Environmental & Community Defense

KRC and Allies Score a Win for Bernheim and Bats

The pipeline project that would cut through the Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest is now on hold! Read more about this important delay and how it benefits endangered bats.

Fighting for Increased Mining Operations Oversight

KRC represents Citizens Coal Council, Appalachian Voices, and the Sierra Club in U.S. District Court in a federal court challenge to the Office of Surface Mining, Reclamation, and Enforcement’s (OSMRE) revised Ten-Day Notice Rule.

KRC Director to Participate in Net Metering Webinar

Learn about the New Net Metering Rates for Kentucky Power Company following the recent order from the PSC on net metering! Webinar is June 3 with KYSES.

KRC Opposes Proposed EPA Rule to Weaken Standards On Coal Combustion Residuals

KRC was proud to join 73 other organizations in commenting in opposition to a proposed EPA rulemaking that would weaken environmental protections associated with the management of coal combustion residuals from coal-fired power plants. 

Illegal Selling of Daniel Boone National Forest Trees

After surveying hundreds of acres Kentucky Heartwood found that the Forest Service marked and sold an estimated 13,163 more trees than what was approved in the 2017 project decision.

Request for Extension of Commenting Period during COVID-19 Pandemic

Kentucky Resources Council signed on with 79 other organizations to request from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) an extension of all commenting periods and postponement of public hearings amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Remembering Marty Solomon

We pause in remembrance of Marty Solomon, friend and advisor to the Council.

Circuit Court Win In Clark County Zoning Case

Clark Circuit Court Affirms Board of Adjustment Decision That Scrap Facility Expanded Impermissibly

Nucor Construction on the Bank of the Ohio River

KRC comments on the request by the Nucor Corporation for Section 404 Permit for their proposed Brandenburg, Kentucky steel plate mill.

KRC Assists Residents of Powell County in Challenging Proposed Landfill

KRC represents Powell County citizens in challenging the issuance of a "less-than-one-acre" construction and demolition debris (CDD) landfill issued by the Energy and Environment Cabinet to Blaze Enterprises LLC.

Case Update: Bernheim Arboretum & I-65/I-71

Governor Bevin and Transportation Cabinet Secretary Thomas announced that the proposed I-65 / I-71 Regional Connector Planning Study will no longer consider crossing through property owned by the Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest.

KRC Joins Kentucky Heartwood In Commenting On Draft Environmental Assessment for the Pine Creek Forest Reforestation Project

KRC Joins Kentucky Heartwood In Comments On the Pine Creek Forest Reforestation Project

Ongoing Work to Protect Bernheim Forest in Bullitt County

In April 2019, LG&E, a utility company based in Louisville, Kentucky, announced the construction of a new natural gas transmission pipeline in Bullitt County. This pipeline was explained as necessary in order for LG&E to meet the growth in the area.

Protecting Benham and Lynch from Expanded Mining

A petition to designate the historic districts within the cities of Benham and Lynch Kentucky and the viewshed from those districts, and the watersheds that provide the water supply for the towns as areas unsuitable for mining has been drafted by KRC

KRC Assists In Challenge To VA Hospital Proposal

KRC is working with the StroboBarkley law firm in the City of Crossgate's challenge to decision of the VA to build a new hospital on Brownsboro Road. The suit raises questions of compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act by the VA.

Public Service Commission Denies LG&E and KU Application To Deploy "Smart Meters"

In an Order entered on August 30, 2018, the Kentucky Public Service Commission denied the request by LG&E and KU to Deploy Smart Meters, ruling that the utilities provided insufficient evidence to justify expense.

Decision On Pine Mountain Petition

On April 27, 2001, Secretary James Bickford entered an Order - declaring that 2,364 acres of land within the area north of the Pine Mountain Settlement School as unsuitable for all types of surface coal mining operations.

EPA ASKED TO STAY EFFECTIVE DATE OF CLOSING VEHICLE TESTING IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY PENDING JUDICIAL REVIEW

Groups petition U.S. Court of Appeals in D.C. for review of Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Order Approving ?Abandonment” and “Repurposing” of Tennessee Gas Pipeline

Water Permitting Regulation Changes Reflect KRC Comments

Metropolitan Housing Coalition (MHC) Seeks To Intervene In PSC Case Where LG&E and KU Seek To Reduce Energy Efficiency and Demand Management Programs

Metropolitan Housing Coalition (MHC) Seeks To Intervene In PSC Case Where LG&E and KU Seek To Reduce Energy Efficiency and Demand Management Programs

KRC seeks rehearing of FERC approval of Kinder-Morgan's Pipeline "Abandonment."

Allegheny Defense Project, Kentucky Heartwood, and KRC seek rehearing of FERC approval of Kinder-Morgan's Pipeline "Abandonment."

