Section 224.46-320 - Powers and duties of centerThe center shall:
(1) Compile, organize, and make available for distribution information on pollution prevention technologies and procedures;(2) Compile, and make available for distribution to business and industry, a list of expert private consultants on pollution prevention technologies and procedures, and a list of researchers at state universities that could provide assistance in waste reduction activities;(3) Sponsor and conduct conferences and individualized workshops on pollution prevention for specific classes of business or industry;(4) Conduct feasibility analyses for innovative pollution prevention technologies and procedures;(5) Facilitate and promote the transfer of pollution prevention technologies and procedures between businesses and industries;(6) Develop, where appropriate, and distribute for voluntary implementation, pollution prevention plans for the major classes of business or industry that generate hazardous waste or release toxic chemicals in the state;(7) Develop, and make available for distribution, recommended environmental audit procedures or protocols for utilization by business and industry in conducting internal environmental audits;(8) Administer loan, loan guarantee, interest subsidy, or grant programs which may be established pursuant to law for the purpose of providing moneys to a business or industry to subsidize the costs of conducting environmental audits or source reduction studies, or developing or purchasing, and implementing, source reduction technologies and procedures, or for other similar purposes;(9) Provide moneys, from such funds as may be appropriated or otherwise made available, to academic institutions, businesses or industries, government agencies or private organizations located in the state to conduct demonstration or pilot programs utilizing innovative pollution prevention technologies or procedures for specific categories of industry or business;(10) Provide moneys, from such funds as may be appropriated or otherwise made available, to academic institutions or private organizations located in the state for basic or applied research on pollution prevention;(11) Compile, and make available for distribution, information on available tax benefits for the implementation of pollution prevention technologies and procedures by an industry or business;(12) Identify governmental and nongovernmental impediments to pollution prevention;(13) Develop the necessary information base and data collection programs to assist in establishing program priorities and evaluating the progress of reducing pollution;(14) Develop training programs and materials for state and local regulatory personnel and private industry, designed to inform about pollution prevention practices and their applicability to industry;(15) Participate in existing state, federal and industrial networks of individuals and groups actively involved in pollution prevention activities; and(16) Prepare a proposed pollution prevention research and program budget request for each fiscal year, based on revenue projections and providing for the expenses of the board, the board's technical advisor, and recommendations of the university, and present it to the board for review and approval.Effective:7/15/1994
Amended 1994 Ky. Acts ch. 460, sec. 4, effective7/15/1994. -- Created 1988 Ky. Acts ch. 166, sec. 3, effective 7/15/1988.