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OWENSBORO, Ky. _ One year ago, Kentucky farmers were required to submit plans to the state detailing how they would prevent farm products from entering water sources.
The plans, to be filed with the Natural Resource Conservation District, were part of the Kentucky Agricultural Water Quality Act. While the plans were mandatory, they were not enforced.
In the year since the deadline, no farmer has been cited for lacking a plan _ and state officials are still discussing how a farmer can be penalized if a farm operation is found to be polluting and doesn't have a water quality plan on file.
"There hasn't been enforcement due to lack of a plan," ...