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Kentucky Revised Statutes Title XVIII. Public Health § 224.60-137. Standards for corrective action for release from petroleum storage tank;  inventory of facilities eligible for reimbursement

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(1)  It is the intent of the General Assembly, when funds are available, that the University of Kentucky update the study completed in July 1995, and recommend amendments to standards for levels of petroleum contamination, including lead and other additives, requiring corrective action to adequately protect human health, safety, and the environment established in administrative regulations promulgated by the cabinet, based on new information or changes in federal law.

(2)  The division shall contract with the University of Kentucky when funds are available.

(3)  The cabinet shall, by administrative regulation, adopt standards for corrective action for a release into the environment from a petroleum storage tank.  The administrative regulations shall adequately protect human health, safety, and the environment, and may consider the study and any revisions or amendments to it performed for the division, except as necessary to comply with federal law.

(4)  Within ninety (90) days of July 15, 2002, the cabinet shall develop an inventory of facilities eligible for reimbursement from the financial responsibility account and the petroleum storage tank account and information on the current status of each facility within the corrective action process.  The cabinet shall update the inventory and the status of the facilities and submit the information quarterly to the Legislative Research Commission.

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