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TN Code § 68-211-822 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 211 - Solid Waste Disposal|Part 8 - Solid Waste Management Act of 1991|§ 68-211-822. Annual Grants to Agencies by Department — Guidance for Regional Needs Assessments and Development of Plans

 From available funds in the solid waste management fund established by § 68-211-821, the department may award annual grants to the University of Tennessee county technical assistance service, the University of Tennessee municipal technical advisory service, the development districts and the department of economic and community development. Upon receiving such grant funds, these agencies shall render technical assistance to regions, counties and municipalities as needed in the development of the plan required by this part.
TN Code § 68-211-823 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 211 - Solid Waste Disposal|Part 8 - Solid Waste Management Act of 1991|§ 68-211-823. Annual Plan Maintenance Grants — Planning Assistance Grants

 From available funds in the solid waste management fund established in § 68-211-821, the department shall award:   Annual plan maintenance grants to development districts in order to assist such districts in revising data, maintaining district needs assessments, and assisting counties within the district; and   Planning assistance grants to each county or solid waste region in order to assist such counties or regions in developing, revising and maintaining regional plans required by § 68-211-814.
TN Code § 68-211-824 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 211 - Solid Waste Disposal|Part 8 - Solid Waste Management Act of 1991|§ 68-211-824. Matching Grant Assistance to Establish or Upgrade Convenience Centers

 From funds available in the solid waste management fund established by § 68-211-821, the department shall offer matching grant assistance to counties for the purpose of establishing or upgrading convenience centers required by § 68-211-851. Such grant funds may be applied to expenses for land, paving, fencing, shelters for attendants, containers and basic equipment including, but not limited to, balers, crushers, grinders and fencing. Such funds may also be applied to expenditures for developing and printing of operating manuals, but such funds may not be used for regular operating expenses of a recurring nature. The local share of the match shall be determined by the department, using an economic index promulgated by the board based upon factors which include, but are not limited to, per capita income and property values of the county applicant. Counties falling within the lower one half (½) of the economic scale on the index shall be eligible for lower matching rates. The board shall promulgate regulations regarding the appropriate index and matching rates.
TN Code § 68-211-825 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 211 - Solid Waste Disposal|Part 8 - Solid Waste Management Act of 1991|§ 68-211-825. Matching Grant Program — Recycling Collection Site Equipment — State Surcharge on Tipping Fee — Rebate

  From funds available from the solid waste management fund established by § 68-211-821, the department shall establish a matching grant program for the purchase of equipment needed to establish or upgrade recycling at a public or not-for-profit recycling collection site. Such equipment may include, but is not limited to, containers, balers, crushers and grinders. No grant shall be awarded for the purchase of mechanical processing equipment to be used at a public or not-for-profit recycling collection site if there is adequate mechanical processing equipment at privately owned facilities which serve the relevant geographical area, unless the grant applicant demonstrates to the department's satisfaction that the mechanical processing equipment is an indispensable component of an otherwise eligible grant project and will not be used to compete with a privately owned facility. The local share of the match shall be determined by the department, using an economic index based upon factors which include, but are not limited to, per capita income and property values of the jurisdiction to be served. Areas falling within the lower economic scale on the index shall be eligible for lower matching rates. The department shall establish criteria under which applicants for such matching grants will receive preference if their program employs adults with a developmental disability, as defined in § 33-1-101, in such a manner that improves the recycling rate of the city or county and thereby contributes to progress towards meeting or exceeding its solid waste reduction and diversion goal under § 68-211-861.    For the five (5) most populous counties according to the annual estimated census released in April by the United States census bureau, the state shall grant a rebate against the amount due to the state under the state surcharge on the tipping fee imposed by this part. The state shall rebate the amount of a county's credit to the county on an annual basis. The total amount of credits shall not exceed an amount equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the funds allocated for recycling equipment grants and shall be allocated proportionately by population to each county. Municipalities that manage solid waste within the five (5) counties shall be offered a proportionate share of their county's rebate, based on population.   Such rebate shall be in lieu of recycling equipment grants for these five (5) counties. Within a county, the rebate shall be allocated proportionately by population among the municipalities in the county which provide collection or disposal services and the county for the remaining population of the county. A county or municipality may only expend such rebate for recycling purposes and they must expend from local funds an amount equal to the amount of the rebate towards such purposes.
TN Code § 68-211-826 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 211 - Solid Waste Disposal|Part 8 - Solid Waste Management Act of 1991|§ 68-211-826. Office of Cooperative Marketing for Recyclables — Duties

