KRS 149.630

Whenever the secretary for energy and environment finds that any forest area is infested, threatened to be infested, infected, or threatened to be infected with insects or disease, he shall determine whether measures of control are needed and are available and the area over which the control measures shall be applied. He shall prescribe the proposed zone in which control measures are to be applied, and shall publish notice of the proposal, as required by law. Such notice shall include a brief description of the location of the proposed zone of infestation or infection and the approximate time when control measures will be executed.