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TN Code § 68-215-127 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 215 - Tennessee Petroleum Underground Storage Tank Act|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 68-215-127. Exclusivity of Provisions

  Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, all releases of petroleum or petroleum products from petroleum underground storage tanks shall be solely and exclusively regulated pursuant to this chapter and rules and regulations promulgated to implement this chapter.   Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, all releases of petroleum or petroleum products that by request or directive of the department require a clean-up response under state law shall be solely and exclusively subject to the soil and groundwater classification and clean-up criteria promulgated hereunder. For purposes of the preceding sentence, “soil and groundwater classification and clean-up criteria” refers to the procedures, methods and levels developed to determine appropriate clean-up levels for soil and groundwater, including, without limitation, the classification of soil and groundwater by use, quality or other category, the manner of establishing a site-specific cleanup standard and promulgated clean-up levels. “Soil and groundwater classification and clean-up criteria,” however, does not include the procedures and methods of conducting an investigation, such as determining the extent of contamination, or a cleanup, such as the selection, design or implementation of a remedy. The soil and groundwater classification and clean-up criteria shall be applied by all the divisions of the department pursuant to any applicable law.
TN Code § 68-215-129 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 215 - Tennessee Petroleum Underground Storage Tank Act|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 68-215-129. Cleanup Contracts — Requirements

  Any person who contracts to provide investigation, identification, containment, cleanup, monitoring or maintenance of a petroleum site pursuant to this chapter shall be subject to the following requirements:  All contracts for such services shall be in writing and shall be signed by the owner, operator or other party obligated to pay for such services;   All such contracts shall clearly indicate which charges are required by the department to remediate the petroleum site to acceptable state standards and which charges are associated with work performed for tasks other than the remediation of the petroleum site to acceptable state standards; and   All such contracts shall include an express agreement that is clearly denoted by bold style type or other clearly distinguishable print and that requires the obligated party to initial or execute by a second signature, which agreement shall denote the obligated party's authorization or agreement to pay for all costs for work other than remediation of the petroleum site to acceptable state standards.     Any person who fails to comply with this section shall not be entitled to receive any reimbursement from the fund until compliance with this section is demonstrated to the satisfaction of the department.   This section shall only apply to contracts or agreements entered into, renewed or extended after June 30, 1997.
TN Code § 68-215-202 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 215 - Tennessee Petroleum Underground Storage Tank Act|Part 2 - Indicia of Ownership|§ 68-215-202. Ownership of Petroleum Site or Petroleum Underground Storage Tank or Property on Which a Petroleum Site or Petroleum Underground Storage Tank Is Located

 A holder is not an “owner” of a petroleum site or a petroleum underground storage tank or UST system, for purposes of compliance with the underground storage tank technical standards, corrective action requirements and financial responsibility requirements; provided, that party does not participate in the management of the petroleum underground storage tank as defined in this part and does not engage in petroleum production, refining and marketing.
TN Code § 68-221-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 221 - Water and Sewerage|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 68-221-101. Part Definitions

 As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:   “Auxiliary intake” means any piping connection or other device whereby water may be secured from a source other than that normally used;   “By-pass” means any system of piping or other arrangement whereby the water may be diverted around any part or portion of a water purification plant;   “Commissioner” means the commissioner of environment and conservation or the commissioner's authorized agent;   “Cross connection” means any physical connection whereby a potable water supply system is connected with any other water supply system, whether public or private, either inside or outside of any building or buildings, in such manner that a flow of water into the potable water supply is possible, either through the manipulation of valves or because of ineffective check or back pressure valves;   “Department” means the department of environment and conservation through its executive officer, the commissioner of environment and conservation, or the commissioner's legally designated representative;   “Interconnection” means any system of piping or other arrangement whereby a potable water supply is connected directly with a sewer, drain, conduit or other device which does or may carry sewage or other liquid or waste which would be capable of imparting contamination to the potable water supply;   “Person” means any and all persons, natural or artificial, including any individual, firm or association and any municipal or private corporation organized or existing under the laws of this or any other state or country;   “Potable water supply” means any public or other water supply, the quality of which is approved by the department for human consumption;   “Public sewerage system” means the conduits, sewers, and all devices and appurtenances by means of which sewage is collected, pumped, treated or disposed of finally. “Public sewerage system” does not include systems for private residences or dwellings;   “Public water supply” means any waterworks system as defined in subdivision (12), whether privately or publicly owned, where water is furnished to any community, collection or number of individuals for a fee or charge or any other waterworks system which, on account of the people who are or may be affected by the quality of the water, is classified as a public water supply by the department;   “Sewage” means all water-carried human and household wastes from residences, buildings, institutions or industrial establishments, together with such ground, surface, or storm water as may be present; and   “Waterworks system” means the source of supply and all structures and appurtenances used for the collection, treatment, storage and distribution of water delivered to the consumers. This does not include waterworks systems for private residences or dwellings or waterworks systems for industrial purposes not intended for human consumption.
TN Code § 68-221-102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 221 - Water and Sewerage|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 68-221-102. Supervision Over Construction of Water Supply and Sewerage Systems — Certification of Local Standards