  From funds available from the solid waste management fund established by § 68-211-821, the department of environment and conservation shall establish an office of cooperative marketing for recyclables.   The duties of the office of cooperative marketing for recyclables include:  Preparing and maintaining a directory of regional buyers, which shall include current information on product specifications, markets and price ranges;   Preparing and maintaining a directory of public and private, for profit and nonprofit recycling programs;   Collecting information on the quantity and quality of materials offered for sale by recycling programs;   Assisting counties in contract negotiation;   Creating a data base for and operating an interactive information clearinghouse and marketing service, which shall include pricing information; and   Maintaining an inventory of available quantities, qualities and locations of recyclable materials in Tennessee, and marketing such sites to industries which can utilize available materials.
TN Code § 68-211-828 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 211 - Solid Waste Disposal|Part 8 - Solid Waste Management Act of 1991|§ 68-211-828. Competitive Grants for Collection of Household Hazardous Waste

  From funds available from the solid waste management fund, the department shall award competitive grants for collection of household hazardous waste at a permanent site to municipalities with a population of one hundred thousand (100,000) or more in counties with a population of two hundred eighty-seven thousand seven hundred (287,700), or more, according to the 1980 federal census or any subsequent federal census, and to the municipalities or counties that are determined by the department to be the next largest in terms of population or level of participation, or both, in mobile household hazardous waste collection events.   An eligible municipality or county may only receive one (1) grant for the establishment of a permanent household hazardous waste collection site; however, if funds are available from the solid waste management fund, the department may award a municipality or county that has established a permanent household hazardous waste collection site annual grants to assist the municipality or county in maintaining or operating, or both, the permanent household hazardous waste collection site.   A municipality or county that receives a grant pursuant to this section shall allow all residents of the county in which the site is located to use the site on the same basis. The mobile household hazardous waste collection service authorized by § 68-211-829 shall not be provided in a county in which there is a permanent household hazardous waste collection site that was funded through a grant pursuant to this section.
TN Code § 68-211-829 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 211 - Solid Waste Disposal|Part 8 - Solid Waste Management Act of 1991|§ 68-211-829. Household Hazardous Wastes — Mobile Collection Units

 From funds available from the solid waste management fund established by § 68-211-821, except as provided in § 68-211-828, the department shall, directly or by contract, provide for the collection of household hazardous wastes on designated days in each county. Each county, or solid waste authority under part 9 of this chapter, if such authority has been created, shall provide a service site and shall advertise in newspapers of general circulation in the county the day or days and hours and location where the household hazardous wastes will be collected. The advertisements shall also identify examples of household hazardous wastes that the mobile unit will receive. The county or solid waste authority shall also furnish at least one (1) person to represent the county or solid waste authority at the service site on the days of collection, who will assist the persons operating the mobile collection unit.
TN Code § 68-211-830 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 211 - Solid Waste Disposal|Part 8 - Solid Waste Management Act of 1991|§ 68-211-830. Matching Grants for Promoting New Technologies

 From funds available from the solid waste management fund established by § 68-211-821, the department may award matching grants to persons to promote the development of new technology for solid waste and recovered materials management, the use of solid waste as a fuel substitute, or innovative solid waste management infrastructure development. Such matching grants shall be made on a competitive basis with appropriate criteria for such competition to be established by the commissioner of environment and conservation. When the recipient is a local government, the local share of the match shall be determined by the department, using an economic index based upon factors which include, but are not limited to, per capita income and property values of the local government. Jurisdictions falling within the lower economic scale on the index shall be eligible for lower matching rates.
TN Code § 68-211-831 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 211 - Solid Waste Disposal|Part 8 - Solid Waste Management Act of 1991|§ 68-211-831. Investigation and Clean-Up of Unpermitted Waste Tire Disposal Sites and Other Unpermitted Solid Waste Disposal Sites

