KY Energy and Environment Cabinet

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Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet mining permits, KPDES wastewater facilities, and KNP-managed public lands. ~22.5K SMCRA mine permits, 1.4K wastewater facilities, ~390 conservation tracts.

What is KY Energy and Environment Cabinet?

Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet (EEC) — published via agency host in the WGS84WM_Services folder (169 services in WGS84 Web Mercator). Per Batch L plan, KY EEC folds the state-lands hub. Curated layers (8): Ky_Permitted_Mine_Boundaries_WGS84WM layer 0 (~22,526 SMCRA mining permit polygons with PER_TYPE — PERMANENT 11,855 / INTERIM 5,083 / PRE LAW 1,242, ACT_INAC — Released 16,531 / Active 1,649, MINE_STATU 18 distinct codes — RC 14,389 / FF 2,035 / A1 383 / P1 243); Ky_Wastewater_WGS84WM layer 1 WWTPs (~251 with KPDES, DES_CAP, HYDR_CAP, TREATMNT, EFDESTTYPE); layer 2 Package Treatment Plants (~461); layer 5 WWTP Outfalls (~681 KPDES discharge points); Ky_KNP_Heritage_Land_Conservation_Fund_WGS84WM layer 0 (~298 polygons with UNIT_TYPE 14 distinct — Local Park/Preserve 85 / State Nature Preserve 56 / State Park 29 / State WMA 29 / State Forest/WMA 20 / National Park 17, MA_OWNER 60+ distinct including county fiscal courts); Ky_KNP_State_Nature_Preserves_WGS84WM layer 0 (~31 polygons); Ky_KNP_Natural_Areas_WGS84WM layer 0 (~7 polygons); Ky_StateForests_WGS84WM layer 1 (~56 polygons). §0 spec drift caught: agency host is raster-only (imagery / DEM / point cloud) — DROPPED. EEC eSearch / eForms are HTML-only — REJECTED per §0a. kygisserver is occasionally flaky; handler retries once on 502/503/504. State Forests targets layer 1 (layer 0 is StoryMap labels). Permitted Mine PermitNo can be a single space (legacy missing). All services in EPSG:3857 — emits direct lon/lat. Last verified live 2026-05-07.

Available Tools

searchPermittedMines
KY SMCRA mining permits (~22.5K). Filter permitName, permitType (PERMANENT/INTERIM/PRE LAW), activeInactive (Active/Released), mineStatusCode (RC/FF/A1/P1).
searchPublicLands
KY public lands. landType: heritage (298) | naturePreserve (31) | naturalArea (7) | stateForest (56) | all. Filter name, unitType, maOwner, bbox.
searchWastewaterFacilities
KY KPDES wastewater facilities. layer: wwtp (251) | package (461) | outfall (681). Filter kpdes, systemName, bbox.
getServiceInfo
Schema, record counts, and enum values for any of the 8 services.

Requirements

Toggle on
Toggle on and use — no setup needed.

Quick Setup Guide

Follow these steps to connect your AI agents to this connector

Open /mcp and enable KY Energy and Environment Cabinet with the toggle — no credentials needed.

Call searchPermittedMines with activeInactive: 'Active' for currently-permitted KY coal mines, or searchPublicLands landType: 'heritage' for KHLCF-funded conservation tracts.

Connect to Your AI Assistant

Choose your AI assistant below for specific setup instructions

Follow these steps to connect KY Energy and Environment Cabinet to Claude:

Step 1: Open Claude Settings

Launch Claude → Click the profile button (bottom left) → Navigate to Settings

Step 2: Access Connectors

Scroll down to the Connectors tab → Navigate to the bottom → Click “Add Custom Connector”

Step 3: Name Your Connector

Enter any name you'd like for this connector

Step 4: Get the Connector URL

Step 5: Add the Connector

Paste the URL in the “Remote MCP Server URL” text box → Click Add

Step 6: Start Using

Your connector is now ready to use in Claude

Follow these steps to connect KY Energy and Environment Cabinet to ChatGPT:

Step 1: Enable Developer Mode

Go to Settings → Connectors → Advanced → Enable Developer mode

Step 2: Create New Connector

Go back to Connectors page → Click “Create” (top right)

Step 3: Name Your Connector

Enter any name you'd like for this connector (descriptions are optional)

Step 4: Get the Connector URL

Step 5: Add the URL

Paste the URL in the “MCP Server URL” text box

Step 6: Set Authentication

Click the authentication dropdown → Select “No authentication” (PatchOps handles authentication internally)

Step 7: Create the Connector

Click “I understand and want to continue” checkbox → Press Create

Step 8: Using the Connector

Start a new chat → Click the + button (left of text box) → Open dropdown → Hover over three dots labeled “More” → Select your connector

Instructions for connecting KY Energy and Environment Cabinet to GitHub Copilot:

Coming Soon

Detailed setup instructions for GitHub Copilot will be added here.

For other MCP-compatible platforms:

Step 1: Get the Connector URL

Step 2: Add to Configuration

Add this configuration to your MCP settings file. Replace the URL with your specific connector URL from the /mcp page:

"KY Energy and Environment Cabinet-MCP": {
  "url": "https://patchops.ai/api/mcp/...",
  "type": "http"
}

Example Configuration

Here’s an example using PatchOps MCP:

"PatchOps-MCP": {
  "url": "https://patchops.ai/api/mcp/...",
  "type": "http"
}