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Issue Author Recipient Description Submit Date
Air Quality Robert Ukeiley
Attorney
Andrea P. Keatley,
Env. Scientist II,
KY Div. for Air Quality
Frankfort, KY
Re: Request for concurrence of exceptional event flags on Kentucky PM2.5 2007 data. View Comments (PDF) Apr 30, 2008
Air Quality Camille Sears Andrea P. Keatley,
Env. Scientist II,
KY Div. for Air Quality
Frankfort, KY
Re: Request for concurrence of exceptional event flass on Kentucky PM2.5 2007 data. View Comments (PDF) Apr 28, 2008
Air Quality Betsy Bennett Millie Ellis,
Env. Tech. III,
KY Div. for Air Quality
Frankfort, KY
Re: Proposed Air Toxics Regulations. View Comments or download & print the PDF version Jul 2, 2007
Air Quality Wallace McMullen John Gowins,
Eval. Section Supervisor,
KY Div. for Air Quality
Frankfort, KY
Re: State Implementation Plans for the Clean Air Interstate Rule. View Comments Oct 2, 2006
CAFOs Betsy Bennett, Cumberland Chapter Conservation Chair

Hank Graddy, Mississippi River Issue Team Chair

Commissioner Bruce Scott,
KY Energy & Environment Cabinet
Frankfort, KY
Re: KY Antidegradation Implementation requirement for CAFOs download/print comments (PDF) Dec 3, 2008
CAFOs Betsy Bennett, Cumberland Chapter Conservation Chair
Hank Graddy, Attorney
Water Docket, EPA, Washington, DC;
via Email: ow-docket@epa.gov
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, Revised NPDES Permit Regulations for CAFO’s, 73 FR 12321, March 7, 2008 download/print comments (PDF) April 7, 2008
CAFOs Hank Graddy, Attorney Secretary LaJuana Wilcher, EPPC;
and Director David W. Morgan, KY DOW
Re: regulation of Animal Feedlot Operations Generally; Comments on draft construction and operation permits, Hickman, Fulton and Carlisle Counties, KY, KPDES PUBLIC NOTICE 2005-29. View Comments or download & print the PDF version Nov 3, 2005
Energy Wallace McMullen,
Chapter Energy Co-Chair
Mr. Jeff DeRouen, Executive Director Kentucky Public Service Commission
211 Sower Boulevard
Frankfort, KY 40601
Re: Case No. 2008-00408 Consideration of the New Federal Standards of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007
View Comments (PDF)
Jun 13, 2009
Energy

Rick Clewett,
Kentucky Sierra Club

Jack Wilson,
KY Conservation Committee

Andy McDonald,
KY Solar Partnership

Elizabeth Crowe,
KY Environmental Foundation

Mary Byrd Davis,
Earth Healing & EcoPerspectives

Doug Doerrfeld, Kentuckians for the Commonwealth

Presented at a press conference in Lexington, KY

Re: KY Senate Bill 13

Statements from organizations supporting energy efficiency and clean, renewable energy rather than nuclear energy in Kentucky.

View Comments (PDF)

Feb 13, 2009
Energy Robert Ukeiley,
Sierra Club Counsel
James Morse,
Division for Air Quality
Frankfort, KY
Re: Eastern Kentucky Power Cooperative William C. Dale Renewal Draft Title V Permit No. V-08-009
view Comments (PDF).
Jun 5, 2008
Energy Robert Ukeiley Mayor Connelly and Berea City Council Members
Berea, KY
Re: Proposed electricity and water rate structures
view Comments (PDF).
May 26, 2008
Energy Robert Ukeiley,
Sierra Club Counsel
Stephanie Strength,
Environmental Protection Specialist
Re: Environmental Assessment for Eastern Kentucky Power Cooperative's Smith Station Combustion Turbines and Transmission Facilities in Clark County, Kentucky Quick view Comments or save or print PDF here. Jul 25, 2007
Energy Wallace McMullen James Morse,
Permit Review
Re: Air Quality Permit Issued to Cash Creek Generation, LLC for the Cash Creek Generating Station, Henderson Co., Kentucky. View Comments or save or print here. Jun 29, 2007
Energy Geoffrey Young KY Public Service Commission
Frankfort, KY
Re: Administrative Case No. 2006-00045 on electric utility interconnection standards and time-of-use rates. View Comments Jul 18, 2006
Energy Geoffrey Young Stephanie A. Strength,
USDA, Rural Utilities Service, Engineering & Environmental Staff
Washington, DC
Re: East KY Power Cooperative, Inc.
Proposed Smith Station 278-MW Circulating Fluidized Bed Generating Unit Projects. View Comments
Nov 19, 2006
Mercury Ramesh Bhatt Mike Leavitt
US EPA
Re: EPA-proposed Mercury Rule. View Comments Apr, 2004
Mining, MTR Rick Clewett Mr. Perry Johnson,
Division of Mine Permits, Operations Support
Via Email

