A RESOLUTION urging the Energy and Environment Cabinet to explore and implement strategies to remove waste tires from Kentucky’s streams and waterways.

Urge the Energy and Environment Cabinet to explore and implement strategies to remove waste tires from Kentucky's streams and waterways and to submit a report on or before December 1, 2025, to the Legislative Research Commission providing legislative recommendations for doing so.

Environment and Conservation Legislative Research Commission State Agencies Waste Management Waterways and Dams

Introduced: March 14, 2025

Last action: March 28, 2025

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This resolution calls on Kentucky's Energy and Environment Cabinet to look into ways to remove discarded tires from the state's streams and waterways. The Cabinet would also be required to submit a report with recommendations to state lawmakers by December 1, 2025. It does not create new law but directs a state agency to study the problem and propose solutions. Who it may affect: Kentuckians who live near or use the state's waterways, and communities dealing with illegal tire dumping.

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