{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-353.592","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 353.592","heading":"Powers of the department.","body":"In addition to the powers conferred upon the department by KRS 353.500 to 353.720 and\nnotwithstanding any provision of KRS 353.500 to 353.720, the department is authorized\nbut not obligated to develop and promulgate a regulatory program for the purpose of\naccepting primary responsibility for administration of the Underground Injection Control\nProgram under Section 1425 of the Safe Drinking Water Act (Public Law 93 -523 as\namended). To that end, the department shall include in any regulatory program developed\nand promulgated under this provision:\n(1) Regulations regarding the drilling, casing, operation, plugging, construction,\nconversion, maintenance, and abandonment of class II wells to protect underground\nsources of drinking water and to prevent their endangerment;\n(2) Regulations prohibiting underground injection through class II wells except as\nauthorized by such regulations or by a permit issued pursuant thereto;\n(3) Regulations requiring owners or operators of class II wells to demonstrate financial\nresponsibility for the costs of closure of all class II wells. Such demonstration of\nfinancial responsibility may include but need not be limited to the well plugging\nbond required by KRS 353.590(7) and (12);\n(4) Regulations providing for reasonable public not ice of applications for permits for\nclass II wells and providing for public participation in the issuance of such permits;\n(5) Regulations establishing a schedule of fees for the mechanical integrity testing and\nperiodic registration of class II wells to b e paid by the owners or operators thereof.\nThe schedule of fees shall be based upon the reasonable cost to the department of\nadministering the underground injection control program. The regulations may\nprovide for the collection of a fee prior to delegatio n of authority by the Federal\nEnvironmental Protection Agency which shall be refunded by the department if the\ndepartment does not receive said delegation.\nNo regulation promulgated pursuant to this section shall authorize the endangerment of\nan undergroun d source of drinking water or be more stringent than regulations\npromulgated by the Environmental Protection Agency pursuant to the Underground\nInjection Control Program of the Safe Drinking Water Act, 42 U.S.C. sec. 300f et seq.","path":["KRS Chapter 353"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=44253","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:58:40Z","sha256":"6f3cd487ca8ea37a6a7b45f68d0cf8edfeab8d1039e49c8a5b4778bb6da2c31d","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-353.591","next":"us-ky/krs-353.593"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}