401 KAR 35:005. Definitions for 401 KAR Chapter 35.
RELATES TO: KRS Subchapters 224.01, 224.10, 224.46, 322.010, 40 C.F.R. 144.62(a), (b), (c), 260.10, 264.141, EO 2008-507, 2008-531
STATUTORY AUTHORITY: KRS 224.10-100, 224.46-520, 224.46-530
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY: KRS 224.10-100(28) authorizes the Environmental and Public Protection Cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations. EO 2008-507 and 2008-531, effective June 16, 2008, abolish the Environmental and Public Protection Cabinet and establish the new Energy and Environment Cabinet. This administrative regulation defines essential terms that are used in 401 KAR Chapter 35. Some terms have been clarified to eliminate federal ambiguities and to conform to Kentucky statutory mandates. Definitions contained in KRS Chapter 224 have been referenced to the appropriate statutory citation. Some terms do not have a federal counterpart. These terms have been added to clarify requirements and provisions of KRS Chapter 224 and 401 KAR Chapter 35.
Section 1. Definitions. Except as provided in this section, the definitions established in 40 C.F.R. 260.10, effective September 9, 2005, shall apply.
(1) "Accidental occurrence" means an accident, including continuous or repeated exposure to conditions, which results in bodily injury or property damage neither expected nor intended from the standpoint of the insured.
(2) "Administrator", "agency", "assistant administrator", "assistant administrator for solid waste and emergency response", "regional administrator", "director", or "regional director" means the Energy and Environment Cabinet, pursuant to EO 2008-507 and 2008-531, effective June 16, 2008.
(3) "Assets" means all existing and all probable future economic benefits obtained or controlled by a particular entity.
(4) "Bodily injury" is defined by 40 C.F.R. 264.141(g).
(5) "Cabinet" is defined by KRS 224.01-010(9), and EO 2008-507 and 2008-531 reorganized the Environmental and Public Protection Cabinet as the Energy and Environment Cabinet, effective June 16, 2008.
(6) "Certificate" is defined by KRS 224.46-810(2).
(7) "Closure" is defined by KRS 224.01-010(4).
(8) "Closure plan" means the plan for closure prepared in accordance with the requirements of 401 KAR 34:070, Section 3, or 401 KAR 35:070, Section 3.
(9) "Container" means a portable device in which hazardous waste is transported, stored, treated, or otherwise handled, and includes transport vehicles that are containers themselves (for example, tank trucks, tanker-trailers, and rail tank cars), and containers placed on or in a transport vehicle.
(10) "Contamination" means the degradation of naturally occurring water, air, or soil quality either directly or indirectly as a result of human activities.
(11) "Contingency plan" means a document setting out an organized, planned, and coordinated course of action to be followed if a fire, explosion, or release of waste or waste constituents into the environment has the potential for endangering human health and the environment and includes financial planning to identify resources for initiation of the course of action.
(12) "Current assets" means cash or other assets or resources commonly identified as those that are reasonably expected to be realized in cash or sold or consumed during the normal operating cycle of the business.
(13) "Current closure cost estimates" means the most recent of the estimates prepared in accordance with 401 KAR 34:090, Section 1(1), (2), and (3), or 401 KAR 35:090, Section 1(1), (2), or (3).
(14) "Current liabilities" is defined by 40 C.F.R. 264.141(f).
(15) "Current plugging and abandonment cost estimate" means the most recent of the estimates prepared in accordance with 40 C.F.R. 144.62(a), (b), and (c).
(16) "Current postclosure cost estimate" means the most recent of the estimates prepared in accordance with 401 KAR 34:100, Section 1(1), (2), and (3), or 401 KAR 35:100, Section 1(1), (2), or (3).
(17) "Disposal" is defined by KRS 224.01-010(10).
(18) "Environmental Protection Agency" or "EPA" means the Kentucky Department for Environmental Protection except if used in the phrases "EPA hazardous waste number", "EPA identification number", "EPA Region", "EPA Acknowledgment of Consent", "EPA Test Methods", or "EPA publications".