SETTLEMENT IN LG&E RATE CASE PROTECTS VULNERABLE RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS, MODERATES THE AMOUNT AND IMPACT OF RATE INCREASES

REACT and KRC Comment On Request To Relax Air Toxics Standard

SETTLEMENT IN LG&E AND KU RATE CASES PROTECTS VULNERABLE RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS

SETTLEMENT IN LG&E AND KU RATE CASES PROTECTS VULNERABLE RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS, MODERATES THE AMOUNT AND IMPACT OF RATE INCREASES

KRC Provides Supplemental Comments Opposing LG&E Special Waste Landfill

KRC Provides Supplemental Comments Opposing LG&E Special Waste Landfill

An Alternative To The Star Energy/Heaven Hill Anaerobic Digester Proposal

An Alternative To The Star Energy/Heaven Hill Anaerobic Digester Proposal

KRC Comments In Opposition To LGE Coal Combustion Waste Landfill

KRC Comments In Opposition To LGE Coal Combustion Waste Landfill

KRC Comments On Proposed Biodigester Zoning Revisions

KRC Comments On Proposed Biodigester Zoning Revisions

KRC Statement Opposing Conditional Use Permit For Biodigester

This facility does not fit under the definition of a non-accessory alternative energy system, which is defined as [a]ny facility or installation such as a windmill, hydroelectric unit or solar collecting or concentrating array.

KRC Opposes Location of Four Anaerobic Biodigester Units In Louisville's California Neighborhood

KRC Opposes Location of Four Anaerobic Biodigester Units In Louisville's California Neighborhood

Agreed Order Of Judgment Ends Suit Against Boyd County Landfill; Provides Better Control On Future Operations

Agreed Order Of Judgment Ends Suit Against Boyd County Landfill; Provides Better Control On Future Operations

Challenge to EPA Approval of 2013 Kentucky water quality standards for selenium and for preventing eutrophication results in settlement agreement.

Challenge to EPA Approval of 2013 Kentucky water quality standards for selenium and for preventing eutrophication results in settlement agreement.

Citizens Challenge 2005 Boyd County Fiscal Court Allowance of 42.9 Million Tons of Waste For Big Run Landfill

Proposed Settlement in LG&E Rate Case Protects Low-and-Fixed Income Ratepayers; Encourages Energy Efficiency

KRC Comments On Draft Billboard Regulation Revisions

KRC Testifies In Opposition To AT&T Deregulation Bill

KRC Testifies In Opposition To AT&T Deregulation Bill

KRC Comments On Proposed Amendment to State Merchant Plant Siting Board Rules

KRC Comments On Proposed Amendment to State Merchant Plant Siting Board Rules

Renewal of Landfaming Permit to Triple M Land Farms, Inc. Is Challenged

Renewal of Landfaming Permit to Triple M Land Farms, Inc. Is Challenged

KRC Presents Testimony To House Committee In Opposition To SB 99 Phone Deregulation Bill

KRC Presents Testimony To House Committee In Opposition To SB 99 Phone Deregulation Bill

KRC Letter to House Economic Development Committee Members Concerning SB 99 Misinformation

Reply Memorandum Filed In Bluegrass Pipeline Eminent Domain Case

Reply Memorandum Filed In Bluegrass Pipeline Eminent Domain Case

KRC Expresses Support For Removing Position of For-Profit Water Provider From Kentucky Infrastructure Board

Motion Seeks Ruling That Bluegrass Pipeline Lacks Eminent Domain Power

Motion Seeks Ruling That Bluegrass Pipeline Lacks Eminent Domain Power

Complaint challenges EPA approval of selenium water quality standard for Kentucky

Complaint challenges EPA approval of selenium water quality standard for Kentucky

Complaint Seeks Court Ruling On Whether Bluegrass Pipeline Company LLC Can Condemn Property For Natural Gas Liquids Pipeline

Complaint Seeks Court Ruling On Whether Bluegrass Pipeline Company LLC Can Condemn Property For Natural Gas Liquids Pipeline

KRC Comments On Proposed Brownfields Regulations

Opening Memorandum Filed In Appeal Challenging Rejection Of Lands Unsuitable for Mining Petition For Lynch and Benham, Kentucky

Opening Memorandum Filed In Appeal Challenging Rejection Of Lands Unsuitable for Mining Petition For Lynch and Benham, Kentucky

KRC Testifies On Bluegrass NGL Pipeline

Drakes Creek Holding Limestone Permit Challenged

Drakes Creek Holding Limestone Permit Challenged

KRC Seeks Assurances Of Community Facility Reviews For Proposed MSD and Louisville Water Co. Facilities

Eminent Domain Explored

Understanding Eminent Domain in Kentucky and how it relates to the Bluegrass Pipeline Project

Marion County Adopts Resolution Opposing Bluegrass NGL Pipeline

Opening Brief In Case Challenging Constitutionality of Cell Tower Secrecy Statute Is Filed

KRC Calls On Bluegrass Pipeline Partners To Agree To A Comprehensive Environmental Impact Statement

KRC Calls On Bluegrass Pipeline Partners To Agree To A Comprehensive Environmental Impact Statement

Some Background On Proposed Bluegrass Natural Gas Liquids Pipeline

Bullitt County Quarry Case Briefed And Awaiting Court Review

Bullitt County Quarry Case Briefed And Awaiting Court Review

Council Expresses Concern That Costs Of Wheeling Purchased Power For Aluminum Smelter Not Be Shifted To Remaining Big Rivers Electric Co-operative Ratepayers

Council Expresses Concern That Costs Of Wheeling Purchased Power For Aluminum Smelter Not Be Shifted To Remaining Big Rivers Electric Co-operative Ratepayers

Will Multiple-Message Electronic Billboards Spread Along Kentucky's Highways?

