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TN Code § 68-221-903 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 221 - Water and Sewerage|Part 9 - Water and Wastewater Operator Certification Act|§ 68-221-903. Part Definitions

 As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:   “Board” means the board of certification created in § 68-221-905;   “Certificate” means a certificate of competency issued by the commissioner stating that the operator has met the requirements for the specified operator classification of the certification program;   “Commissioner” means the commissioner of environment and conservation or the commissioner's duly authorized representative;   “Operator” means a person who is in direct charge, or that by education, training and experience is qualified to be in direct charge, of a water treatment plant, wastewater treatment plant, water distribution system or wastewater collection system;   “Wastewater collection system” means the entire system of pipes, valves, pumping stations and appurtenances through which wastewater is collected and conveyed to the wastewater treatment plant;   “Wastewater treatment plant” means the facility or group of units provided for the treatment of wastewater, either or both domestic and industrial wastes. Industrial wastes which do not enter a public wastewater system are excluded;   “Water distribution system” means that portion of the water supply system in which water is conveyed from the water treatment plant or other supply point to the premises of the consumer;   “Water supply system” means the system of pipes, structures and facilities through which water is obtained, treated, and sold, distributed or otherwise offered to the public for household use or any use by humans, if such system has at least fifteen (15) service connections or regularly serves an average of at least twenty-five (25) individuals at least one hundred twenty (120) days or at least sixty (60) consecutive days out of the year. An industrial water system not delivering water for human consumption is excluded from this definition; and   “Water treatment plant” means the portion of the water supply system which in some way alters the physical, chemical or bacteriological quality of the water.
TN Code § 68-221-904 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 221 - Water and Sewerage|Part 9 - Water and Wastewater Operator Certification Act|§ 68-221-904. Certified Operators Only — Violations of Part — Penalties

  It is unlawful for any person, firm or corporation, both municipal and private, operating a water supply system or wastewater system, to operate the water treatment plant, wastewater treatment plant, water distribution system, or wastewater collection system unless the competency of the operators in direct charge of such system are duly certified by the commissioner under this part in effect on and after May 25, 1984, or under former chapter 13, part 3 of this title in effect prior to May 25, 1984.   Any municipality, utility district, corporation, or persons violating any provisions of this part or the rules and regulations adopted thereunder commits a Class C misdemeanor, and each day in violation constitutes a separate offense.    Additionally, any municipality, utility district, corporation or persons violating any provisions of this part, or the rules and regulations adopted thereunder, shall be subject to civil penalties up to ten thousand dollars ($10,000) per day, for each day during which the violation occurs.   The commissioner has the duty and authority to levy civil penalties authorized in subdivision (c)(1), the duty and authority to issue orders requiring compliance with this part, and to hold show cause meetings with the persons or entities to whom the orders are proposed to be issued.
TN Code § 68-221-906 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 221 - Water and Sewerage|Part 9 - Water and Wastewater Operator Certification Act|§ 68-221-906. Powers and Duties of Board

  Duties and authority of the board include:  Adopt, modify, repeal, promulgate in accordance with the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5, and, after due notice, enforce rules and regulations which the board deems necessary for proper administration of this part;   Hold at least one (1) examination annually at a designated time and place for the purpose of examining candidates for certification;   Advertise and promote the program;   Encourage other operators to become certified besides those required by law;   Distribute applications and notices;   Receive and evaluate applications;   Prepare, conduct and grade examinations;   Set up a system of fees and late penalties for applicants to support the expenses of the program;   Maintain all records of the program, and maintain a register of certified operators;   Promote and schedule regular training schools and programs;   Hear appeals from any order or ruling issued by the commissioner, and affirm, modify or revoke such order or ruling; issue notices of such appeals and subpoenas requiring attendance of such witnesses and production of such evidence; administer oaths; and take such testimony as the board deems necessary. Any such appeals must be filed with the board within thirty (30) days of issuance of such order or ruling; and   Recommend to the commissioner the staff required to effectively administer the requirements of this part.     The board has the authority to hear appeals from orders and civil penalties made or assessed by the commissioner under this part.
TN Code § 68-221-907 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 221 - Water and Sewerage|Part 9 - Water and Wastewater Operator Certification Act|§ 68-221-907. Classification of Facilities and Systems