(19) "Existing" means a boiler or industrial furnace that on or before August 21, 1991, was either in operation burning, or processing hazardous waste or for which construction (including the ancillary facilities to burn or to process the hazardous waste) has commenced.
(20) "Face amount" means the total amount the insurer is obligated to pay under the policy.
(21) "Federal Register" means the "Administrative Register of Kentucky" as described in KRS 13A.050.
(22) "Fiscal year" means a twelve (12) month period for accounting and other financial purposes.
(23) "Generator" is defined by KRS 224.01-010(13).
(24) "Hazardous constituent" is defined by KRS 224.01.010(42).
(25) "Hazardous waste" is defined by KRS 224.01-010(31)(b).
(26) "Independently audited" means an audit was performed by an independent certified public accountant in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards.
(27) "Industrial solid waste" is defined by KRS 224.01-010(31)(a)(3).
(28) "Interim status" means the designation of a hazardous waste site or facility that was in existence on November 19, 1980, and has submitted a Part A application under 401 KAR Chapter 38 and is treated as having a permit until final administrative disposition of the application is made.
(29) "Legal defense costs" means expenses that an insurer incurs in defending against claims of third parties brought under the terms and conditions of an insurance policy.
(30) "Liabilities" means probable future sacrifices of economic benefits arising from present obligations to transfer assets or provide services to other entities in the future as a result of past transactions or events.
(31) "Manifest" is defined by KRS 224.01-010(37).
(32) "Monitoring" means the act of systematically inspecting and collecting data on operational parameters or on the quality of the air, soil, groundwater, or surface water.
(33) "Monitoring well" means a well used to obtain water samples for water quality and quantity analysis and groundwater levels.
(34) "Municipal solid waste" is defined by KRS 224.01-010(31)(a)(4).
(35) "Net working capital" means current assets minus current liabilities.
(36) "Net worth" means total assets minus total liabilities and is equivalent to owner's equity.
(37) "Nonsudden accidental occurrence" means an occurrence that takes place over time and involves continuous or repeated exposure.
(38) "Operator" means any person responsible for overall operation of an on-site or off-site waste facility, including any private contractor conducting operational activities at a federal facility.
(39) "Owner" means any person who owns an on-site or off-site waste facility or any part of a facility.
(40) "Parent corporation" means a corporation that directly owns at least fifty (50) percent of the voting stock of the corporation, which is the facility owner or operator; the latter corporation is deemed a "subsidiary" of the parent corporation.
(41) "Permit" means the authorization or other control document that:
(a) Is issued by the cabinet to implement the requirements of the waste management administrative regulations, 401 KAR Chapters 30 through 49;
(b) Includes permit-by-rule, registered permit-by-rule, research, development, and demonstration permit, and emergency permit; and
(c) Does not include draft permit or proposed permit.
(42) "Person" is defined by KRS 224.01-010(17).
(43) "Postclosure care" means the manner in which a facility shall be maintained if it no longer accepts waste for disposal.
(44) "Postclosure monitoring and maintenance" is defined by KRS 224.01-010(18).
(45) "Postclosure plan" means the plan for postclosure care prepared in accordance with the requirements of 401 KAR 34:070, Sections 8 to 11, or 401 KAR 35:070, Sections 8 to 11.
(46) "Process vent" means an open-ended pipe or stack that is vented to the atmosphere either directly, through a vacuum-producing system, or through a tank (distillate receiver, condenser, bottoms receiver, surge control tank, separator tank, or hot well) associated with hazardous waste distillation fractionation, thin-film evaporation, solvent extraction, or air or steam stripping operations.
(47) "Professional engineer" is defined by KRS 322.010(3).
(48) "Professional land surveyor" is defined by KRS 322.010(9).
(49) "Property damage" is defined by 40 C.F.R. 264.141(g).
(50) "Publicly owned treatment works" or "POTW" is defined by KRS 224.01-010(19).
(51) "Regulated unit" means hazardous waste land disposal sites or facilities, or portions of existing hazardous waste land disposal sites or facilities that continued to receive waste after January 26, 1983.