Will Multiple-Message Electronic Billboards Spread Along Kentucky's Highways

Council Opposes Reissuance of Permit To "Landfarm" Petroleum-Contaminated Soils

Council Opposes Reissuance of Permit To "Landfarm" Petroleum-Contaminated Soils

KRC Comments On Proposed Changes to Kentucky Airport Zoning Commission Regulations

KRC Comments On Proposed Changes to Kentucky Airport Zoning Commission Regulations

PSC Finalizes Revisions To Utility Regulations; Adopts Some of KRC's Comments

KRC Comments On Changes To Pesticide Application Regulations

KRC Comments On Changes To Pesticide Application Regulations

Zoning Approval For Western Kentucky Strip Mine Is Challenged

Zoning Approval For Western Kentucky Strip Mine Is Challenged

Changes In Bonding Regulations Criticized As Inadequate To Protect Rights of Landowners

Changes In Bonding Regulations Criticized As Inadequate To Protect Rights of Landowners

Council comments on proposal to eliminate fueling station vapor controls for Jefferson County

Council comments on proposal to eliminate fueling station vapor controls for Jefferson County

KRC Comments On Proposed Quarry In Simpson County

KRC Comments On Proposed Quarry In Simpson County

Council seeks and receives assurances from Louisville Regional Airport Authority and FAA concerning easements at Bowman Field

Council seeks and receives assurances from Louisville Regional Airport Authority and FAA concerning easements at Bowman Field

Reduction In Nonattainment Area for 1-Hour SO2 Standard In Jefferson County Questioned

Reduction In Nonattainment Area for 1-Hour SO2 Standard In Jefferson County Questioned

Settlement In LG&E/KU Environmental Surcharge Case Includes New Funds For Low-Income Ratepayer Assistance

Settlement In LG&E/KU Environmental Surcharge Case Includes New Funds For Low-Income Ratepayer Assistance

KRC Comments on Solvent Replacement At Rubbertown Plant

KRC Comments on Proposed Trimble County Coal Ash Landfill

KRC Comments on Proposed Trimble County Coal Ash Landfill

Discretionary Review Sought In Kentucky-American Water case

Discretionary Review Sought In Kentucky-American Water case

New Zeon Class Settlement Approved

New Zeon Class Settlement Approved

KRC Testimony In Opposition To Sandhill Crane Hunt

KRC Testimony In Opposition To Sandhill Crane Hunt

Court Asked To Narrow Scope of Zeon Class Action Settlement

Court Asked To Narrow Scope of Zeon Class Action Settlement

Water Quality Certification for Paducah Dock Project Challenged

Water Quality Certification for Paducah Dock Project Challenged

Class Action Settlement in Zeon Case Opposed by Eboni Cochran of REACT

Class Action Settlement in Zeon Case Opposed by Eboni Cochran of REACT

Electing Public Service Commissioners Is Opposed By KRC Because It Wouldn't Result Lower Rates, Or Benefit Average Ratepayers

KRC Opposes Giving Private Pipeline Company Power To Condemn Lands For Private Use

KRC Opposes Giving Private Pipeline Company Power To Condemn Lands For Private Use

KRC Requests Denial of Water Quality Certification in Dock Project

KRC Requests Denial of Water Quality Certification in Dock Project

KRC Supports Lands Unsuitable Petition 10-2

KRC Supports Lands Unsuitable Petition 10-2

Office of Surface Mining Agrees

Office of Surface Mining Agrees That Request For Valid Existing Rights Determination in Daniel Boone Forest Does Not Demonstrate Right To Strip Mine 175 Acres In Clay County

Natural Gas Supply Retail Competition Case Submitted to Public Service Commission

Natural Gas Supply Retail Competition Case Submitted to Public Service Commission

KRC Opposes Request for "Valid Existing Rights" Finding That Would Allow Strip Mining Within Daniel Boone National Forest

KRC Opposes Request for "Valid Existing Rights" Finding That Would Allow Strip Mining Within Daniel Boone National Forest

Rejection of Benham and Lynch Lands Unsuitable for Mining Petition Appealed

Rejection of Benham and Lynch Lands Unsuitable for Mining Petition Appealed

PSC Approves PPL Acquisition of LG&E and KU; Settlement Offers Additional Help for Low- and Fixed-Income Ratepayers

PSC Hears Testimony on PPL Acquisition of LG&E and KU; Settlement Offers Additional Help for Low- and Fixed-Income Ratepayers

PSC Hears Testimony on PPL Acquisition of LG&E and KU; Settlement Offers Additional Help for Low- and Fixed-Income Ratepayers

Settlement Approved in LGE/KU Rate Cases Results In Reduction of Rate Increases by 25% From What Had Been Sought

Settlement Approved in LGE/KU Rate Cases Results In Reduction of Rate Increases by 25% From What Had Been Sought

