402 KAR 3:050. Bad actor notice
provisions.
RELATES
TO: KRS 149.330, 149.332, 149.344, 149.346, 149.348
STATUTORY
AUTHORITY: KRS 149.344
NECESSITY,
FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY: KRS 149.344 requires the cabinet to establish
notification requirements for loggers or operators who have received one (1) or
more bad actor designations. This administrative regulation establishes the
methods and requirements for bad actors to notify the Division of Forestry
before beginning timber harvest operations.
Section
1. Notice Required. (1) Pursuant to KRS 149.344(11)(a), a bad actor who has received one (1) or more bad actor
designations pursuant to KRS 149.344(8) shall notify the Division of
Forestry prior to conducting logging operations.
(2)
The bad actor shall continue to notify the division until all civil penalties
have been paid and all site remediation required by the division has been
performed.
Section
2. (1)(a) Bad actor notification shall be made by letter, facsimile, email,
telephone conversation, or in person to the appropriate Division of Forestry
regional office covering the county where the harvest shall occur.
(b)
A message left on an answering machine or voice mail service shall not
constitute valid notification.
(2)
In the notification, the bad actor shall identify the anticipated date of
harvest and the location of the timber harvesting site in sufficient detail to
enable the division to locate the site in the field. The location shall be
identified by:
(a)
The name of the landowner;
(b)
The county; and
(c)
One (1) of the following methods:
1.
Latitude and longitude of the site to the nearest one-tenth (1/10) of a minute
or the UTM (Universal Transverse Mercator) coordinates to the nearest 100
meters;
2.
USGS (United States Geological Survey) 7.5-minute topographic quadrangle map or
reproduction thereof, marked to show the name of the quadrangle map, the map
scale, the north arrow, and the exact location of the site; or
3.
The nearest named community and the approximate distance and direction from the
community to the site, the name and number of the nearest highway or street,
and a description of how to reach the site from the nearest road intersection
or other appropriate landmark. (41 Ky.R. 2694; Am. 42 Ky.R. 282; 1153; eff.
9-3-2015.)