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TN Code § 68-213-104 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 213 - Sanitary Landfill Areas Act|§ 68-213-104. Violation — Penalty

 Any person violating any of this chapter, or failing, neglecting or refusing to comply with any order of the department or governing body lawfully issued, commits a Class C misdemeanor. Each day of continued violation constitutes a separate offense.
TN Code § 68-213-105 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 213 - Sanitary Landfill Areas Act|§ 68-213-105. Injunctions

 In addition to the penalties herein provided, the department or governing body may cause the enforcement of any orders or rules issued by it to carry out this chapter by instituting legal proceedings to enjoin the violation of this chapter and the orders or rules of the department or governing body in any court of competent jurisdiction, and such court may grant a temporary or permanent injunction restraining the violation thereof. The district attorney general in whose jurisdiction a violation of this chapter occurs or the attorney general and reporter shall institute and prosecute such suits when necessity therefor has been shown by those herein clothed with the power of investigation.
TN Code § 68-213-106 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 213 - Sanitary Landfill Areas Act|§ 68-213-106. Application of Chapter

 This chapter applies to those counties having a population of:   not less than  nor more than   12,500 12,508   60,250 60,350   73,900 74,000   250,000 300,000   according to the federal census of 1960 or any subsequent federal census and to any county of the state having a metropolitan form of government.
TN Code § 68-214-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 214 - Environmental Engineering Project|§ 68-214-101. Commissioner's Authority to Contract

 The commissioner of environment and conservation is authorized to contract with the University of Tennessee for the initial establishment on the Knoxville campus of an environmental engineering project, and to contract with Tennessee Technological University and the University of Memphis for programs within the project for applied research and public service directly applicable to the mission of the department of environment and conservation.
TN Code § 68-214-102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 214 - Environmental Engineering Project|§ 68-214-102. Objectives of Project

  The environmental engineering project will provide for the application of scientific, technical and engineering principles and practices to the opportunities and problems associated with maintaining and improving Tennessee's environmental quality and the health and well being of the state's citizens.   The principal objectives of the environmental engineering project are to:  Maintain and make available a comprehensive pool of technical resource personnel with competency in the many aspects of environmental problems to advise and assist, upon request, the department of environment and conservation with regard to the need, implementation, efficiency, and economic consequences of laws and regulations relative to the quality of the air, water and land environments and to land utilization;   Provide consultation and engineering analysis, design and/or research services, upon request, to those agencies of the state having responsible cognizance of environmental quality, pollution monitoring and environmental quality regulation enforcement;   Establish a technical advisory service for industries and municipalities to advise and assist, in coordination with state regulatory agencies, in the technical problems arising from the compliance with environmental quality control regulations and from self-initiated pollution abatement programs; and   Develop and coordinate educational engineering programs for in-service training of technical, professional and managerial personnel needed for the control and improvement of the environment.
TN Code § 68-216-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 216 - Tennessee Oil Spill Cleanup and Environmental Preservation Act of 1995|§ 68-216-101. Short Title

 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Tennessee Oil Spill Cleanup and Environmental Preservation Act of 1995.”
TN Code § 68-216-102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 216 - Tennessee Oil Spill Cleanup and Environmental Preservation Act of 1995|§ 68-216-102. Chapter Definitions

 As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:   “Damages” means damages of any kind for which liability may exist under the laws of this state resulting from, arising out of, or related to the discharge or threatened discharge of oil;   “Discharge” means any emission (other than natural seepage), intentional or unintentional, and includes, but is not limited to, spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying, or dumping;   “Federal on-scene coordinator” means the federal official designated by the lead agency or predesignated by the environmental protection agency (EPA) or the coast guard to coordinate and direct responses under the National Contingency Plan;   “National Contingency Plan” means the National Contingency Plan prepared and published under § 311(d) of the federal Water Pollution Control Act, codified in 33 U.S.C. § 1321(d), as amended by the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, (101 P.L. 380, 104 Stat. 484), compiled in 33 U.S.C. § 2701 et seq.;   “Oil” means oil of any kind or in any form, including, but not limited to, petroleum, fuel oil, sludge, oil refuse, and oil mixed with wastes other than dredged spoil;   “Person” means an individual, corporation, partnership, association, state, municipality, commission, or political subdivision of a state, or any interstate body;   “Remove” or “removal” means containment and removal of oil or a hazardous substance from water and shorelines or the taking of other actions as may be necessary to minimize or mitigate damage to the public health or welfare, including, but not limited to, fish, shellfish, wildlife, and public and private property, shorelines, and beaches;   “Removal costs” means the costs of removal that are incurred after a discharge of oil has occurred or, in any case in which there is a substantial threat of a discharge of oil, the costs to prevent, minimize, or mitigate oil pollution from such an incident; and   “Responsible party” means a responsible party as defined under § 1001 of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, codified in 33 U.S.C. § 2701.
TN Code § 68-216-103 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 216 - Tennessee Oil Spill Cleanup and Environmental Preservation Act of 1995|§ 68-216-103. Exemption From Liability for Cleanups Related to National Contingency Plan

