2002 03 27
HB-540 vs SB-257 or Offer
Item	HB540	SB257	Offer
Minimum Size MW	1.2.a	1.2.a
	10	10
Buffer Feet	3.3.b	3.2
	500 / 3000	1000 / 2000
Residential Neighborhood	1.6	3.2
	defined	not defined
Board Composition	2.1.d	2.1.e	2.1.e
	2 local	1 local	3 local
Environmental Report	4.2.f
	full by NR&EP	yes
Environmental Compat. Rep	13.1
	complete	yes
Hearing & Public Meetings	6.1	6.1
	Hear & Meet	Hear & Court
Public Notice	4.2.c	5.
	30-day	30-day
Public Involvement	4.2.h
	encouraged	encouraged
Communicate & Cooperate	4.2.i
	encouraged	encouraged
Plant Modifications	3.1.2.	4.4
	like facility	like facility+	[replace], following "like facility,"
			"or" with
			"including"
			Section 18  new section of KRS
			The Board shall review all plant-related
			expenditures exceding $1 million.
			Equipment modifications that increase
			emission characteristics,
			must be approved by the Board,
			subject to penalty.
Definition			1.6
Area of Impact	none	none	The Area determined initially
			by the Board utilizing data in
			general description of the project,
			in Public Notice per Section 4.2.c.,
			and modified according to changes
			in the proposal
Definition
Local	in jurisdiction	in jurisdiction	1.7
			Local shall refer to within
			the Area of Impact, including persons
			routinely spending most of their time there.
1.6.1		2.1.e.		[replace existing]
Area of Impact		local representation on the Board shall include
derived by NR&EP		1	local person selected by the Governor
while modeling with data including:		1	top official selected from
emission characteristics			top local officials whose vote
transmission characteristics			is weighted proportional to the
average prevailing wind			product of:
topography			(Jurisdictional Acres within Area)
land use			(Persons within Area)		.
existing sources.		1	local person selected by a
Knowledgeable Judgement			group of interested persons
selects the average result			as arbitrated by said top official.
of validated modeling trials.