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Committee backs bill letting Energy and Environment Cabinet regulate invasive plants
Summary
The Committee on Natural Resources and Energy voted to give the Energy and Environment Cabinet authority to adopt administrative regulations aimed at controlling invasive nonnative plant species, citing forest-health and economic concerns and using the Callery (Bradford) pear as an example.
House Bill 640 would authorize the Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations to control the spread of invasive nonnative plant species, the committee heard.
Steve Cull, an environmental scientist consultant with the Division of Forestry, told the Committee on Natural Resources and Energy that the measure would amend state statute to allow the cabinet to develop rules addressing invasive plants. "House Bill 640 amends KRS 22410 to 100 to authorize the Energy and Environment Cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations to control the spread of…
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