(52) "Site" means the land or water area where a facility or activity is physically located or conducted, including adjacent land used in connection with the waste facility or activity.
(53) "Solid waste" is defined by KRS 224.01-010(31)(a).
(54) "State" means the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
(55) "Storage" is defined by KRS 224.01-010(28).
(56) "Substantial business relationship" is defined by 40 C.F.R. 265.141(h).
(57) "Sudden accidental occurrence" means an occurrence that is not continuous or repeated in nature.
(58) "Tangible net worth" means the tangible assets that:
(a) Remain after deducting liabilities; and
(b) Do not include intangibles such as goodwill and rights to patents or royalties.
(59) "Termination" is defined by KRS 224.01-010(26).
(60) "The full amount of liability coverage to be provided" means the amount of coverage for sudden and nonsudden occurrences required to be provided by the owner or operator, less the amount of financial assurance for liability coverage that is being provided by other financial assurance mechanisms being used to demonstrate financial assurance by the owner or operator.
(61) "Transfer facility" is defined by KRS 224.01-010(48).
(62) "Transportation" is defined by KRS 224.01-010(29).
(63) "Treatment" is defined by KRS 224.01-010(30).
(64) "United States" means the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
(65) "Used oil" is defined by KRS 224.50-545(2)(a).
(66) "Waste boundary" means the outermost perimeter of the waste (projected in the horizontal plane) as it would exist at completion of the disposal activity.
(67) "Waste pile" or "pile" means a noncontainerized accumulation of solid, nonflowing hazardous waste that is used for treatment or storage and that is not a containment building.
(68) Water" or "Waters of the Commonwealth" is defined by KRS 224.01-010(33).
Section 2. Substitution of Federal References. (1) The following federal parts and subparts, which are cited by federal regulations referenced in 401 KAR Chapter 35, shall be substituted with the state administrative regulations listed below.
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Federal Regulation |
State Regulation |
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40 C.F.R. Part 260 |
401 KAR Chapter 30 |
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40 C.F.R. 260 Subpart A |
401 KAR 30:020 |
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40 C.F.R. 260 Subpart B |
401 KAR 30:005, 401 KAR 30:020, 401 KAR 31:005, 401 KAR 32:005, 401 KAR 33:005, 401 KAR 34:005, 401 KAR 35:005, 401 KAR 36:005, 401 KAR 37:005, 401 KAR 38:005, 401 KAR 43:005, and 401 KAR 44:005 |
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40 C.F.R. 260 Subpart C |
401 KAR 30:035 |
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40 C.F.R. Part 261 |
401 KAR Chapter 31 |
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40 C.F.R. 261 Subpart A |
401 KAR 31:010 |
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40 C.F.R. 261 Subpart B |
401 KAR 31:020 |
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40 C.F.R. 261 Subpart C |
401 KAR 31:030 |
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40 C.F.R. 261 Subpart D |
401 KAR 31:040 |
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40 C.F.R. Part 262 |
401 KAR Chapter 32 |
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40 C.F.R. 262 Subpart A |
401 KAR 32:010 |
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40 C.F.R. 262 Subpart B |
401 KAR 32:020 |
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40 C.F.R. 262 Subpart C |
401 KAR 32:030 |
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40 C.F.R. 262 Subpart D |
401 KAR 32:040 |
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40 C.F.R. 262 Subpart E |
401 KAR 32:050, Sections 1-9 |
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40 C.F.R. 262 Subpart F |
401 KAR 32:050, Section 10 |
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40 C.F.R. 262 Subpart G |
401 KAR 32:060 |
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40 C.F.R. 262 Subpart H |
401 KAR 32:065 |
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40 C.F.R. Part 263 |
401 KAR Chapter 33 |
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40 C.F.R. 263 Subpart A |
401 KAR 33:010 |
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40 C.F.R. 263 Subpart B |
401 KAR 33:020 |
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40 C.F.R. 263 Subpart C |
401 KAR 33:030 |
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40 C.F.R. Part 264 |
401 KAR Chapter 34 |