 From funds available from the solid waste management fund, the department may, directly or by contract, provide for the investigation and clean-up of unpermitted waste tire disposal sites and other unpermitted solid waste disposal sites. The department shall attempt to recover funds expended from the person responsible for the disposal of the waste tires or solid waste pursuant to § 68-211-117.
TN Code § 68-211-832 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 211 - Solid Waste Disposal|Part 8 - Solid Waste Management Act of 1991|§ 68-211-832. Grants for Investigation and Corrective Action at Landfills Causing Contamination of Ground Water

  From funds available in the solid waste management fund, the department may award a grant or grants to any county or municipality that operated a Class I landfill permitted by the department that is now closed and does not have a composite liner system in place, if the department determines that the landfill is causing harm to health or the environment through contamination of ground water.   The grant shall be used by the county or municipality for the purpose of investigation or corrective action at the landfill. The amount of the grant shall be set at an amount sufficient to reimburse a county or municipality for not more than fifty percent (50%) of the total cost of investigation and corrective action of the ground water contamination as of the date of application for the grant.   The underground storage tanks and solid waste disposal control board may promulgate rules it deems necessary or appropriate to effectuate this grant program.
TN Code § 68-211-833 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 211 - Solid Waste Disposal|Part 8 - Solid Waste Management Act of 1991|§ 68-211-833. Disposal of Hazardous Waste in Public Schools

 Funds available in the solid waste management fund may be used by the department to provide for the proper disposal of hazardous waste or other materials, deemed by the department to pose a hazard to students or the environment, in public kindergarten through grade twelve (K-12) schools.
TN Code § 68-211-842 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 211 - Solid Waste Disposal|Part 8 - Solid Waste Management Act of 1991|§ 68-211-842. Education Program — Guidelines — Funding

  The commissioner shall issue guidelines for the education program element of the municipal solid waste region plan. Each solid waste regional plan shall include an education program to assist adults and children to understand solid waste issues, management options and costs, and the value of waste reduction and recycling.   The adult education program shall be funded at a level no less than four percent (4%) of the waste disposal surcharge collected in fiscal year 1996-97; five percent (5%) of the waste disposal surcharge collected in fiscal year 1997-98; and six percent (6%) of the waste disposal surcharge collected in fiscal year 1998-99.
TN Code § 68-211-843 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 211 - Solid Waste Disposal|Part 8 - Solid Waste Management Act of 1991|§ 68-211-843. Information Clearinghouse — Regional Workshops and Conferences

 The commissioner shall establish an information clearinghouse to acquire, review, evaluate and distribute a catalog of materials on source reduction and recycling. The commissioner shall also organize and conduct statewide and regional workshops and conferences on solid waste management, source reduction and recycling.
TN Code § 68-211-844 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 211 - Solid Waste Disposal|Part 8 - Solid Waste Management Act of 1991|§ 68-211-844. Educational and Training Programs

 The commissioner shall collect, prepare and disseminate information and conduct educational and training programs designed to assist in the implementation of solid waste management programs and inform the public of the relationship between an individual's consumption of goods and services and the generation of different types and quantities of solid waste. The commissioner, in consultation with the department of education, shall prepare the information and programs on a statewide basis for the following groups:   Municipal, county and state officials and employees;   Kindergarten through graduate students and teachers;   Businesses that use or could use recycled materials or that produce or could produce projects from recycled materials, and persons who provide support services to those businesses; and   The general public.
TN Code § 68-211-845 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 211 - Solid Waste Disposal|Part 8 - Solid Waste Management Act of 1991|§ 68-211-845. Promotion of Education Concerning Solid Waste Management

 In order to promote education of children in grades kindergarten through twelve (K-12) concerning solid waste management, source reduction and recycling, the University of Tennessee Waste Management Research and Education Institute, in conjunction with the commissioner of environment and conservation, shall:   Review, evaluate and publish a list of approved curriculum materials relative to solid waste management, source reduction and recycling;   Sponsor workshops on the curriculum materials for educators;   Provide in-service training for teachers on solid waste management, recycling and source reduction, environmental protection and conservation of materials; and   Establish peer assistance programs for teachers within a solid waste management region.
TN Code § 68-211-846 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 211 - Solid Waste Disposal|Part 8 - Solid Waste Management Act of 1991|§ 68-211-846. Education Programs — Awards

 The commissioner shall establish an awards program for outstanding school-based solid waste, source reduction or recycling education programs.
TN Code § 68-211-847 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 211 - Solid Waste Disposal|Part 8 - Solid Waste Management Act of 1991|§ 68-211-847. Matching Grants to Implement Education Program

