$20.3M Volkswagen settlement mitigation spending plan released for public comment

FRANKFORT, Ky. – The Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet (EEC) today released a draft plan for spending $20.3 million awarded to the Commonwealth under the national Volkswagen Settlement Mitigation Trust Agreement.  The plan is designed to reduce transportation-sector nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions, which contribute to the formation of ozone and fine particulate matter in Kentucky. Kentucky’s…