FRANKFORT, Ky. (June 22, 2015) – The Kentucky Department for Environmental Protection’s (DEP) Brownfield Redevelopment Program today announced the second group of grant recipients of the Cleaner Commonwealth Fund. Four projects are being funded in this round. They are: A former shoe factory in Vanceburg, which will receive $50,000. The building is no longer […]
FRANKFORT, Ky. (June 22, 2015) – Less than 24 hours after receiving a request for firefighter support, 21 Kentucky Division of Forestry (KDF) firefighters are on their way to Alaska. The 16 full-time and five seasonal KDF firefighters will be leaving from Knoxville, Tennessee, this afternoon and are heading to Alaska, where they will be […]
Frankfort, Ky. (June 12, 2015) – The Kentucky Division of Water (KDOW) and the Kentucky Department for Public Health (KDPH) have issued a swimming advisory for the Levisa Fork of Fishtrap Lake in Pike County, from the Virginia state line (river mile 126.4) to river mile 114.8 (the headwaters of Fishtrap Lake) as a result […]
FRANKFORT, Ky. (June 4, 2015) – The Kentucky Department for Environmental Protection’s (DEP) Brownfield Redevelopment Program today announced that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has selected four projects in Kentucky for brownfield communitywide assessment grants and cleanup grants. Brownfields are properties that are abandoned or underutilized due to contamination or the perception of contamination. […]
FRANKFORT, Ky. (May 29, 2015) – The Kentucky Public Service Commission (PSC) today granted a rate adjustment to Blue Grass Energy Cooperative Corp. Under a settlement reached with the Kentucky Office of Attorney General and approved by the PSC, the electric distribution cooperative will be allowed to increase annual revenue by about $1.4 million, or […]
Frankfort, Ky. (May 22, 2015) – The Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet (EEC) and the Public Protection Cabinet’s Department of Housing, Buildings and Construction (DHBC) wants to remind residential and commercial building owners that building to code saves energy and money. The reminder is part of a monthlong awareness campaign sponsored by the International Code […]
Frankfort, Ky. (May 20, 2015) – Kentuckians can now find out if their favorite spot on the water is safe to swim or if the fish there are healthy enough to eat with a few clicks of the mouse. Kentucky’s Water Health Portal — http://watermaps.ky.gov/ — is an interactive Web-based map application that enables users […]
FRANKFORT, Ky. (May 18, 2015) – The Energy and Environment Cabinet’s Division of Waste Management today announced 46 recycling and 25 household hazardous waste (HHW) grants of more than $3.3 million. The grants will be used to expand recycling, reduce the amount of solid waste going into landfills and improve the environmental management of household […]
FRANKFORT, Ky. (May 13, 2015) – The Woodford County Public Schools finished in the top 10 in the national U.S. Environmental Protection Agency‟s (EPA) ENERGY STAR “Battle of the Buildings Competition: Team Challenge for 2014.” The Woodford County Public School team ranked eighth, competing against 5,500 individual buildings from across the U.S., Puerto Rico and […]
Frankfort, Ky. (May 11, 2015) — Kentucky’s Energy and Environment Cabinet has recognized 33 surface water treatment plants in Kentucky for meeting the goals of Kentucky’s Area-Wide Optimization Program (AWOP). The purpose of AWOP is to encourage drinking water plants and distributors to surpass state and federal goals and standards. Twenty states, including Kentucky, participate […]