   The department shall exercise general supervision over the construction of public water supplies and public sewerage systems throughout the state.   Such general supervision shall include all of the features of construction of waterworks systems which do or may affect the sanitary quality of the water supply and all features of construction of sewerage systems which do or may affect the proper collection, treatment or disposal of sewage.   No new construction shall be done, nor shall any change be made in any public water supply or public sewerage system, until the plans for such new construction or change have been submitted to and approved by the department.   No public sewerage system using land application or treatment shall be approved or certified by the commissioner which proposes to use land having a water table at an elevation which would preclude adequate treatment of the wastewater and which may result in surface or ground water pollution as provided in title 69, chapter 3, part 1.   In granting approval of such plans, the department may specify such modifications, conditions and regulations as may be required for the protection of the public health.   The department is authorized to investigate the public water supplies and public sewerage systems throughout the state as often as is deemed necessary by the commissioner.   The department is empowered to adopt and enforce rules and regulations governing the construction of public water supply and public sewerage systems, and may require the submission of samples of water or sewage for examination.    Records of construction including plans and descriptions of existing works shall be made available to the department upon request.   The person in charge of the public water supply or public sewerage system shall promptly comply with such request.     The department is authorized to operate a program for the certification of laboratories to perform analyses of water and wastewater.      Any unit of local government which imposes standards and requirements for the construction of public water supply and sewerage systems may apply to the commissioner for the commissioner's certification that the locally imposed standards and requirements are at least as sufficient to protect the public health as those of the department.   After certification, submission of plans to and approval by the local government for construction and changes in public water supplies and sewerage systems shall be sufficient in lieu of approval by the department as otherwise required by this section.   The commissioner may periodically review the local standards and requirements and prescribe changes upon which continued certification may be conditioned.
TN Code § 68-221-103 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 221 - Water and Sewerage|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 68-221-103. Supervision of Operation and Maintenance of Water and Sewerage Systems — Notice to Persons Served of Noncompliance With Regulations

  The department shall exercise general supervision over the operation and maintenance of public water supplies and public sewerage systems throughout the state. Such general supervision shall include all of the features of operation and maintenance which do or may affect the sanitary quality of the water supply and all of the features of operation and maintenance which do or may affect the proper treatment or disposal of sewage. For exercising such general supervision over the operation and maintenance of public water supplies and public sewerage systems, the department is authorized to investigate the public water supplies and public sewerage systems as often as is deemed necessary by the commissioner, and may adopt and enforce regulations governing the operation and maintenance of public water supply and public sewerage systems. Records of operation of public water supplies and of public sewerage systems shall be kept on blanks furnished by the department, and this data shall be submitted to the department at such times and intervals as the department may direct. Samples of water or sewage shall be submitted to the department when and in such manner as the department may direct. When the department shall have required the submission of such records or reports of operation and samples of water or sewage, the person in charge of the public water supply or public sewerage system shall promptly comply with such request.   Whenever a public water supply system:  Is not in compliance with departmental public water supply system regulations;   Fails to perform monitoring required by regulations adopted by the department;   Is subject to a variance or an exemption granted by the department; or   Fails to comply with the requirements prescribed by a variance or exemption;  the system shall as soon as practicable notify the persons served by it of the fact and the extent and nature and possible health effects of such fact. Notice shall be given in such form and manner as required by departmental regulations.
TN Code § 68-221-104 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 221 - Water and Sewerage|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 68-221-104. Cross Connections, Auxiliary Intakes, By-Pass or Interconnections to Be Approved — Drain Lines or Conduits Carrying Wastes Not to Enter Water Supply

  No person shall install, permit to be installed, or maintain any cross connection, auxiliary intake, by-pass, or interconnection, unless the source and quality of water from the auxiliary supply, the method of connection, and the use and operation of such cross connection, auxiliary intake, by-pass or interconnection has been approved by the department.   The arrangement of sewer, soil or other drain lines or conduits carrying sewage or other wastes in such manner that the sewage or waste may find its way into any part of the public water supply system is prohibited.
TN Code § 68-221-105 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 221 - Water and Sewerage|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 68-221-105. Defects in Water Supply or Sewerage System Ordered Corrected When Health Menace