Re: KY Division of Mine Permits Application 848-0287, A Combined Surface and Deep Mine Operation of A and G Coal near Lynch, KY
View Comments (PDF)
Jun 17, 2009
Mining, MTR Margaret C. Janes

Mr. David Baldridge
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,
Louisville District
E.KY. Regulatory Office
845 Sassafras Crk Rd.
Sassafras, KY 41759

RE: Public Notice No. LRL-2009-239, Frasure Creek Mining, LLC

View Comments (PDF)

View Public Notice(PDF)
Apr 10, 2009
Mining, MTR Tim Guilfoile, Director, KY Sierra Club Water Sentinels KY Div. of Water,
Surface Water Permits Branch,
Dept. for Environmental Protection
Frankfort, KY
Re: KY Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (KPDES) Permits: KYG045423, KYG045887, KYG046273, KYG046279, KYG046316, KY0107140 View Comments (PDF) Nov 17, 2008
Mining, MTR Betsy Bennett, Cumberland Chapter Conservation Chair

Hilary Lambert, Ph.D.

Ashley D. Wilmes, Atty

Greg Howard, Appalachian Citizens’ Law Center

Paul Ehret
Director, Division of Mine Permits
Dept. for Nat. Rsrcs.
Frankfort, KY
Re: Permit Conference, Jamieson Construction Company, DMRE 900-0047 NW View Comments (PDF) Jun 18, 2008
Mining, MTR Elizabeth Glass Director, Division of Permits
Dept. for Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
Frankfort, KY
Re: Petition number LUM-08-1 - deeming Sloan’s Valley/Neely’s Creek “unsuitable for mining.” View Comments (PDF) Apr 6, 2008
Mining, MTR Rick Clewett Hearing in London, KY Re: Pending DSMRE 897-9007 permit application View Comments Mar 27, 2008
Mining, MTR Wallace McMullen Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Re: Draft Environmental Impact Statement, Excess Spoil Minimization, Stream Buffer Zones (OSM EIS 34, April 2007): Docket Number RIN 1029 AC04. View Comments Oct 24, 2007
Powerlines Aloma Dew Joe Settles,
E. KY Power Cooperative
Re: Proposed high voltage power lines in Butler County. View Comments Jan 10, 2006
Public Lands Ray Barry,
Chapter Chair
Interim Joint Committee on Economic Development and Tourism
Grayson, KY
Re: Public Lands and All-Terrain Vehicles View Comments (PDF) Sep 18, 2008
Public Lands Ray Barry,
Chapter Chair
Governor Steve Beshear
Frankfort, KY
Re: Public Lands and All-Terrain Vehicles View Comments (PDF) Aug 20, 2008
Public Lands Elizabeth Glass,
Chapter Forest Issues Chair
John T. Strojan, District Ranger
London District, DBNF
Re: London Pine and Hardwood TSI (Thin and Release) Project View Comments (PDF) Apr 10, 2008
Public Lands Ray Barry,
Cumberland Chapter Chair

Elizabeth Glass,
Chapter Forest Issues Chair

Dr. Scott Smith, Dean
College of Agriculture
University of Kentucky
Re: Proposal to clearcut 800 acres of Robinson Forest. View Comments Sep 10, 2007
Public Lands Dave Stawicki USDA Forest Service
Washington, DC
Re: Secure Rural Schools Land Sales Initiative and its impact on the Daniel Boone National Forest. View Comments Mar 29, 2006
Public Lands Dave Stawicki James D. Manner
District Ranger
Morehead Ranger District
Daniel Boone National Forest
Re: Draft Decision on Cerulean Warbler Project proposed for the Morehead Ranger District. View Comments Jan 30, 2006
Public Lands Dave Stawicki James D. Manner
District Ranger
Morehead Ranger District
Daniel Boone National Forest
Re: Cerulean Warbler Project proposed for the Morehead Ranger District. View Comments Dec 22, 2005
Public Lands Hilary Lambert, Chair
Bluegrass Group
James D. Manner
District Ranger
Morehead Ranger District
Daniel Boone National Forest
Re: Environmental Assessment for the 2003 Ice Storm Recovery Project. View Comments Dec, 2004
Transpark Betsy Bennet Dave Waldner,
KYTC Division of Environmental Analysis
Re: KYTC Item 3-16; I-65 & 31W Connector, KY Trimodal Transpark
Bowling Green-Warren County, KY. View Comments
Oct 2, 2007
Transpark Betsy Bennet
Leslie Barras
Dave Harmon,
KYTC Division of Environmental Analysis
Re: KYTC Item 3-16; I-65 & 31W Connector, KY Trimodal Transpark
Bowling Green-Warren County, KY. View Comments or download & print the PDF Version
Jul 23, 2005
Transpark Betsy Bennet
Leslie Barras
Dave Harmon,
KYTC Division of Environmental Analysis
Re: KYTC Item 3-16; I-65 & 31W Connector, KY Trimodal Transpark
Bowling Green-Warren County, KY. View Comments or download & print the PDF Version
Jul 22, 2004
Transpark Betsy Bennet Renee Slaughter,
Environmental Coordinator
KY Transportation Cab., District 3
Re: Request for Consulting Party Status; Kentucky TriModal Transpark Access Road and I-65 Interchange; KYTC Item No. 03-16.00. View Comments Nov 12, 2003
Transportation Betsy Bennett,
Hilary Lambert, et. al.
Governor Steve Beshear
Frankfort, KY
Re: Proposed Interstate 66 Project. View Comments (PDF) Jul 1, 2008
Transportation Aloma Dew Testimony before House Budget Review Subcommittee on Transportation
Frankfort, KY
Re: Ohio River Bridges Project. View Comments (PDF) Jan 28, 2008
Transportation Betsy Bennett John Ballantyne, Federal Hwy Administration
Frankfort, KY
Re: Ohio River Bridges Project. View Comments (4 MB) Feb 20, 2002
Water Betsy Bennet,
Wallace McMullen
Abigail Powell,Regulation Coordinator
Division of Water
200 Fair Oaks Lane
Frankfort, KY  40601

