Kentucky Revised Statutes Title XVIII. Public Health § 224.10-225.Facilitation of permits for coal-fired electric generation plants and industrial energy facilities, and surface coal mining and reclamation operations

(1) The secretary of the Energy and Environment Cabinet shall facilitate the permitting of:

(2) Upon request by an applicant for environmental permits for an industrial energy facility or a surface coal mining and reclamation operation, the secretary, in consultation with the applicant, shall establish specific time periods for actions to be taken in the consideration of its permit applications. The time periods established shall not exceed those adopted by administrative regulations promulgated pursuant to KRS 224.10-220. Notwithstanding KRS 224.10-420(2), failure by the cabinet to adhere to the time periods established pursuant to this section or established by administrative regulations promulgated pursuant to KRS 224.10-220 shall constitute the making of a final determination of the cabinet, and the applicant, at its election, may:

(3) As used in this section, “surface coal mining and reclamation operations” has the same meaning as in KRS 350.010.