The Environmental Management Branch strives for compliance with standards as established by regulation or laws through the surveillance of environmental factors and evaluation of branch programs and environmental personnel. Day to day activities are carried out by local county health departments with the support of this Branch. Lexington Fayette County Environmentalists doing a soil test. Facilities Management Facilities are regulated through annual operating permits and routine inspections to assure that they are in compliance with laws and regulations. The Onsite Wastewater Program is administered through the local health department and begins with the use of onsite evaluations to determine whether site and soil conditions are suitable for the installation of onsite wastewater systems.
Certified inspectors perform site evaluations and inspections in Kentucky.
Certified Installers are required to install systems in Kentucky unless a homeowner wishes to install their own system and obtains a homeowner's permit. Kentucky is expected to issue approximately 24,000 permits for Fiscal Year 1998-1999. Resources are directed primarily at providing training and technical assistance to local health departments. The enclosed model may be adopted as written or modified to meet your particular needs of Local Health Departments. However, if you modify it, please submit the modified version for the Kentucky Department for Public Health's Environmental Management's review before you present it to your Board of Health.