  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a person is not liable for removal costs or damages which result from actions taken or omitted to be taken in the course of rendering care, assistance, or advice consistent with the National Contingency Plan or as otherwise directed by the federal on-scene coordinator or by the state official with responsibility for oil spill response.   Subsection (a) does not apply:  To a responsible party;   With respect to personal injury or wrongful death; or   If the person is grossly negligent or engages in willful misconduct.     A responsible party is liable for any removal costs and damages that another person is relieved of under subsection (a).
TN Code § 68-217-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 217 - Tennessee Drycleaner's Environmental Response Act|§ 68-217-101. Short Title

 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Tennessee Drycleaner's Environmental Response Act.”
TN Code § 68-217-103 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 217 - Tennessee Drycleaner's Environmental Response Act|§ 68-217-103. Response Fund

  There is established the “drycleaner environmental response fund” to provide a source of funds for the implementation of this chapter.   The expenses of administering the fund, including staff to implement this chapter, shall be paid from the money in the fund.   The state treasurer shall invest the money in the fund not currently needed to meet the obligations of the fund in the same manner as other public funds are invested. Interest that accrues from these investments shall be deposited in the fund.   The sources of money for the fund are as follows:  Registration fees and drycleaning solvent surcharges paid under § 68-217-106;   Any appropriations made by the general assembly;   Penalties collected pursuant to this chapter;   Gifts, grants, and donations intended for deposit in the fund; and   Any federal funds made available under similar federal legislation, or any other federal program.     Any unencumbered moneys and any unexpended balance of the fund remaining at the end of any fiscal year shall not revert to the general fund, but shall be carried forward until expended in accordance with this chapter.   All claims against the fund shall be expressly and exclusively obligations of the fund only and not of the state, and any amounts required to be paid under this section are subject to the availability of sufficient moneys in the fund. The full faith and credit of the state shall not in any way be pledged or considered to be available to guarantee payment from such fund.   Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the drycleaner environmental response fund shall not be considered an insurance company or insurer under the laws of this state, and shall not be a member of nor be entitled to claim against the Tennessee insurance guaranty association created under title 56, chapter 12.
TN Code § 68-217-104 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 217 - Tennessee Drycleaner's Environmental Response Act|§ 68-217-104. Creation of Program — Advisory Committee

  The drycleaner environmental response program is created within the department, in the division of remediation.   From time to time the commissioner may appoint a drycleaners advisory committee that shall advise the commissioner on matters related to the drycleaner environmental response program, including, but not limited to, proposed rules and changes to fees. The commissioner may determine the identity and number of committee members and the term during which the committee will operate. When appointing members the commissioner shall consider the nature of the issues that are relevant to the charge given to the committee. The commissioner shall appoint persons from affected interests, which may include large and small drycleaners, facilities that use or have used dense non-aqueous solvent, facilities that use or have only used light non-aqueous solvent, property owners where drycleaners are located, and environmental interests. No member of the committee is entitled to a salary for duties performed as a member of the committee and no member of the committee is entitled to reimbursement for travel or other expenses incurred in the performance of the member's official duties.
TN Code § 68-217-107 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 217 - Tennessee Drycleaner's Environmental Response Act|§ 68-217-107. Reimbursement From Fund

