Summary of Original Version

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 512 to define terms; make criminal atmospheric pollution a Class D felony; require that a person found guilty of criminal atmospheric pollution pay a civil penalty of not less than $500,000 in addition to all other penalties authorized by law; provide that each day that a person engages in criminal atmospheric pollution constitutes a separate offense; empower all peace officers of the Commonwealth to enforce the prohibition on criminal atmospheric pollution; require an arresting officer to issue a notice to any federal agency that approved the action that those activities cannot be lawfully carried out in the Commonwealth.

Summary of Amendment: House Committee Substitute 1

Summary Retain original provisions; amend the definition of "atmospheric contaminant" to exclude electromagnetic radiation or fields emitted from wireless devices or equipment certified by the Federal Communications Commission; amend the definition of "solar radiation modification" to exclude ground-level solar energy generating resources and forestry and vegetation management activities; amend the definition of "weather modification" to exclude ground-level wind energy generating resources; provide that the section shall not prohibit or restrict the lawful aerial application of agricultural inputs and products.