{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-353.591","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 353.591","heading":"Purpose and application of KRS 353.592 and 353.593.","body":"The purpose of KRS 353.592 and 353.593 shall be, upon delegation of authority for\nadministration of the Underground Injection Control Program under Section 1425 of the\nSafe Drinking Water Act (Public Law 93 -523 as amended), to protect underground\nsources o f drinking water and to prevent their endangerment from class II wells. KRS\n353.592 and 353.593 shall apply to all persons as defined in KRS 353.510; to all lands\nincluding federally-owned lands; and to all class II wells without regard to the time the\nwell was drilled; provided that the department may make reasonable distinctions between\nexisting and new class II wells in the implementation of KRS 353.592 and 353.593. No\nprovision of KRS 353.592 or 353.593 shall apply to crude oil or natural gas production\nwells that are not class II wells.","path":["KRS Chapter 353"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=33117","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:58:40Z","sha256":"5db98b0b2114f2b34a1bd20dacd90f246476c18f7d8b80f6ae587a85bfac30bb","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-353.5901","next":"us-ky/krs-353.592"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}