PUBLIC NOTICE
For Solid Waste Management Plan Update 2023-2027

The Boone, Campbell, and Kenton County Fiscal Courts / NKSWMA (Northern Kentucky Solid Waste Management Area) proposes to adopt the county’s Solid Waste Management Plan update per 401 KAR 49:011, Section 5.  The plan, if approved, will serve as the basis for handling solid waste management issues in NKSWMA – Boone, Campbell, and Kenton Counties (including the City of Florence and Covington) – for the years 2023-2027.

The proposed plan is available for public inspection beginning August 25^th, 2022, at the following locations during their normal business hours:

            Boone County’s Public Works Department, 5645 Idlewild Rd, Burlington KY  41005 
            City of Florence Public Services, 8100 Ewing Blvd, #100 Florence, KY 41042
           Campbell County’s Fiscal Court Office, 1098 Monmouth St, Newport, KY, 41071
           Kenton County’s Public Works Office, 420 Independence Station Rd, Independence, KY 41051
            City of Covington, Solid Waste Office, 20 West Pike St, Covington, KY 41011

Additional information about this plan is available from Mike Wilson, Boone County Solid Waste Coordinator (859) 334-3629.  Anyone unable to review the plan at the above locations may call and request that a copy be mailed to them. 

Any person wishing to comment on the plan may do so by providing comments no later than close of business on the 30^th day of the public notice, to the Boone County Fiscal Court at 2950 Washington St, Burlington, KY 41005.  Any person wishing to be heard at a public hearing must make a request via telephone, fax, email, or written communication to the governing body identified above, no later than close of business (COB) on the 25^th day of September.

A public hearing is scheduled on September 26^th, 2022, 10:00 A.M. to receive public comments on the plan. The hearing will be held at the Boone County Courthouse. However, if no request for a public hearing has been received by September 23^rd, 2022, the hearing may not be held. 

The Governing Body will respond to written public comments within 15 days of the close of the public comment period and will consider the plan for passage at the September 27^th, 2022 fiscal court meeting.  The plan, if approved, will then be submitted to the Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet for review and approval.