 The board shall classify all water treatment plants, wastewater treatment plants, water distribution systems, and wastewater collection systems with due regard to the size, type, physical conditions affecting such treatment plants, collection systems and distributions systems, and according to the skill, knowledge and experience that the operator must have to supervise successfully the operation of the plant or system, so as to protect the public health.
TN Code § 68-221-908 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 221 - Water and Sewerage|Part 9 - Water and Wastewater Operator Certification Act|§ 68-221-908. Certification by Commissioner

 The commissioner, in accordance with the rules and regulations of the board, shall certify persons as to their qualifications to supervise successfully the operation of such water treatment plants, wastewater treatment plants, water distribution systems, and wastewater collection systems, after considering the recommendations of the board appointed by the governor.
TN Code § 68-221-909 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 221 - Water and Sewerage|Part 9 - Water and Wastewater Operator Certification Act|§ 68-221-909. Certification of Operators — Responsibilities — Multiple Functions

  All operators of water and wastewater systems are encouraged to become certified, although this part requires only that a person in direct charge of a water treatment plant, wastewater treatment plant, water distribution system or wastewater collection system be certified.   There is nothing in the part to prohibit a single person becoming a certified operator for more than one (1) of the functions listed in subsection (a).   It is permissible for one (1) certified operator to have the responsibility for more than one (1) water and/or wastewater system where two (2) or more systems are involved in reasonable proximity to one another, and where the duties of operation are such that the work time of one (1) person may properly be divided among two (2) or more systems, or where a certified operator may adequately supervise the work of others in more than one (1) system.
TN Code § 68-221-910 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 221 - Water and Sewerage|Part 9 - Water and Wastewater Operator Certification Act|§ 68-221-910. Issuance, Duration and Renewal of Certificates — Reciprocity

   Upon satisfactory fulfillment of the requirements and based upon recommendation of the board, the commissioner shall issue a suitable certificate to the applicant designating the applicant's competency.   The certificate will indicate that portion of the plant or system for which the operator is qualified.   Certificates shall be permanent except as noted subsequently in this part.     Certificates shall be renewed annually upon payment of the renewal fee and the fulfillment of continuing education and/or experience requirements established by the board, unless revoked or replaced by one of a higher grade.   Operators who desire to become certified in a higher grade must satisfactorily complete the requirements before the certificate is issued.    Certificates shall be valid only so long as the holder uses reasonable care, judgment and application of such holder's knowledge in the performance of such holder's duties.   No certificate will be valid if obtained through fraud, deceit or the submission of inaccurate data on qualifications.     Certificates may be issued, without examination, in a comparable classification to any person who holds a certificate in another state; provided, that the requirements of that state are comparable or higher; and provided further, that such requirements do not conflict with this part. Such issuance of a certificate may be contingent upon reciprocal privileges being granted by that state to an operator from Tennessee.
TN Code § 68-221-911 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 221 - Water and Sewerage|Part 9 - Water and Wastewater Operator Certification Act|§ 68-221-911. Revocation of Certificates — Appeals

  The board may revoke the certificate of an operator when it is found that the operator has practiced fraud or deception; that reasonable care, judgment or the application of such operator's knowledge was not used in performance of such operator's duties; or that the operator is incompetent to properly perform such operator's duties.   When the commissioner believes an operator has engaged in any of the activities set forth in subsection (a), the commissioner may issue an order suspending the operator's certificate until the board conducts a hearing on the revocation of the operator's certificate for such activities. When the commissioner has issued a suspension order, the board shall conduct its revocation hearing and render its decision within ninety (90) days of the operator's suspension. In the event the board does not render its decision within ninety (90) days of the operator's suspension, the suspension order shall expire and no longer be in force or effect. However, the commissioner may reissue an order of suspension for a period not to exceed ninety (90) days.   When the board determines an operator's certificate should be revoked under subsection (a), the board shall establish the timing, terms and conditions for any reinstatement of the operator's certificate.
TN Code § 68-221-912 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 221 - Water and Sewerage|Part 9 - Water and Wastewater Operator Certification Act|§ 68-221-912. Replacement of Certified Operator