  An owner or operator of a drycleaning facility, or in-state wholesale distribution facility, the current or prior owner or operator of an abandoned drycleaning facility, or an impacted third party may seek reimbursement from the fund for response costs above the applicable deductible set forth in § 68-217-106(k) incurred in connection with a release from a drycleaning facility, in-state wholesale distribution facility or abandoned drycleaning facility in accordance with regulations established by the commissioner.   The commissioner may not authorize the expenditure of funds from the fund in excess of two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) per year for releases from any individual drycleaning facility, abandoned drycleaning facility, or in-state wholesale distribution facility, nor authorize a distribution of monies from the fund that would result in a diminution of the fund below a balance of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) unless an emergency exists at a drycleaning facility, abandoned drycleaning facility, or in-state wholesale distribution facility that constitutes an imminent and substantial threat to human health or the environment. In the event of an emergency as described in this subsection (b), the commissioner shall approve the reimbursement of reasonable response costs to remove the imminent and substantial threat to human health or the environment.   The commissioner shall not authorize distribution of fund monies to:  Sites that are contaminated by solvents normally used in drycleaning operations where the contamination at such sites did not result from the operation of a drycleaning facility, abandoned drycleaning facility, or an in-state wholesale distribution facility;   Sites that are not drycleaning facilities, in-state wholesale distribution facilities, or abandoned drycleaning facilities, that are contaminated by a release that results from drycleaning solvents being transported to or from a drycleaning facility or in-state distribution facility; or   Any property contaminated by a release from a drycleaning facility, abandoned drycleaning facility, or in-state wholesale distribution facility, that has been identified by the United States environmental protection agency (EPA) as a federal superfund site pursuant to 40 CFR Part 300 et seq., except that the commissioner may authorize distribution of the required state match up to two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) per year per site; or   Any drycleaning facility which has obtained a permit pursuant to the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), compiled in 42 U.S.C. § 6901 et seq.
TN Code § 68-217-108 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 217 - Tennessee Drycleaner's Environmental Response Act|§ 68-217-108. Refusal to Pay Registration Fees or Surcharges

  Upon failure or refusal of a seller of drycleaning solvent, an owner or operator of a drycleaning facility, an in-state wholesale distribution facility, or the current or prior owner or operator of an abandoned drycleaning facility, subject to payment by regulation, to pay a registration fee or solvent surcharge, lawfully levied within a reasonable time allowed by the commissioner, the commissioner may proceed in the court of competent jurisdiction to obtain judgment and seek execution of such judgment.   Any person who fails or refuses to pay a lawfully levied registration fee or solvent surcharge or any part of that registration fee or solvent surcharge by its due date shall be assessed a penalty of up to fifty dollars ($50.00) for each day that passes after the fee or surcharge is due and before such fee or surcharge is paid. Nothing in this section shall be construed as requiring the issuance of a commissioner's order for the payment of a registration fee or a late payment penalty.   No owner or operator shall receive a registration certificate as required under § 68-217-106(a) until all fees, surcharges and penalties required by this chapter are paid in full.
TN Code § 68-217-109 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 217 - Tennessee Drycleaner's Environmental Response Act|§ 68-217-109. Administrative Costs

 The fund shall be available to the commissioner for reasonable administrative expenditures associated with administering the fund.
TN Code § 68-217-110 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 217 - Tennessee Drycleaner's Environmental Response Act|§ 68-217-110. Rulemaking

 The commissioner shall promulgate, after public notice and an opportunity for comment, regulations to implement the duties and responsibilities as set forth in § 68-217-105, including, but not limited to, standards for evaluating releases of drycleaning solvent at or from affected drycleaning facilities, in-state wholesale distribution facilities, or abandoned drycleaning facilities and for determining what, if any, response action is necessary for any such release and standardized methods and techniques for responding to such releases and appropriate presumptive remedial responses. Such standards, methods and techniques shall, to the maximum extent practicable, be applicable to all drycleaning facilities, in-state wholesale distribution facilities and abandoned drycleaning facilities in this state, and, in any event shall be cost-effective, reasonable, and technically feasible.
TN Code § 68-217-111 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 217 - Tennessee Drycleaner's Environmental Response Act|§ 68-217-111. Preemption

  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no owner/operator of a drycleaning facility or in-state wholesale distribution facility or current or prior owner or operator of an abandoned drycleaning facility shall be liable for any release under any other law, including any common law claim, except to the extent of the deductible set forth in § 68-217-106(k), or for third-party claims if such facility or distributor has paid all the registration fees and solvent surcharges required under this chapter, materially complies with all rules and regulations required in this chapter, and has had its petition accepted by the commissioner for participation in the fund, and the party is in material compliance with the commissioner's requirements for investigatory or remedial measures. This section does not preclude claims based solely upon personal injuries associated with a claimant's exposure to drycleaning solvent.   Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no impacted third party shall be liable for any release under any other law, including any common law claim, or other third party claims, if the drycleaning facility, abandoned drycleaning facility or the in-state wholesale distribution facility which is the source of the release to the impacted third party's real property is eligible for participation in the fund, for this site, and the impacted third party or the current or prior owner or operator of the drycleaning facility, abandoned drycleaning facility or in-state wholesale distribution facility which is the source of the release has petitioned the commissioner and had its petition accepted by the commissioner for participation in the fund, and the impacted third party is in material compliance with any applicable commissioner requirements for investigatory or remedial measures. This section does not preclude claims based solely upon personal injuries associated with a claimant's exposure to drycleaning solvent.   This section does not apply to any claim filed in any court of competent jurisdiction before June 13, 1995.   Subsections (a) and (b) shall not apply to or limit any claim of a lender which arises under a financing arrangement entered into by the owner/operator or impacted third party prior to, on or after June 13, 1995.
TN Code § 68-217-112 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 217 - Tennessee Drycleaner's Environmental Response Act|§ 68-217-112. Construction With Hazardous Waste Management Act

