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Rejection of Benham and Lynch Lands Unsuitable for Mining Petition Appealed
Rejection of Benham and Lynch Lands Unsuitable for Mining Petition Appealed
Continue readingKRC Presents Comments On Proposed Coal Combustion Waste Rule
KRC Presents Comments On Proposed Coal Combustion Waste Rule
Continue readingDivision of Water Modifies Regulation For Review of Semipublic Water Treatment Systems To Require Engineering Report For Any Engineered System
Division of Water Modifies Regulation For Review of Semipublic Water Treatment Systems To Require Engineering Report For Any Engineered System
Continue readingFinal FY 2011Mine Regulation Performance Agreement Between Office of Surface Mining and Kentucky Incorporates Several Recommendations From KRC
A significant impediment to remining sites where existing conditions are generating significant pollution runoff, is the adoption by EPA of regulations, 15 years after the Rahall Amendment to the Clean Water Act, which completely eviscerated...
Continue readingPSC 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
Continue readingSettlement 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
Continue readingMemorandum Of Understanding Among Mining And Water Agencies Will Implement Fill Minimization Protocol and Reduce The Size and Number of Valley Fills
Memorandum Of Understanding Among Mining And Water Agencies Will Implement Fill Minimization Protocol and Reduce The Size and Number of Valley Fills
Continue readingKRC Comments on Proposed FY 2011Mine Regulation Performance Agreement
KRC Comments on Proposed FY 2011Mine Regulation Performance Agreement
Continue readingPublic Service Commission Approves Intervention of Metropolitan Housing Coalition in E.On Acquisition Case
Public Service Commission Approves Intervention of Metropolitan Housing Coalition in E.On Acquisition Case
Continue readingKRC Comments On Scoping For Stream Protection Rule
KRC strongly supports the proposed actions to revise various components of the regulatory program in order to improve protections of streams from the impacts of surface coal mining operations.
Continue readingPetition 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
Continue readingCorps Denies 404 Permit for proposed Scott County Reservoir
Corps Denies 404 Permit for proposed Scott County Reservoir
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