Planning Commission Denies Request For Gas Station in Belknap Neighborhood

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Petition Filed To Designate Water Sources for Benham and Lynch Kentucky As Unsuitable For Surface Coal Mining

Petition Filed To Designate Water Sources for Benham and Lynch Kentucky As Unsuitable For Surface Coal Mining

Corps Denies 404 Permit for proposed Scott County Reservoir

Corps Denies 404 Permit for proposed Scott County Reservoir

Agreement In LGE/KU Rate Case Would Lessen Increases Sought In Rates And Charges For Residential Customers

Agreement In LGE/KU Rate Case Would Lessen Increases Sought In Rates And Charges For Residential Customers

Frasure Creek 404 Application in Buckhorn Creek Watershed Withdrawn

Frasure Creek 404 Application in Buckhorn Creek Watershed Withdrawn

KRC Voices Concern Over KPDES Hearing Regulation Change

KRC Voices Concern Over KPDES Hearing Regulation Change

KRC Comments On Proposed Underground Mine Near Water Supplies of Benham and Lynch

KRC Comments On Proposed Underground Mine Near Water Supplies of Benham and Lynch

KRC Submits Testimony In Opposition To Billboard Bill SB 133

KRC Submits Testimony In Opposition To Billboard Bill SB 133

KRC Comments on OSMRE Oversight Improvement Initiative

KRC Comments On Proposed Underground Mine Near Lynch Water Reservoir

KRC Comments On Proposed Underground Mine Near Lynch Water Reservoir

KRC requests hearing, and EIS on proposed barge facility in Meade County

KRC requests hearing, and EIS on proposed barge facility in Meade County

KRC Supports E.On Request To PSC For Case On Natural Gas Unbundling

KRC Supports E.On Request To PSC For Case On Natural Gas Unbundling

KRC Comments On Renewal Of Triple M Land Farm Permit

KRC Comments On Renewal Of Triple M Land Farm Permit

Columbia Gas Rate Case Settlement Approved

Columbia Gas Rate Case Settlement Approved

Notice of Intent to Sue Served Over Pennsylvania Mining Program

Notice of Intent to Sue Served Over Pennsylvania Mining Program

Ruling In Kentucky-American Condemnation Cases

Ruling In Kentucky-American Condemnation Cases

Coal Mine General Water Discharge Permit Conditions Tightened

Coal Mine General Water Discharge Permit Conditions Tightened

Zeon Class Settlement Rejected As Unfair

Zeon Class Settlement Rejected As Unfair

KRC Comments On Proposed Revisions to Drinking Water System Regulations

KRC Comments On Proposed Revisions to Drinking Water System Regulations

KRC Opposes Strip Mine Above Lynch's Water Supply Intake

KRC Opposes Strip Mine Above Lynch's Water Supply Intake

KRC Comments On Proposed Reissuance Of Coal General Water Discharge Permit

KRC Comments On Proposed Reissuance Of Coal General Water Discharge Permit

Objections Lodged To Proposed Zeon Class Action Settlement

Objections Lodged To Proposed Zeon Class Action Settlement

KRC Comments on Proposed Frasure Creek Mine

KRC Comments on Proposed Frasure Creek Mine

Rehearing Sought In Condemnation Action

Rehearing Sought In Condemnation Action

Opening Brief Filed In Kentucky-American Water Appeal

Motions Challenge Kentucky-American's Condemnation Powers

Motions Challenge Kentucky-American's Condemnation Powers

Objections Filed To Rubbertown Settlements

Objections Filed To Rubbertown Settlements

Edmonson Stone Quarry Appeal Resolved

Edmonson Stone Quarry Appeal Resolved

KRC Director Testifies Before Congressional Subcommittee On Need For Comprehensive Regulation Of Coal Combustion Wastes

KRC Director Testifies Before Congressional Subcommittee On Need For Comprehensive Regulation Of Coal Combustion Wastes

KRC Develops Background Briefing Paper on Mining Issues For Incoming Administration

KRC Develops Background Briefing Paper on Mining Issues For Incoming Administration

Kentucky American Seeks Dismissal Of Lawsuit Challenging Its Power To Condemn

Kentucky American Seeks Dismissal Of Lawsuit Challenging Its Power To Condemn

Challenge To Kentucky Pioneer Merchant Power Plant Siting Dismissed

Challenge To Kentucky Pioneer Merchant Power Plant Siting Dismissed

Gallatin County Zoning

Declaratory Judgment Challenges Kentucky-American Water Company's Power To Condemn Land For Pipeline Project

Declaratory Judgment Challenges Kentucky-American Water Company's Power To Condemn Land For Pipeline Project

CAWS Appeals PSC Order Granting Kentucky-American Certificate For New Water Treatment Plant and Pipeline

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KRC Asks Senators to Oppose Amendment Allowing Public Trees To Be Cut For Billboard Visibility

MSD Variance Approving Relocation of Beargrass Creek on River Metals Property Is Remanded

MSD Variance Approving Relocation of Beargrass Creek on River Metals Property Is Remanded

Burlington Coat Factory Plan Approved With Changes Sought By Bashford Manor Area Neighbors

