Energy and Environment
Natural Resources
Actual FY 2024Actual FY 2025Revised FY 2026Recommended FY 2027Recommended FY 2028
SOURCE OF FUNDS
General Fund
Regular Appropriation9,977,50010,148,80010,387,9007,642,8007,996,100
State Salary and Compensation Allocation400,000
Budget Reduction-General Fund(394,400)
Other(325,000)(788,700)(609,400)
Total General Fund10,052,5009,360,1009,384,1007,642,8007,996,100
Restricted Funds
Balance Forward738,906835,213890,400698,800351,900
Current Receipts230,173209,075212,100236,800236,800
Non-Revenue Receipts17,04615,34617,000117,00017,000
Total Restricted Funds986,1251,059,6341,119,5001,052,600605,700
Federal Fund
Balance Forward11
Current Receipts357,679352,144355,000343,400350,700
Non-Revenue Receipts(17,046)(15,346)(17,000)(17,000)(17,000)
Total Federal Fund340,633336,798338,000326,400333,700
TOTAL SOURCE OF FUNDS11,379,25810,756,53110,841,6009,021,8008,935,500
EXPENDITURES BY CLASS
Personnel Costs8,790,0807,721,4337,925,4007,017,3007,215,700
Operating Expenses1,300,5191,125,7061,320,8001,475,5001,479,000
Capital Outlay453,4471,019,006896,600177,100105,000
TOTAL EXPENDITURES10,544,0459,866,14510,142,8008,669,9008,799,700
EXPENDITURES BY FUND SOURCE
General Fund10,052,5009,360,1009,384,1007,642,8007,996,100
Restricted Funds150,912169,248420,700700,700469,900
Federal Fund340,633336,798338,000326,400333,700
TOTAL EXPENDITURES10,544,0459,866,14510,142,8008,669,9008,799,700
The Division of Mine Safety, pursuant to KRS Chapter 351, is responsible for the regulation of mining practices to prevent injuries and fatalities in underground, strip, and auger mines.
The Division trains, tests, and licenses mine personnel. Mine safety instructors provide general and technical safety training and education courses to mine personnel to maintain an adequate number of certified and qualified personnel for the mining industry. Moreover, the agency encourages safe work habits of coal miners by providing quality on-the-job, one-on-one safety training for surface and underground miners.
The Division licenses all underground and surface coal mines in the Commonwealth. It issues permits for specific mining methods including the use of diesel equipment, roof control, extended cuts, mining near oil and gas wells, and additional mine openings. The agency inspects mines and investigates illegal mining operations.
The Division develops and maintains a database to track information about each mining operation. The database includes the number of miners employed by the mine, type of operations, type of worker's compensation insurance, and the number and type of mining law violations, closures, and abatements for each mine and mine operator. A second database provides information on all individuals certified as surface mine foremen, surface mine safety analysts, underground mine foremen, underground mine instructors, underground mine inspectors, and electrical inspectors.
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