(a) The amendment to Kentucky's regulations at 405 KAR 16:060 Section 8(4)(c); 18:060 Section 12(4)(c) and 18:210 Section 3(5)(c) which were originally submitted by Kentucky on July 30, 1997 and later amended are disapproved.

(b) The amendment at Kentucky Revised Statute 350.060(22) submitted by Kentucky on May 26, 1982, and the legal opinion (insofar as it relates to this amendment) and Reclamation Advisory Memorandum No. 33 submitted by Kentucky on October 28, 1983, are hereby disapproved effective September 17, 1985.

(c) The amendment to Kentucky's program transferring $3,840,000 from the Kentucky Bond Pool Fund to the Commonwealth's General Fund for the 2002-2003 fiscal year is not approved.

(d) The addition of the word “abated” to modify the term “violation” in paragraph (4)(a) of section 3 of Chapter 7:090 of Title 405 of the Kentucky Administrative Regulations, as submitted to OSMRE by letter dated April 27, 1988, is hereby disapproved. The effect of the disapproval is to continue the requirement that any person who chooses not to contest the fact of violation (whether abated or not) or the assessment shall pay the assessment in full within 30 days of the date the final assessment order was mailed.

(e) We are not approving the following provision of the proposed Kentucky program amendments dated November 25, 2019: KAR Chapter 10:001 Section 1, Subsection 26—Definition of “Long term treatment”.