AGREED ORDER ENTERED IN CHALLENGE TO DOE WATER DISCHARGE PERMIT FOR PADUCAH GASEOUS DIFFUSION PLANT

AGREED ORDER ENTERED IN CHALLENGE TO DOE WATER DISCHARGE PERMIT FOR PADUCAH GASEOUS DIFFUSION PLANT

Floodplain Variance Allowing Beargrass Creek Relocation Is Challenged

Floodplain Variance Allowing Beargrass Creek Relocation Is Challenged

Weakening of Stream Buffer Zone Rules Opposed

Weakening of Stream Buffer Zone Rules Opposed

Class Action Settlement In ZEON Chemical Air Emissions Case Unfair, Unreasonable, Unconscionable

Class Action Settlement In ZEON Chemical Air Emissions Case Unfair, Unreasonable, Unconscionable

Benson Valley Landfill Expansion Comments

Benson Valley Landfill Expansion Comments

KRC's Testimony Before House A&R Committee On Climate Change and Coal-To-Liquids

KRC's Testimony Before House A&R Committee On Climate Change and Coal-To-Liquids

KRC Op-ed Questions Special Session To Subsidize Coal-To-Liquid Plants

Lynch Residents Speak Out Against Proposed Mine Beneath City Water Reservoir

Lynch Residents Speak Out Against Proposed Mine Beneath City Water Reservoir

KRC Opposes Coal Mining Beneath City of Lynch Water Reservoir

KRC Opposes Coal Mining Beneath City of Lynch Water Reservoir

Citizens for Alternative Water Solutions Is Granted Full Intervention Rights In Kentucky-American Water Plant Case

KRC Comments On Proposed Rule On Coal Refuse Sites Remining

KRC Comments On Proposed Rule On Coal Refuse Sites Remining

KRC Comments on Rewrite of State Hazardous Waste Regulations

KRC Comments on Rewrite of State Hazardous Waste Regulations

KRC Opposes Abridging Public Rights In OrderTo Attract Gasification Plant

KRC Opposes Abridging Public Rights In Order To Attract Gasification Plant

SB 155: Destroying Public Trees For Billboard Visibility

SB 155: Destroying Public Trees For Billboard Visibility

KRC Voices Concerns With Natural Gas Utility Alternative Ratesetting Bill

KRC Comments on Drinking Water Rule Changes

KRC Comments on Drinking Water Rule Changes

KRC Argues "Business Case" for Energy Efficiency At Utilities And Energy Efficiency Conference

KRC Argues "Business Case" for Energy Efficiency At Utilities And Energy Efficiency Conference

Approval Conditions for Oil & Gas Wells on Daniel Boone Forest Redbird District Incorporate KRC Recommendations

KIPDA Plan To Nix Transit Projects In Metro Area Criticized

KIPDA Plan To Nix Transit Projects In Metro Area Criticized

Water Discharge Permit For DOE Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant Challenged

Water Discharge Permit For DOE Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant Challenged

KRC Recommends Denial of Wetlands Permit For Renaissance Zone Project

The applicant(s) propose to discharge some 110,000 cubic yards of fill material obtained from on and off-site sources into 18,63 acres of forested wetlands, 1.79 acres of emergent wetlands, and .64 acres of scrub/shrub wetlands, and to additionally..

6th Circuit Affirms EPA Approval of Northern Ky. Vehicle Program End

6th Circuit Affirms EPA Approval of Northern Ky. Vehicle Program End

Conditions Added to Pinehurst Rezoning Approval To Provide Notice, Protection To Residential Neighbors

Management System Needed To Track MSD's Air Permit Compliance Obligations

Management System Needed To Track MSD's Air Permit Compliance Obligations

PSC Order In Cell Tower Case Appealed

PSC Order In Cell Tower Case Appealed

KRC Statement Responds To ATSDR Rubbertown Health Consultation

KRC Statement Responds To ATSDR Rubbertown Health Consultation

Irish Hill Lawsuit On Slaughtering Plant Resolved

Rehearing Sought On Cell Tower Siting Case

Rehearing Sought On Cell Tower Siting Case

KRC Comments On Proposed Hazwaste Permit For Open Burn Treatment of Reactive Wastes

KRC Comments On Proposed Hazwaste Permit For Open Burn Treatment of Reactive Wastes

Development Standards for Karst, Noise, Odor, Blasting, and Floyds Fork Needed

KRC Asks State To Reconsider Proposed Hazwaste Reg Changes

KRC Asks State To Reconsider Proposed Hazwaste Reg Changes

EPA Asked To Review Outsourcing Of Air Permit Reviews By Kentucky

EPA Asked To Review Outsourcing Of Air Permit Reviews By Kentucky

KRC Opposes Weakening Of Recreational Use Protections In Ohio River; Urges Tighter Standards On Mixing Zones

KRC Opposes Weakening Of Recreational Use Protections In Ohio River; Urges Tighter Standards On Mixing Zones

PSC Ruling Interpreting Cell Tower Law Could Affect Many Communities

PSC Ruling Interpreting Cell Tower Law Could Affect Many Communities

Citizen's Coal Council and KRC Challenge to EPA's Remining and Western Alkaline Mining Rules Rejected By Divided Sixth Circuit Panel

