Kentucky Administrative Regulations
Title 106 - DEPARTMENT OF MILITARY AFFAIRS
Chapter 1 - Disaster and Emergency Services
Section 106 KAR 1:121 - Kentucky Emergency Response Commission (KERC) fee account grant distribution formula
Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 6, December 1, 2024
RELATES TO: KRS 39E.050, 42 U.S.C. 11000, et seq.
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY: KRS 39E.040(3) requires the Kentucky Emergency Response Commission to develop reporting requirements and procedures for individuals, businesses, and governmental agencies that manufacture, use, store, or transport hazardous substances. KRS 39E.040(6) requires the commission to recommend administrative regulations to the director for issuance by the Division of Emergency Management to implement KRS Chapter 39E. This administrative regulation establishes administrative support and the grant distribution formula to be used in awarding grants for funds generated by KRS 39E.050.
Section 1. Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC) Grant Distribution Formula.
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Section 2. Notice of Amount of Availability of Funds to Each LEPC.
Section 3. State Agency Grant Distribution. No more than fifty (50) percent of funds collected annually by KRS 39E.050 shall be allocated by the KERC to state agencies, other than LEPCs that submit grant requests for administration, development, and implementation of the Kentucky Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know program, known as SARA Title III (Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986), 42 U.S.C. 11001 et seq.,), and KRS 39E.050.
Section 4. Additional Funds. Funds collected after March 1, or that were returned to the commission during the year, shall be carried over into the next grant cycle and shall be distributed in accordance with Sections 1(1) and 3 of this administrative regulation.
Section 5. Administrative support required by KRS 39E.050 shall be provided by the Kentucky Division of Emergency Management.
STATUTORY AUTHORITY: KRS 39E.040(3), (6), 39E.050