  The board may allow a period of up to six (6) months for the replacement of a certified operator whose services have been lost by death, illness or other unusual events.   Further extensions of thirty (30) days, up to a total of one hundred eighty (180) additional days, may be granted if deemed necessary by the board.   A system shall notify the board in writing within thirty (30) days of the loss of certified operator(s).
TN Code § 68-221-913 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 221 - Water and Sewerage|Part 9 - Water and Wastewater Operator Certification Act|§ 68-221-913. Collection of Fees — Funding

  All fees collected under this part shall be paid into the state treasury.   The department of finance and administration, with the governor's approval, is authorized to allot to the department of environment and conservation such funds as are necessary for the administration of this part, and the department is designated as the administrative agency for the board created by this part.
TN Code § 68-221-914 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 221 - Water and Sewerage|Part 9 - Water and Wastewater Operator Certification Act|§ 68-221-914. Appeals of Board's Rulings

  Any party to a hearing before the board regarding a revocation or an appeal of an order or assessment of a civil penalty by the commissioner may appeal the final order of the board to the chancery court of Davidson County.   Such appeal must be filed within sixty (60) days.
TN Code § 68-221-915 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 221 - Water and Sewerage|Part 9 - Water and Wastewater Operator Certification Act|§ 68-221-915. Complaints — Procedures — Determinations — Appeals

  Any person may file with the commissioner a signed complaint against any person allegedly violating any provisions of this part.   Unless the commissioner determines that such a complaint is duplicitous or frivolous, the commissioner shall immediately serve a copy of it upon the person or persons named therein, promptly investigate the allegations contained therein, and shall notify the alleged violator of what action, if any, the commissioner will take.   In all cases, the commissioner shall notify the complainant of the commissioner's action or determination within ninety (90) days from the date of the commissioner's receipt of the written complaint.    If either the complainant or the alleged violator believes that the commissioner's action or determination is or will be inadequate or too severe, such person may appeal to the board for a hearing which will be conducted pursuant to this part.   Such appeal must be made within thirty (30) days after receipt of the notification sent by the commissioner.     If the commissioner fails to take the action stated in the commissioner's notification, the complainant may make an appeal to the board within thirty (30) days from the time at which the complainant knows or has reason to know of such failure.   The department shall not be obligated to assist a complainant in gathering information or making investigations or to provide counsel for the purpose of drawing such complainant's complaint.
TN Code § 68-221-1001 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 221 - Water and Sewerage|Part 10 - Wastewater Facilities|§ 68-221-1001. Short Title

 This part shall be known and may be cited as the “Wastewater Facilities Act of 1987.”
TN Code § 68-221-1002 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 221 - Water and Sewerage|Part 10 - Wastewater Facilities|§ 68-221-1002. Purpose and Intent

  The purpose of this part is to:  Facilitate statewide compliance with state and federal water quality standards;   Provide local governments in the state with low-cost financial assistance relative to necessary wastewater facilities through the creation of a self-sustaining revolving loan program so as to improve and protect water quality and public health; and   Establish fiscal self-sufficiency of wastewater facilities.     It is intended that the revolving loan program be used in coordination with state and federal assistance programs.
TN Code § 68-221-1003 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 221 - Water and Sewerage|Part 10 - Wastewater Facilities|§ 68-221-1003. Part Definitions