Citizen's Coal Council and KRC Challenge to EPA's Remining and Western Alkaline Mining Rules Rejected By Divided Sixth Circuit Panel

KRC Suggests Strengthening Louisville Air Toxics Program

KRC Suggests Strengthening Louisville Air Toxics Program

Stack Testing & Lower Mercury Limits Suggested For Versailles Lighting Plant

Stack Testing & Lower Mercury Limits Suggested For Versailles Lighting Plant

KRC Voices Concerns Over Telephone Deregulation Bill

KRC Voices Concerns Over Telephone Deregulation Bill

Local Phone Service Dereg Bill Lacks Needed Consumer Protections On Rates And Service

Bill Sponsor Appears To Lack Understanding Of Fine Particulate Pollution Problems In Metro Louisville

Bill To Deregulate Many Local Phone Services Opposed

Bill To Deregulate Many Local Phone Services Opposed

Comments On Draft UST Regulations

Comments On Draft UST Regulations

Comments on Proposed Oldham County Sewer Capacity Ordinance

Comments on Proposed Oldham County Sewer Capacity Ordinance

Comments On B&B Oil & Gas Well Proposal In Daniel Boone Forest

Comments On B&B Oil & Gas Well Proposal In Daniel Boone Forest

KRC Asks Corps To Deny Permit To Fill Wetlands For Shopping Mall

KRC Asks Corps To Deny Permit To Fill Wetlands For Shopping Mall

KRC Asks 6th Circuit Court of Appeals To Stay End of Northern Kentucky I/M Program

KRC Asks 6th Circuit Court of Appeals To Stay End of Northern Kentucky I/M Program

Supplemental Comments On Integrator Liability

Supplemental Comments On Integrator Liability

Hearing Regulation for Storage Tank Claims Finalized

Hearing Regulation for Storage Tank Claims Finalized

KRC Comments On Kramers Lane Groundwater Study

KRC Comments On Kramers Lane Groundwater Study

PSC Rejects Transmission Line Corridor Through Daniel Boone Forest

PSC Rejects Transmission Line Corridor Through Daniel Boone Forest

KRC Proposes Comprehensive Plan For Investigating Radiological Contamination In Martha Oil Field

KRC Proposes Comprehensive Plan For Investigating Radiological Contamination In Martha Oil Field

KRC urges adoption of STAR air toxics program by Metro Air Pollution Control Board

COMPLAINT IS FILED CHALLENGING WEAKENED CONTROLS ON SWINE FEEDING OPERATIONS IN FULTON COUNTY

COMPLAINT IS FILED CHALLENGING WEAKENED CONTROLS ON SWINE FEEDING OPERATIONS IN FULTON COUNTY

KRC COMMENTS ON STRATEGIC ENERGY BLUEPRINT

KRC COMMENTS ON STRATEGIC ENERGY BLUEPRINT

Fulton County Officials Issue Permit For Confined Hog Operation, Ignoring Public Comment and Applying Unlawfully Adopted Regulations

Fulton County Officials Issue Permit For Confined Hog Operation, Ignoring Public Comment and Applying Unlawfully Adopted Regulations

KRC Opposes Weakening Local Ordinances On Confined Hog Feeding Operations

KRC Opposes Weakening Local Ordinances On Confined Hog Feeding Operations

KRC Requests More Public Review of MSD Plans To End Combined Sewer Overflows; Urges Caution Concerning Reuse of Lees Lane Superfund Site

KRC Requests More Public Review of MSD Plans To End Combined Sewer Overflows; Urges Caution Concerning Reuse of Lees Lane Superfund Site

KRC Opposes Approval Of Revisions To Ozone Pollution Plan In Northern Kentucky

KRC Opposes Approval Of Revisions To Ozone Pollution Plan In Northern Kentucky

KRC ASKS ORSANCO TO TIGHTEN CONTROLS ON DISCHARGES INTO OHIO RIVER FROM CSOS, AND TO LIMIT VARIANCE AND MIXING ZONE AVAILABILITY

KRC ASKS ORSANCO TO TIGHTEN CONTROLS ON DISCHARGES INTO OHIO RIVER FROM CSOS, AND TO LIMIT VARIANCE AND MIXING ZONE AVAILABILITY

KRC Opposes Mining Rule Change Weakening Scrutiny Over Changes In Control of Mine Companies

KRC Opposes Mining Rule Change Weakening Scrutiny Over Changes In Control of Mine Companies

