The Kentucky Pride Fund is a source of state funding for dump cleanup. State Energy and Environment Cabinet Secretary Len Peters says cleaning up dump sites is a big economic burden on local governments.
As part of the $876,730 in grant funding, counties must agree to provide a 25 percent match on illegal open dumps costing less than $50,000 to clean up. The cabinet may waive the 25 percent match on any dump costing more than $50,000 to remediate.
The following counties received grants: Bath, Breathitt, Calloway, Campbell, Crittenden, Cumberland, Elliott, Green, Hart, Henderson, Jackson, Jessamine, Leslie, Lyon, Madison, Owsley, Powell, Warren, Whitley and Wolfe.