 To the extent that the provisions of this chapter are in conflict with, or differ from, the provisions of § 68-212-202 and chapter 212, part 4 of this title, with regard to the obligations or rights of a holder of a security interest under such provisions, the latter provisions shall take priority and control.
TN Code § 68-217-113 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 217 - Tennessee Drycleaner's Environmental Response Act|§ 68-217-113. State and Local Permits — Exceptions

 No state or local permits shall be required for activities that are conducted:   As part of a response or remedial action overseen by the department pursuant to this chapter;   Entirely on-site; and   In accordance with this part;  provided, that such activities meet all standards that would apply if such permits were required.
TN Code § 69-2-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 69 - Waters, Waterways, Drains and Levees|Chapter 2 - Landing and Loading Facilities|§ 69-2-101. Acquisition and Maintenance of Facilities

  The department of transportation, acting through the commissioner of transportation, is authorized to acquire by purchase, condemnation, construction or otherwise, and to maintain and operate any public facilities the commissioner may deem suitable for the loading and landing of cargo wherever state highways intersect or parallel any navigable waters within or bounding the state.   Such powers shall in no way interfere with present property rights of now existing ferry franchises.
TN Code § 69-2-102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 69 - Waters, Waterways, Drains and Levees|Chapter 2 - Landing and Loading Facilities|§ 69-2-102. Powers of Commissioner

 In the acquisition, maintenance, and operation of the facilities authorized under this chapter, the commissioner has all the powers conferred by and shall be subject to all the provisions contained in title 54, Chapters 1 5 insofar as such powers and provisions may be applicable to the acquisition, maintenance, and operation of the facilities.
TN Code § 69-2-103 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 69 - Waters, Waterways, Drains and Levees|Chapter 2 - Landing and Loading Facilities|§ 69-2-103. Rules and Regulations

 The commissioner is authorized to perform any and all acts and to make such rules and regulations as may be appropriate for the purpose of carrying this chapter into full force and effect. Any violation of the rules and regulations made by the commissioner is a Class C misdemeanor.
TN Code § 69-2-104 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 69 - Waters, Waterways, Drains and Levees|Chapter 2 - Landing and Loading Facilities|§ 69-2-104. Transportation Department Employees — Duties

 The commissioner may designate any employees of the department to perform services involved in the execution of this chapter, and such employees shall render such services without additional compensation.
TN Code § 69-2-105 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 69 - Waters, Waterways, Drains and Levees|Chapter 2 - Landing and Loading Facilities|§ 69-2-105. Funds

 In order to carry out this chapter, the commissioner is authorized and directed to use, subject to the approval of the governor, any of the available funds set apart for the department that the commissioner deems appropriate for the funds, and such grants as may be made to the state of Tennessee by the United States or any agency, or instrumentality thereof or corporation owned thereby, for carrying out the purposes of this chapter.
TN Code § 69-2-106 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 69 - Waters, Waterways, Drains and Levees|Chapter 2 - Landing and Loading Facilities|§ 69-2-106. Cooperation of Other Agencies

 In executing this chapter, the commissioner is authorized to cooperate with and seek and accept the assistance of any subdivision, agency or instrumentality of the state, the United States and any agency or instrumentality thereof or corporation owned thereby.
TN Code § 69-2-107 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 69 - Waters, Waterways, Drains and Levees|Chapter 2 - Landing and Loading Facilities|§ 69-2-107. Purpose of Chapter — Rights of United States

 The purpose of this chapter is declared to be to promote and facilitate traffic and commerce upon the waters of the state in the interest of its people, and to cooperate with and aid the United States in improving navigation upon such waters. In carrying out this chapter, due regard shall be had for the paramount rights of the United States government in the control of navigable waters.