Clean Water Act

EPA approves Kentucky Antidegradation Standard, Groups Sue To Void Rule

EPA approves Kentucky Antidegradation Standard, Groups Sue To Void Rule

HOPKINS CO. GIVES FIRST READING TO SEWAGE SLUDGE ORDINANCE

Special Waste Registered-Permit-by Rule Application

Special Waste Registered-Permit-by Rule Application

Coalbed Methane Regulations Are Finalized; State Retains Baseline

Coalbed Methane Regulations Are Finalized; State Retains Baseline

SLUDGE PROPOSAL IN NORTONVILLE RAISES CONCERNS

Opening Brief Filed In Nugent Zoning Appeal

Reply Brief Filed In Okolona Mall Case

KRC Opposes Revision To Metro Louisville Ozone Plan: Asks EPA To Disapprove

KRC Opposes Revision To Metro Louisville Ozone Plan: Asks EPA To Disapprove

Federal Circuit Rejects Takings Claim In Stearns Case

Federal Circuit Rejects Takings Claim In Stearns Case

KRC Responds To EPA Petition for Rehearing In Mining Case

KRC Responds To EPA Petition for Rehearing In Mining Case

KRC Requests Audit Of Jefferson County Erosion Control Ordinance

KRC Requests Audit Of Jefferson County Erosion Control Ordinance

EPA sued for failure to finalize rule to protect Kentucky's waters from degradation

EPA sued for failure to finalize rule to protect Kentucky's waters from degradation

KRC Opposes Permit To Dam War Fork In Jackson County

KRC Opposes Permit To Dam War Fork In Jackson County

PSC TRANSMISSION LINE SITING PROCESS NEEDS STANDARDS

PSC TRANSMISSION LINE SITING PROCESS NEEDS STANDARDS

KRC Comments On Proposal To End Northern Kentucky Vehicle Emissions Testing

Changes Made to Proposed Solid Waste Regs In Response To KRC Comments

Changes Made to Proposed Solid Waste Regs In Response To KRC Comments

Governor Restores Reclamation Bond Pool Funds; Averts Threatened KRC Suit

Governor Restores Reclamation Bond Pool Funds; Averts Threatened KRC Suit

JUDGE REJECTS MOTION TO DISMISS SUIT CHALLENGING AGREED ORDER BETWEEN DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY AND STATE CABINET ON PADUCAH PLANT

KRC SERVES NOTICE OF INTENT TO SUE TO FORCE REIMBURSEMENT OF MINING BOND POOL FUND

KRC SERVES NOTICE OF INTENT TO SUE TO FORCE REIMBURSEMENT OF MINING BOND POOL FUND

Landowner Succeeds In Obtaining Groundwater Protections In Pooling Order

Landowner Succeeds In Obtaining Groundwater Protections In Pooling Order

Non-coal regs need strengthening to protect public & environment

Non-coal regs need strengthening to protect public & environment

KRC Comments Result In State Changes To Landfill Permit

KRC Comments Result In State Changes To Landfill Permit

KRC Comments On Proposed Solid Waste Reg Changes

KRC Comments On Proposed Solid Waste Reg Changes

KRC Files Amicus Brief in Stearns Takings Case

KRC Files Amicus Brief in Stearns Takings Case

State Revises Power Plant Ash Landfill Permit To Address KRC Concerns

State Revises Power Plant Ash Landfill Permit To Address KRC Concerns

INTENT TO SUE SERVED ON EPA FOR ITS' FAILURE TO COMPLETE RULE PROTECTING KENTUCKY'S HIGH QUALITY STREAMS

INTENT TO SUE SERVED ON EPA FOR ITS' FAILURE TO COMPLETE RULE PROTECTING KENTUCKY'S HIGH QUALITY STREAMS

APPROVAL OF ESTILL COUNTY POWER PLANT CHALLENGED

Oral Arguments Heard In Remining / Western Mine Case

Oral Arguments Heard In Remining / Western Mine Case

KRC Opposes Elimination of Northern Kentucky I/M Program

BRIEFING COMPLETE IN VEHICLE TESTING CASE

BRIEFING COMPLETE IN VEHICLE TESTING CASE

KRC Comments On Proposed Remediation Standards

Opening Brief Filed In Joint Tenancy - Strip Mining Case

Opening Brief Filed In Joint Tenancy - Strip Mining Case

APPEAL FILED IN SOLID WASTE & COAL POWER PLANT CASE

APPEAL FILED IN SOLID WASTE & COAL POWER PLANT CASE

KRC Comments On Oil and Gas Gathering Line Regulations

BRIEFING COMPLETE IN THOROUGHBRED SITING CHALLENGE

BRIEFING COMPLETE IN THOROUGHBRED SITING CHALLENGE

Vehicle Emissions Testing Suit Filed

Vehicle Emissions Testing Suit Filed

Kentucky Pioneer Power Plant Case Submitted

Kentucky Pioneer Power Plant Case Submitted

KRC challenges agreed order between Natural Resources Cabinet and DOE

KRC challenges agreed order between Natural Resources Cabinet and DOE

LWD Ordered to Close

LWD Ordered to Close

KRC serves Notice of Intent To Sue Kentucky, EPA Over End To Vehicle Testing Program In Jefferson County, Kentucky.

KRC serves Notice of Intent To Sue Kentucky, EPA Over End To Vehicle Testing Program In Jefferson County, Kentucky.

