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This is a list of Superfund sites in Kentucky designated under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) environmental law. The CERCLA federal law of 1980 authorized the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to create a list of polluted locations requiring a long-term response to clean up hazardous material contaminations. [1]
The Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet attempted to settle in Franklin Circuit Court in December, 2010 but was denied. [4] The case moved forward to the Kentucky Supreme Court in April, 2012 who agreed with lower court rulings that Appalachian Voices and others were legally supported by the CWA to intervene in the lawsuit against Frasure ...
This category includes articles relating to the natural environment of the U.S. state of Kentucky. Subcategories This category has the following 6 subcategories, out of 6 total.
A new letter ― signed by EIP, the Kentucky Resources Council, the Kentucky Waterways Alliance and the Kentucky chapter of the Sierra Club ― calls on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to ...
Kentucky law recommends lead testing for children 6 and younger if they’re Medicaid-eligible, or if they’re living in a designated high-risk ZIP code. A 2014 state assessment designated five ...
House Bill 136 extends that protection to Jefferson County, the only place in Kentucky where a separate air pollution control district, rather than the state, actively regulates air quality and ...
On August 22, 2020, Visa News's article "Martin County, Kentucky’s Water Crisis Isn’t Over. But It Has Changed." provided the most up-to-date summary of the crisis, encompassing not only the progress in water quality issues, but the rising problem of water affordability and the ongoing political issues surrounding the water crisis. [17]
Mountaintop removal coal mining in Martin County, Kentucky Strip mining in Barnesville, Ohio. Environmental justice and coal mining in Appalachia is the study of environmental justice – the interdisciplinary body of social science literature studying theories of the environment and justice; environmental laws, policies, and their implementations and enforcement; development and ...