151.629 Interagency Technical Advisory Committee on Groundwater -- Duties and
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responsibilities.
(1)There is established an Interagency Technical Advisory Committee on Groundwater
to assist the KGS in the development, coordination, and implementation of a
groundwater monitoring network for the Commonwealth. The committee shall
consist of one
(1)representative from each of the following agencies, to be
appointed by that agency:
(a)Division of Conservation of the Department for Natural Resources;
(b)Division of Public Health Protection and Safety of the Cabinet for Health and
Family Services;
(c)Division of Forestry of the Department for Natural Resources;
(d)Division of Environmental Services of the Department of Agriculture;
(e)Division of Waste Management of the Department for Environmental
Protection;
(f)Division of Water of the Department for Environmental Protection;
(g)Department for Environmental Protection;
(h)Department for Natural Resources;
(i)Kentucky Geological Survey;
(j)University of Kentucky College of Agriculture; and
(k)University of Kentucky Water Resources Research Institute.
(2)The committee shall have two
(2)nonvoting legislative liaisons who shall be
members of the General Assembly. One
(1)liaison shall be a House member
appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives and one
(1)liaison shall
be a Senate member appointed by the President of the Senate. The chair of the
committee shall be the director of the University of Kentucky Water Resources
Research Institute. The duties and responsibilities of the committee shall include:
(a)Developing a plan to coordinate agencies for the overall characterization of
the state's groundwater, including occurrence, flow systems, water quantity,
and water quality;
(b)Reviewing the data entry process to ensure that all data collected is placed into
the Kentucky Groundwater Data Repository;
(c)Establishing a long-term groundwater monitoring plan for the
Commonwealth;
(d)Making recommendations for prioritization of the state's groundwater research
needs; and
(e)Annually reviewing and evaluating groundwater data collection and analysis.
(3)In addition to the members identified in subsection
(1)or
(2)of this section, the
committee may have, as one
(1)of its members, one
(1)nonvoting representative
from the United States Geological Survey, appointed by that agency.