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40 C.F.R. 264 Subpart A |
401 KAR 34:010 |
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40 C.F.R. 264 Subpart B |
401 KAR 34:020 |
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40 C.F.R. 264 Subpart C |
401 KAR 34:030 |
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40 C.F.R. 264 Subpart D |
401 KAR 34:040 |
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40 C.F.R. 264 Subpart E |
401 KAR 34:050 |
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40 C.F.R. 264 Subpart F |
401 KAR 34:060 |
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40 C.F.R. 264 Subpart G |
401 KAR 34:070 |
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40 C.F.R. 264 Subpart H |
401 KAR 34:080, 401 KAR 34:090, 401 KAR 34:100, 401 KAR 34:110, 401 KAR 34:120, 401 KAR 34:130 |
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40 C.F.R. 264 Subpart I |
401 KAR 34:180 |
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40 C.F.R. 264 Subpart J |
401 KAR 34:190 |
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40 C.F.R. 264 Subpart K |
401 KAR 34:200 |
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40 C.F.R. 264 Subpart L |
401 KAR 34:210 |
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40 C.F.R. 264 Subpart M |
401 KAR 34:220 |
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40 C.F.R. 264 Subpart N |
401 KAR 34:230 |
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40 C.F.R. 264 Subpart O |
401 KAR 34:240 |
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40 C.F.R. 264 Subpart S |
401 KAR 34:287 |
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40 C.F.R. 264 Subpart W |
401 KAR 34:285 |
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40 C.F.R. 264 Subpart X |
401 KAR 34:250 |
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40 C.F.R. 264 Subpart AA |
401 KAR 34:275 |
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40 C.F.R. 264 Subpart BB |
401 KAR 34:280 |
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40 C.F.R. 264 Subpart CC |
401 KAR 34:281 |
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40 C.F.R. 264 Subpart DD |
401 KAR 34:245 |
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40 C.F.R. 264 Subpart EE |
401 KAR 34:370 |
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40 C.F.R. Part 265 |
401 KAR Chapter 35 |
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40 C.F.R. 265 Subpart A |
401 KAR 35:010 |
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40 C.F.R. 265 Subpart B |
401 KAR 35:020 |
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40 C.F.R. 265 Subpart C |
401 KAR 35:030 |
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40 C.F.R. 265 Subpart D |
401 KAR 35:040 |
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40 C.F.R. 265 Subpart E |
401 KAR 35:050 |
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40 C.F.R. 265 Subpart F |
401 KAR 35:060 |
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40 C.F.R. 265 Subpart G |
401 KAR 35:070 |
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40 C.F.R. 265 Subpart H |
401 KAR 35:080, 401 KAR 35:090, 401 KAR 35:100, 401 KAR 35:110, 401 KAR 35:120, 401 KAR 35:130 |
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40 C.F.R. 265 Subpart I |
401 KAR 35:180 |
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40 C.F.R. 265 Subpart J |
401 KAR 35:190 |
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40 C.F.R. 265 Subpart K |
401 KAR 35:200 |
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40 C.F.R. 265 Subpart L |
401 KAR 35:210 |
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40 C.F.R. 265 Subpart M |
401 KAR 35:220 |
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40 C.F.R. 265 Subpart N |
401 KAR 35:230 |
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40 C.F.R. 265 Subpart O |
401 KAR 35:240 |
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40 C.F.R. 265 Subpart P |
401 KAR 35:250 |
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40 C.F.R. 265 Subpart Q |
401 KAR 35:260 |
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40 C.F.R. 265 Subpart R |
401 KAR 35:270 |
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40 C.F.R. 265 Subpart W |
401 KAR 35:285 |
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40 C.F.R. 265 Subpart AA |
401 KAR 35:275 |
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40 C.F.R. 265 Subpart BB |
401 KAR 35:280 |
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40 C.F.R. 265 Subpart CC |
401 KAR 35:281 |
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40 C.F.R. 265 Subpart DD |
401 KAR 35:245 |
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40 C.F.R. 265 Subpart EE |
401 KAR 35:350 |
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40 C.F.R. Part 266 |
401 KAR Chapter 36 |
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40 C.F.R. 266 Subpart C |
401 KAR 36:030 |
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40 C.F.R. 266 Subpart F |
401 KAR 36:060 |
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40 C.F.R. 266 Subpart G |
401 KAR 36:070 |
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40 C.F.R. 266 Subpart H |
401 KAR 36:020 |
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40 C.F.R. 266 Subpart M |
401 KAR 36:080 |
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40 C.F.R. 266 Subpart N |
401 KAR 36:090 |
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40 C.F.R. Part 268 |
401 KAR Chapter 37 |
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40 C.F.R. 268 Subpart A |
401 KAR 37:010 |
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40 C.F.R. 268 Subpart B |
401 KAR 37:020 |
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40 C.F.R. 268 Subpart C |
401 KAR 37:030 |
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40 C.F.R. 268 Subpart D |
401 KAR 37:040 |
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40 C.F.R. 268 Subpart E |
401 KAR 37:050 |
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40 C.F.R. Part 270 |
401 KAR Chapter 38 |
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40 C.F.R. 270 Subpart A |
401 KAR 38:010 |
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40 C.F.R. 270 Subpart B |
401 KAR 38:070, 401 KAR 38:080, 401 KAR 38:090, 401 KAR 38:150 through 401 KAR 38:310 |
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40 C.F.R. 270 Subpart C |
401 KAR 38:030 |
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40 C.F.R. 270 Subpart D |
401 KAR 38:040, Sections 1 through 4, 7 |
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40 C.F.R. 270 Subpart E |
401 KAR 38:040, Sections 5 and 6 |
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40 C.F.R. 270 Subpart F |
401 KAR 38:060 |
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40 C.F.R. 270 Subpart G |
401 KAR 38:020 |
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40 C.F.R. 270 Subpart H |
401 KAR 38:320 |
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40 C.F.R. 270 Subpart I |
401 KAR 38:330 |
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40 C.F.R. Part 124 |
401 KAR 38:050 |
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40 C.F.R. Part 273 |
401 KAR Chapter 43 |
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40 C.F.R. 273 Subpart A |
401 KAR 43:010 |
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40 C.F.R. 273 Subpart B |
401 KAR 43:020 |
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40 C.F.R. 273 Subpart C |
401 KAR 43:030 |
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40 C.F.R. 273 Subpart D |
401 KAR 43:040 |
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40 C.F.R. 273 Subpart E |
401 KAR 43:050 |
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40 C.F.R. 273 Subpart F |
401 KAR 43:060 |
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40 C.F.R. 273 Subpart G |
401 KAR 43:070 |
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40 C.F.R. Part 279 |
401 KAR Chapter 44 |
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40 C.F.R. 279 Subpart A |
401 KAR 44:005 |
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40 C.F.R. 279 Subpart B |
401 KAR 44:010 |
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40 C.F.R. 279 Subpart C |
401 KAR 44:020 |
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40 C.F.R. 279 Subpart D |
401 KAR 44:030 |
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40 C.F.R. 279 Subpart E |
401 KAR 44:040 |
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40 C.F.R. 279 Subpart F |
401 KAR 44:050 |
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40 C.F.R. 279 Subpart G |
401 KAR 44:060 |
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40 C.F.R. 279 Subpart H |
401 KAR 44:070 |
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40 C.F.R. 279 Subpart I |
401 KAR 44:080 |
(2) The requirements of the following federal regulations, which are referenced in 401 KAR Chapter 35, shall include the modifications, exceptions, and additions that are specific to the Commonwealth of Kentucky set forth in the following state administrative regulations referenced in the table below.
