll records and copies of manifest readily available for review and\ninspection by the designated representative of the cabinet;\n(f) Retain all records and manifest copies for a minimum of three (3) years or as\nrequired by the cabinet;\n(g) Compile a periodic  report of hazardous waste generated, stored, transferred,\ntreated, disposed or transported for treatment, storage, or disposal as required\nby the cabinet;\n(h) Provide the report required in paragraph (g) of this subsection to the county\njudge/executive of  the county or chief executive officer of an urban -county\ngovernment within which the waste site or facility which will receive waste\nfrom the generator is located and to the county judge/executive of the county\nor chief executive officer of an urban -county government within which the\ngenerator is located in order that the county judge/executive or chief executive\nofficer may make the report available to the county law enforcement and\nemergency services for emergency planning purposes.\n(2) Any person who ge nerates waste in this state shall make a determination as to\nwhether or not such waste is hazardous pursuant to criteria promulgated by the\ncabinet, and any generator of hazardous waste shall certify that all information\nrequired in notices or reports to t he cabinet or information provided on the manifest\ndocument is factual.\n(3) The cabinet shall promulgate regulations specifying the criteria by which wastes\nmay be determined to be hazardous and based on use of these criteria maintain and\nupdate a list of wastes identified as hazardous wastes which shall be subject to the\nhazardous waste management provisions of KRS 224.46 -505 to 224.46 -570. The\ncriteria and lists promulgated by the cabinet shall be identical to any such criteria\nand lists proposed or promu lgated by the United States Environmental Protection\nAgency pursuant to the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976, as\namended (Public Law 94 -580). In providing for the management of hazardous\nwaste, the cabinet shall establish classes or categorie s of hazardous waste reflecting\nthe relative degree of hazard consistent with the Resource Conservation and\nRecovery Act of 1976, as amended (Public Law 94 -580), and regulations issued\npursuant thereto. Any person generating any substance which either meet s the\ncriteria or is identified as hazardous waste shall within ninety (90) days of\npromulgation of the regulation so notify the cabinet.","path":[],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=10446","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:52:41Z","sha256":"12cb845b72e6bd27d8a568984182fa43da4f692283dc0e5fa29e1cd91fae78a7","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-224.46-505","next":"us-ky/krs-224.46-520"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}