151.112 Planning process for management and development of water resources. - Kentucky Statutes

Download pdf

Loading PDF...

151.112 Planning process for management and development of water resources. (1) The cabinet shall develop a comprehensive and systematic planning process for the long-range management and orderly development of the Commonwealth's water
resources. The planning process shall generate over each biennium a plan for the
implementation of specific goals and management objectives for the cabinet to
achieve in meeting the Commonwealth's water needs. The biennial plan shall serve
as the basis for the cabinet's budgeting process in allocating resources to the state's
water resource programs. The planning process shall be developed to:
(a) Protect, conserve, develop, and utilize the water resource in a manner consistent with the Commonwealth's duties for management of natural
resources, the public's right to clean water, and the preservation of the natural,
scenic, cultural, historic, and aesthetic values of the environment; (b) Provide a coordinated framework for cooperation among federal, interstate, state, and local government agencies in the planning and management of
water resources, in a manner consistent with KRS Chapter 147 and KRS
224.10-100(13); (c) Be both anticipatory of future needs and reactive to problems;
(d) Provide for public involvement in the establishment of the comprehensive and systematic planning process, in plan development and implementation, and
the allocation and prioritizing of resources for water resource management
and development; and (e) Establish a process for the collection and coordination of data regarding surface and ground water availability and quality, including the presence of
point and nonpoint sources of pollution, instream flow information,
withdrawal and use information, an assessment of flood damage and storm
water management problems, and an identification and assessment of future
data needs. (2) The continuous planning process shall include goals and objectives for ground and surface water quantity and quality management in order to assess the effectiveness
of current programs in addressing the comprehensive water needs of the
Commonwealth and to gauge the need for new or different programs to recommend
to the General Assembly for legislation. Effective: July 15, 1986
History: Created 1986 Ky. Acts ch. 367, sec. 2, effective July 15, 1986.