Kentucky Revised Statutes Title XVIII. Public Health § 224.46-305.Legislative findings and goals on pollution prevention

In the interest of protecting public health and the environment, the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky hereby finds that it is the policy of the Commonwealth to encourage environmental leadership in pollution prevention by source reduction when technically feasible and economically practicable, without shifting risks from one part of a process or environmental medium to another. It shall be the goal of the Commonwealth to reduce the amount by weight of hazardous waste and of toxic chemicals regulated under Title III, Section 313 of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 generated by each Kentucky facility in 1987 by twenty-five percent (25%) by January 1, 1997, and by fifty percent (50%) by January 1, 2002. It shall also be the goal of the Commonwealth to reduce the amount by weight of hazardous waste, and of toxic chemicals regulated under Title III, Section 313 of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 generated by each Kentucky facility which began operating after December 31, 1987, by twenty-five percent (25%) within ten (10) years after beginning the operation, and by fifty percent (50%) within fifteen (15) years after beginning the operation. The General Assembly finds that the best means to achieve environmental leadership through pollution prevention are by: