🌬️EPA's Proposed Consent Decree for Kentucky Air Quality Compliance
In accordance with the Clean Air Act, as amended (CAA or the Act), notice is given of a proposed consent decree in Commonwealth of Kentucky v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, No. 3:24-CV-600-CHB (W.D. Ky.). On October 16, 2024, Plaintiffs the Commonwealth of Kentucky, Energy and Environment Cabinet (KY EEC); Rebecca Goodman, Secretary of the KY EEC; and the Louisville Metro Air Pollution Control District filed a complaint in the United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky, Louisville Division. Plaintiffs allege that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or the Agency) failed to perform certain non-discretionary duties in accordance with the Act to timely approve or deny a request to redesignate the Kentucky portion of the Louisville, Kentucky-Indiana, 2015 8-hour ozone nonattainment area (the Area) to attainment for the 2015 8-hour ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS or standards). The proposed consent decree would establish deadlines for EPA to approve or deny the request to redesignate.
Learn More🌬️EPA Denies Petition Against Tennessee Valley Authority Operating Permit
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator signed an order dated July 10, 2025, denying a petition dated December 20, 2024, from Kentucky Resources Council, National Parks Conservation Association, Sierra Club, and Kentucky Conservation Committee (Petitioners). The petition requested that EPA object to a Clean Air Act (CAA) title V operating permit proposed by the Kentucky Division for Air Quality (KDAQ) to Tennessee Valley Authority, Shawnee Fossil Plant (Shawnee Plant) for its facility located in McCracken County, Kentucky.
Learn More🌪️Amendment Extends Disaster Loan Deadlines for Kentucky Businesses
This is an amendment of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for the Commonwealth of Kentucky (FEMA-4875-DR), dated May 23, 2025. Incident: Severe Storms, Straight-line Winds, and Tornadoes.
Learn More🌪️Major Disaster Declaration in Kentucky
This is a Notice of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for Public Assistance Only for the Commonwealth of Kentucky (FEMA-4875-DR), dated July 22, 2025. Incident: Severe Storms, Straight-line Winds, and Tornadoes.
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This is an amendment of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for Public Assistance Only for the Commonwealth of Kentucky (FEMA-4875-DR), dated July 22, 2025. Incident: Severe Storms, Straight-line Winds, and Tornadoes.
Learn More🌪️Kentucky Disaster Declaration and SBA Assistance for Businesses
This is a Notice of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for Public Assistance Only for the Commonwealth of Kentucky (FEMA-4864-DR), dated July 22, 2025. Incident: Severe Storms, Straight-line Winds, Tornadoes, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides.
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This is an amendment of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for Public Assistance Only for the Commonwealth of Kentucky (FEMA-4864-DR), dated July 22, 2025. Incident: Severe Storms, Straight-line Winds, Tornadoes, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides.
Learn More⚰️Notice of Inventory Completion for Wickliffe Mounds, Kentucky
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Wickliffe Mounds State Historic Site, Kentucky State Parks, has completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and associated funerary objects and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
Learn More🌊Final Flood Hazard Determinations Impacting Businesses in 2025
Flood hazard determinations, which may include additions or modifications of Base Flood Elevations (BFEs), base flood depths, Special Flood Hazard Area (SFHA) boundaries or zone designations, or regulatory floodways on the Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs) and where applicable, in the supporting Flood Insurance Study (FIS) reports have been made final for the communities listed in the table below. The FIRM and FIS report are the basis of the floodplain management measures that a community is required either to adopt or to show evidence of having an effect in order to qualify or remain qualified for participation in the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA's) National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP).
Learn More🌩️Kentucky Disaster Declaration Amendment
This is an amendment of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for the State of Kentucky (FEMA-4864-DR), dated April 24, 2025. Incident: Severe Storms, Straight-line Winds, Tornadoes, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides.
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