 As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:   “Authority” means the Tennessee local development authority as created by title 4, chapter 31;   “Board” means the wastewater financing board established by this part;   “Clean water act” means the Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, P.L. 92-500, as amended, compiled in 33 U.S.C. § 1251 et seq., and rules and regulations promulgated thereunder;   “Department” means the department of environment and conservation;   “Director” means the director of the division of construction grants and loans within the department;   “Fund” means the wastewater facility revolving loan fund;    “Local government” means:   A county, incorporated town or city, metropolitan government, state agency, water/wastewater authority, energy authority or any instrumentality of government created by any one (1) or more of these or by an act of the general assembly:        Which has authority to administer a wastewater facility; or   Whose residents are served or are eligible to be served, in whole or in part, by a wastewater facility operated by another local government as defined by this subdivision (7);    One (1) of the foregoing acting jointly with a utility district operating or having the authority to operate a wastewater facility; or   Any combination of two (2) or more of the foregoing acting jointly in connection with a wastewater facility;   “Local government” also means any utility district created pursuant to title 7, chapter 82, existing on July 1, 1984, and which operates a wastewater facility; and also includes such utility district created after July 1, 1984, if such utility district operates a wastewater facility comprised of at least five hundred (500) customer connections;   “Security” means that which is determined by the authority to be acceptable to secure a loan to a local government under this part and includes, but is not limited to, revenues of the facility, ad valorem taxes, state-shared taxes, letters of credit or bond insurance; and   (A)  “Wastewater facility” means any facility, including the reserve capacity thereof, whose purpose is to collect, store, treat, neutralize, stabilize, recycle, reclaim or dispose of wastewater, including treatment or disposal plants, interceptors, outfall, and outlet sewers, pumping stations, equipment and furnishings thereof and their appurtenances which are necessary to accomplish the foregoing purposes.   “Wastewater facility” also includes best management practice projects for controlling non-point sources of water pollution, failed innovative/alternative wastewater construction projects, and the planning or replanning requirements of designated management authorities.
TN Code § 68-221-1004 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 221 - Water and Sewerage|Part 10 - Wastewater Facilities|§ 68-221-1004. Wastewater Facility Revolving Loan Fund

   There is created in the state treasury a revolving loan fund to be known as the “wastewater facility revolving loan fund.”   The authority shall administer the fund and shall adopt rules and regulations for such administration.   All interest and earnings of the fund shall remain a part of the fund.   No part of the fund shall revert to the general fund on any June 30, but shall remain a part of the fund available for expenditure in accordance with this part.   The authority may charge and collect from local governments administrative fees and expenses, including, but not limited to, reimbursement of all cost of financing by the authority that the authority determines to be reasonable and required. These fees and expenses shall not become part of the fund.      The authority shall deposit in the fund all receipts from the repayment of loans made pursuant to this part.   The fund shall be established, maintained and credited with repayments, and the fund balance shall be available in perpetuity for providing such loans, pursuant to §§ 68-221-1001 — 68-221-1006.     The department shall deposit in the fund federal funds allocated to the state pursuant to the Clean Water Act, compiled in 33 U.S.C. § 1251 et seq., which have been determined by the department to be for the purpose of making loans to local governments and for which state matching funds are available.    The department shall recommend annually to the general assembly the appropriate state funds necessary for the receipt of all available matching federal funds.   State money appropriated to the department or to the authority to carry out this part may be used, in addition to other purposes, to match federal funds allocated to the state pursuant to the Clean Water Act for the purpose of making loans to local governments.     The department shall deposit into the fund any federal funds allocated to the state to make loans and to subsidize loans made under the program authorized by this part.
TN Code § 68-221-1007 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 221 - Water and Sewerage|Part 10 - Wastewater Facilities|§ 68-221-1007. Wastewater Financing Board — Purpose

 Recognizing that the operation of publicly owned water systems and wastewater facilities is necessary for the protection of the public health and the environment, and recognizing that water systems and wastewater facilities operating with continuous financial losses threaten the proper operation of water systems and wastewater facilities, it is declared to be the purpose of this section and §§ 68-221-1008 — 68-221-1012 to correct financial losses through the establishment of a water and wastewater financing board empowered to effect reasonable user rate increases or to effect system efficiencies through the negotiated consolidation of certain water systems and wastewater facilities.