August 14, 2003: Whitely County Stone

August 14, 2003: Whitely County Stone

Opening Brief Filed In Kentucky Pioneer Power Plant Waste Case

Opening Brief Filed In Kentucky Pioneer Power Plant Waste Case

Daniel Boone National Forest Comments

Daniel Boone National Forest Comments

Opening Brief Filed In Kentucky Pioneer Power Plant Waste Case

KRC Requests OSM To Set Aside State Law Provisions Stripping Protections From New Pine Mountain Trail State Park

KRC Requests OSM To Set Aside State Law Provisions Stripping Protections From New Pine Mountain Trail State Park

KRC Requests OSM To Set Aside State Law Provisions Stripping Protections From New Pine Mountain Trail State Park

KRC Supports State Proposal To Deny Hazwaste Permit To LWD Incinerator

State makes changes to air permit recommended by KRC.

Conditional Use Request Withdrawn

Conditional Use Request Withdrawn

MSHA INTERNAL INVESTIGATION SHORT ON ACTION

Update on KRC Litigation

Update on KRC Litigation

Ashland Independent: Cleaning up the River

Ashland Independent: Cleaning up the River

OSM Proposes to Weaken Stream Protections

OSM Proposes to Weaken Stream Protections

PUBLIC HEARING RESCHEDULED FOR PROPOSED CLARK COUNTY PLANT

PUBLIC HEARING RESCHEDULED FOR PROPOSED CLARK COUNTY PLANT

2003 General Assembly: HB 407 - Airport Seeks Immunity From Liability

2003 General Assembly: HB 407 - Airport Seeks Immunity From Liability

Cabinet Supports Revocation of Nugent Permit

Cabinet Supports Revocation of Nugent Permit

GALLATIN COUNTY RESIDENTS PREVAIL IN PERMIT CHALLENGE

GALLATIN COUNTY RESIDENTS PREVAIL IN PERMIT CHALLENGE

State Decision Challenged

State Decision Challenged

Citizens Coal Council and KRC Challenge EPA Rule Relaxing Sediment Controls On Mining

Citizens Coal Council and KRC Challenge EPA Rule Relaxing Sediment Controls On Mining

Regarding Reform Of Non-Coal Mining Regulations

Regarding Reform Of Non-Coal Mining Regulations

Nugent Case Underscores Weakness In State Regulation of Non-Coal Mining

Nugent Case Underscores Weakness In State Regulation of Non-Coal Mining

Kentucky Mountain Power Appeal

Kentucky Mountain Power Appeal

KRC files brief Opposing Bonds for Transpark

KRC files brief Opposing Bonds for Transpark

Proposed Regulations Implementing Voluntary Environmental Remediation

The regulations, which will be filed in final form by the Cabinet after review of the comments received, have been attacked by industry groups as being too onerous, and the standards to which the property must be cleaned or managed, too rigorous.

Re: notice of deficiency filed by Enviropower LLC

Proposed Reissuance KY0054810, Martin County Coal Corporation

KFTC/ KRC CITIZEN COMPLAINT SPURS FEDERAL ENFORCEMENT ACTION

KFTC/ KRC CITIZEN COMPLAINT SPURS FEDERAL ENFORCEMENT ACTION

KRC's testimony Before the Jefferson County Planning Commission

KRC's testimony Before the Jefferson County Planning Commission

Opening Brief Filed In Case Challenging Issuance of Mine Permits

Opening Brief Filed In Case Challenging Issuance of Mine Permits

"Transpark" Update

"Transpark" Update

Re: Problems With 1-16-02 Merchant Plant Bill

Regulation Lawsuit Victory

PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS OF THE MARTIN COUNTY COAL WASTE SPILL

PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS OF THE MARTIN COUNTY COAL WASTE SPILL

Amicus Curiae: Patton vs Sherman

Amicus Curiae: Patton vs Sherman

Warren County "Transpark" Bond Appeal Update

Warren County "Transpark" Bond Appeal Update

Transpark: Appeals & Exceptions

GOVERNOR ISSUES MORATORIUM

GOVERNOR ISSUES MORATORIUM

KRC serves notice opposing coal slurry pond near Kentucky River

KRC serves notice opposing coal slurry pond near Kentucky River

Questioning the Stone Mountain Experimental Practice

Questioning the Stone Mountain Experimental Practice

Transpark Appeal

Transpark Appeal

Kentucky Citizen Groups Notify EPA of Intent to Sue to Protect Kentucky's Waterways

Kentucky Citizen Groups Notify EPA of Intent to Sue to Protect Kentucky's Waterways

Notice of Intent To Sue Pursuant To Clean Water Act Section 505 and 5 U.S.C. Sections 701-706

Notice of Intent To Sue Pursuant To Clean Water Act Section 505 and 5 U.S.C. Sections 701-706

Reopened Comment Period for Ky. Regulatory Program

Oppose Amendment to Permit End Run Around Local Control & Solid Waste Planning

Call & Support HR 133: Pine Mountain Settlement School

Call & Support HR 133: Pine Mountain Settlement School

Agreement Reached On "Brownfields" Proposal

A tentative agreement was reached earlier this past week among Rep. Paul Bather, Bob Benson, representing the City of Louisville, the Kentucky League of Cities, and the Council regarding the text of a voluntary remediation (brownfields) bill. The tex

Pine Mountain Settlement School Petition

Pine Mountain Settlement School Petition