 After a region's plan is approved, the department of environment and conservation may award matching grants for implementing the education program component of the plan from funds available in the solid waste management fund. The local share of the match shall be determined by the department, using an economic index based upon factors which include, but are not limited to, per capita income and property values of the local government. Jurisdictions falling within the lower economic scale on the index shall be eligible for lower matching rates.
TN Code § 68-211-848 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 211 - Solid Waste Disposal|Part 8 - Solid Waste Management Act of 1991|§ 68-211-848. Recognition of University and College Programs — Awards Program

 The commissioner shall develop an awards program for recognition of university and college programs concerning waste management, source reduction and recycling.
TN Code § 68-211-853 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 211 - Solid Waste Disposal|Part 8 - Solid Waste Management Act of 1991|§ 68-211-853. Landfills — Certification of Operators, Attendants and Participating Persons — Training — Suspension or Revocation of Operating License or Operator's Certification

  By March 19, 1994, or any subsequently designated date for Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 1200-01-07-.04(1)(b)(3)(ii) to take effect, the board shall, by rule, establish a program for the certification of operators, attendants and other persons participating in or responsible for the operation of any Class I landfill regulated by the department. The department shall:  Identify those persons or positions involved in the operation of a solid waste disposal facility who are required to obtain certification;   Establish the requirements for and term of initial certification and requirements for recertification upon expiration of that term. At a minimum, the department shall require applicants to complete a program of training and pass an examination in order to receive initial certification;   Establish different levels of certification and requirements for certification for different sizes or types of facilities, as the department determines is appropriate;   Impose fees for the operator or attendant training and certification program; and   Require that there be one (1) or more certified attendants on the site of a Class I landfill at all times during the facility's hours of operation.     The training required under subdivision (a)(2) may be conducted by the department or by another person with the approval of the department.   The department may suspend or revoke the operating license of any landfill regulated by the department if persons at the facility fail to obtain certification required under subdivision (a)(1) or for failure to have a certified operator on the site as required under subdivision (a)(5).   The department may suspend or revoke an operator's certification for failure to comply with this part, rules promulgated under this part or conditions of operation made applicable to a solid waste disposal facility by the department.
TN Code § 68-211-854 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 211 - Solid Waste Disposal|Part 8 - Solid Waste Management Act of 1991|§ 68-211-854. Contracting With Private Entities

 No provision of this part shall prohibit a county, municipality or solid waste authority from contracting with a private individual or entity for the provision of collection or recycling services in a county, municipality or solid waste authority.
TN Code § 68-211-862 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 211 - Solid Waste Disposal|Part 8 - Solid Waste Management Act of 1991|§ 68-211-862. Records of Origin and Amount of Solid Waste Received at Transfer Stations, Disposal Facilities, and Incinerators — Exclusion — Measurement of Amount of Solid Waste Received

  The owner or operator of each Class I municipal solid waste disposal facility, incinerator, or transfer station shall be responsible for:  Maintaining an accurate written record of all amounts and county of origin of solid waste, measured in tons, received at the facility; and   Submitting the information required under subdivision (a)(1) to the department.     Measurement in tons of solid waste received shall be accomplished by one (1) or more of the following methods:  The provision of stationary or portable scales at the disposal facility or incinerator or transfer station for weighing incoming waste; or   Implementation of contractual or other arrangements for the use of scales at a location other than the disposal facility, incinerator, or transfer station for weighing all waste destined for disposal at the facility.
TN Code § 68-211-863 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 211 - Solid Waste Disposal|Part 8 - Solid Waste Management Act of 1991|§ 68-211-863. Sites for Collection of Recyclable Materials — Annual Reports

 Effective January 1, 1996, each county shall provide directly, by contract or through a solid waste authority, one (1) or more sites for collection of recyclable materials within the county, unless an adequate site for collection of recyclable materials is otherwise available to the residents of the county.
TN Code § 68-211-864 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 211 - Solid Waste Disposal|Part 8 - Solid Waste Management Act of 1991|§ 68-211-864. Technical Assistance

 The institute for public service of the University of Tennessee shall provide technical assistance in the design and management of a recycling program to each county, municipality, authority or region which requests assistance.