Re: 401 KAR 5:002, 401 KAR 5:005, 401 KAR 5:055, 401 KAR 5:060 401 KAR 5:065, 401 KAR 5:080

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Jun 1, 2009
Water Betsy Bennet,
Conservation Chair,
Cumberland Chapter,
Sierra Club

Abigail Powell, Regulation Coordinator
Division of Water
200 Fair Oaks Lane
Frankfort, KY  40601

Re: 401 KAR 5:002, 401 KAR 5:005, 401 KAR 5:055, 401 KAR 5:060 401 KAR 5:065, 401 KAR 5:080

View Public Testimony (5/27/09)
May 27, 2009
Water

Betsy Bennet, et. al.
Conservation Chair,
Cumberland Chapter,
Sierra Club

Peter Goodman, Assistant Director
Division of Water
200 Fair Oaks
Frankfort, KY 40601
Re: Draft proposed changes to 401 KAR 10:030. View Comments

Ref: KY 2008 303(d) Fish Consumption Impairment Summary
Mar 17, 2009
Water Betsy Bennett, Conservation Chair
Cumberland Chapter, Sierra Club
Ms. Sandy Gruzesky
Director, Division of Water
Frankfort, KY
Re: KPDES No. KY1017239. Al No. 44264: Involving a new discharge of wastewater from water treatment plant that will enter the Ohio River at DOW mile point 480.5 in Boone County.

Re: Ky. DOW Public Notice 2008-14, announcing date of public hearing and deadline for public comments as December 5, 2008 View Comments (PDF)

December 5, 2008
Water Betsy Bennett, Conservation Chair
Cumberland Chapter, Sierra Club
Ann Workman
Dept. for Environmental Protection, Division of Water, Surface Permits Branch
Frankfort, KY
Re: Draft KPDES No. KY0107239, Western Regional Water Reclamation Facility View Comments (PDF) August 18, 2008
Water Betsy Bennett, Conservation Chair
Cumberland Chapter, Sierra Club
P. Tennant,
Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission (ORSANCO)
Re: Proposed Reductions in Recreational Use Standards /Wet Weather Standards of the Ohio River View Comments (PDF) May 16, 2008
Water Betsy Bennett, Conservation Chair
Cumberland Chapter, Sierra Club
Abigail Powell, Regulation Coordinator
Kentucky Division of Water
Re: 401 KAR 9:010, 401 KAR 9:020 View Comments (PDF) April 22, 2008
Water Betsy Bennett, Conservation Chair
Cumberland Chapter, Sierra Club

Albert Ettinger, Atty
Environmental Law & Policy Center

Sara J. Beard, Permit Writer
Kentucky Division of Water
Re: KY0105597 AI No. 50315, Estill County Energy Partners, LLC Public Notice 2008-3 View Comments (PDF) April 14, 2008
Water Albert Ettinger, Attorney
Environmental Law & Policy Center

Judith Petersen, Exec Dir.
Kentucky Waterways Alliance

Betsy Bennett, Conservation Chair
Cumberland Chapter, Sierra Club

Sandy Gruzesky, Acting Dir.
Kentucky Division of Water
Re: changes to Kentucky Water Quality Standards that should be made as a part of the Triennial Review. View Comments July 25, 2007
Water Hank Graddy, Attorney Kentucky Division of Water Re: proposed amendments to the Kentucky Administrative Regulations concerning water quality. View Comments Oct 23, 2003

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