{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-224.71-145","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 224.71-145","heading":"Person implementing practice or plan under Clean Water Act","body":"nationwide permit to be deemed as having received state certification -- Effect.\n(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of KRS 224.71 -140, if any person conducting an\nagriculture, silviculture,  or other similar best management or technically -assisted\npractice or plan as defined in KRS 224.71-100(3), (4), (5), (6), or (10) is required to\nobtain a Clean Water Act Nationwide Permit No. 12, 13, 14, 26, 27, 33, or 37 and\nis, in good faith, implementi ng the practice or plan pursuant to KRS 224.71 -120,\nthen the practice shall be deemed to have received the certification from the\nCommonwealth of Kentucky required pursuant to 33 U.S.C. sec. 1341(a).\n(2) If a person is deemed to have a certification pursua nt to subsection (1) of this\nsection, then the cabinet shall not require the person to apply for the certification or\nimpose any other conditions on the activity pursuant to state law or the federal\nClean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. secs. 1251 et seq., as amended.\n(3) If a person has not been finally adjudged to be in violation of an approved\nagriculture water quality plan, or agriculture, silviculture, or other similar best\nmanagement or technically -assisted plan or practice, then the person shall be\ndeemed to be  implementing the plan or practice in good faith for purposes of\nsubsection (1) of this section.","path":[],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=10531","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:52:42Z","sha256":"ba16643af9cbf684807dec0f217b2f06bfcf1c0560adf4628b107b6b8655dd8b","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-224.71-140","next":"us-ky/krs-224.710"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}