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Federal Regulation |
State Regulation |
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40 C.F.R. 260.10 |
401 KAR 30:005, 401 KAR 30:020, 401 KAR 31:005, 401 KAR 32:005, 401 KAR 33:005, 401 KAR 34:005, 401 KAR 35:005, 401 KAR 36:005, 401 KAR 37:005, 401 KAR 38:005, 401 KAR 43:005, and 401 KAR 44:005 |
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40 C.F.R. 260.22 |
401 KAR 30:035, Section 3(2) and (3) |
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40 C.F.R. 261.6 |
401 KAR 31:010, Section 6 |
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40 C.F.R. 264.101 |
401 KAR 34:060, Section 12 |
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40 C.F.R. 264.221 |
401 KAR 34:200, Section 2 |
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40 C.F.R. 264.251 |
401 KAR 34:210, Section 2 |
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40 C.F.R. 264.301 |
401 KAR 34:230, Section 2 |
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40 C.F.R. 264.1082 |
401 KAR 34:281, Section 2 |
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40 C.F.R. 265.94 |
401 KAR 35:060, Section 5 |
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40 C.F.R. 265.111 |
401 KAR 35:070, Section 2 |
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40 C.F.R. 265.143 |
401 KAR 35:080 |
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40 C.F.R. 265.145 |
401 KAR 35:080 |
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40 C.F.R. 266.202 |
401 KAR 36:080, Section 3 |
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40 C.F.R. 266.205 |
401 KAR 36:080, Section 6 |
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40 C.F.R. 270.10 |
401 KAR 38:070, Section 1 |
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40 C.F.R. 270.61 |
401 KAR 38:060, Section 2 |
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40 C.F.R. 270.62 |
401 KAR 38:060, Section 3 |
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40 C.F.R. 270.50 |
401 KAR 38:040, Section 5 |
(3) The following federal regulations, which are cited by the federal regulations referenced in 401 KAR Chapter 35, shall be replaced with the corresponding state administrative regulations identified in the table below.
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Federal Regulation |
State Regulation |
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40 C.F.R. Part 60 Appendix A |
401 KAR 59:020 |
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40 C.F.R. Part 257 |
401 KAR Chapter 47 |
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40 C.F.R. Part 258 |
401 KAR Chapter 48 |
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40 C.F.R. 264.140 |
401 KAR 34:080, Section 2 |
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40 C.F.R. 264.141 |
401 KAR 34:080, Section 1 |
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40 C.F.R. 264.142 |
401 KAR 34:090, Section 1 |
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40 C.F.R. 264.143 |
401 KAR 34:090, Sections 2 through 12 |
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40 C.F.R. 264.144 |
401 KAR 34:100, Section 1 |
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40 C.F.R. 264.145 |
401 KAR 34:100, Sections 2 through 12 |
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40 C.F.R. 264.146 |
401 KAR 34:110 |
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40 C.F.R. 264.147 |
401 KAR 34:120 |
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40 C.F.R. 264.148 |
401 KAR 34:130 |
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40 C.F.R. 265.140 |
401 KAR 35:080, Section 2 |
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40 C.F.R. 265.141 |
401 KAR 35:080, Section 1 |
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40 C.F.R. 265.142 |
401 KAR 35:090, Section 1 |
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40 C.F.R. 265.143 |
401 KAR 35:090, Sections 2 through 11 |
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40 C.F.R. 265.144 |
401 KAR 35:100, Section 1 |
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40 C.F.R. 265.145 |
401 KAR 35:100, Sections 2 through 11 |
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40 C.F.R. 265.146 |
401 KAR 35:110 |
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40 C.F.R. 265.147 |
401 KAR 35:120 |
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40 C.F.R. 265.148 |
401 KAR 35:130 |
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40 C.F.R. 265.1083 |
401 KAR 35:281, Section 4 |
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40 C.F.R. 268.42 |
401 KAR 37:040, Section 3 |
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40 C.F.R. 266 Appendix I, Table I-D |
401 KAR 36:025, Section 1(2)(a) |
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40 C.F.R. 266 Appendix I, Table I-E |
401 KAR 36:025, Section 1(2)(b) |
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40 C.F.R. 270.51 |
401 KAR 38:040, Section 6 |
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40 C.F.R. Part 280 |
401 KAR Chapter 42 |
(23 Ky.R. 1121; Am. 2051; eff. 3-12-97; 33 Ky.R. 2414; 3862; eff. 6-13-2007; 34 Ky.R. 2457; 35 Ky.R. 266; eff. 8-21-08.)