  When the commissioner finds, upon investigation, that a public water supply or public sewerage system is an actual or potential menace to health because of improper location, quality of the source in case of public water supplies, inadequacy, faulty design, improper supervision, or inefficient operation, and that effective measures are not being carried out to correct these defects, the department may issue an order for their correction, and this order shall be complied with within the time limit specified in the order.   Such notice shall be made by personal service or shall be sent by registered mail to the person responsible for the operation of the public water supply or public sewerage system.   Investigations made in accordance with this section may be made at the initiative of the commissioner.
TN Code § 68-221-106 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 221 - Water and Sewerage|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 68-221-106. Review of Order to Correct — Procedure — Injunctive Relief

  Any person against whom an order is issued may secure a review of the necessity for or reasonableness of any order of the department by filing with the department a sworn petition, setting forth the grounds and reasons for such person's objections and asking for a hearing of the matter involved.   The department shall thereupon fix the time and place for such hearing and shall notify the petitioner thereof. At such hearing, the petitioner, and any other interested party, may appear, present witnesses, and submit evidence. Following such hearing, the final order of determination of the department shall be conclusive; provided, that such final order of determination may be reviewed in any court of competent jurisdiction upon petition therefor, filed within fifteen (15) days after such final order of determination has been issued. All such hearings shall be held in the county where the waterworks and/or sewerage system affected is located and, if such system is located within any incorporated town, then such hearing shall be held at a public place in such town, and the hearing shall be a public hearing.   The chancery court of the county wherein such system is located shall have exclusive original jurisdiction of all review proceedings instituted under the authority and provisions of this part, whether such proceedings shall be instituted by the department, the waterworks system, the sewerage system or any company, corporation, municipality or individual authorized to institute such review proceedings.   The commissioner may cause to be instituted a civil action in any court of competent jurisdiction for injunctive relief to prevent violation of any order issued pursuant to § 68-221-105, or to prevent violation of any provision of this part, or any rule or regulation promulgated pursuant to this part.
TN Code § 68-221-107 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 221 - Water and Sewerage|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 68-221-107. Violation of This Part A Misdemeanor — Penalty

 Any person violating any of this part, or failing, neglecting or refusing to comply with any order of the department lawfully issued, commits a Class C misdemeanor. Each day of continued violation after conviction constitutes a separate offense.
TN Code § 68-221-108 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 221 - Water and Sewerage|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 68-221-108. Enforcement

  The department may cause the enforcement of any standards, policies, general or special orders, rules or regulations issued by it to control public water supplies and public sewerage systems.   Such suit or suits as may be necessary to effectually carry out this part may be instituted, brought and prosecuted, in any court of competent jurisdiction.   The district attorney general in whose jurisdiction a violation of this part occurs or the attorney general and reporter, either or both as indicated, shall institute and prosecute such suits when necessity therefor has been shown by those herein clothed with power of investigation.
TN Code § 68-221-109 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 221 - Water and Sewerage|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 68-221-109. Extension of Water Services to Certain Customers

 In any area where service has been extended by a municipal water system or utility district, from a municipality with a population of not less than four thousand seven hundred fifty-five (4,755) nor more than four thousand seven hundred sixty-five (4,765), according to the 1990 federal census or any subsequent federal census, or from a municipality with a population not less than three thousand eight hundred thirty (3,830) nor more than three thousand eight hundred forty-five (3,845), according to the 1990 federal census or any subsequent federal census, using funds received from a community development block grant for such water system, in determining whether a facility has a retained earnings deficit or an operating deficit, depreciation shall not include the depreciation on assets acquired with such grant funds if the number of water customers to be served by such extension is, at the time of the initial extension, seventy-five (75) or fewer.
TN Code § 68-221-202 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 221 - Water and Sewerage|Part 2 - Construction of Sewage Treatment Works|§ 68-221-202. State Grants to Municipalities

  The state of Tennessee is authorized to make repayable grants to any municipality to assist the municipality in the construction of sewage treatment works. Such loans shall be made from the proceeds of bonds or notes issued by the authority for the purpose of making such loans. The authority shall establish the repayment schedule for the repayment of the repayable grant, and the repayable grant agreement shall be between the state, acting through the authority and the department, and the municipality. At the time of approval of the repayable grant agreement, the annual repayment schedule applicable to all approved repayable grants to a municipality under this part, when combined with annual repayment schedules applicable to approved loans to the municipality under part 5 of this chapter, shall not exceed two hundred percent (200%) of the unobligated amount of annual state-shared taxes paid to the municipality as shown by the latest completed audit for the state's fiscal year; provided, that the authority may impose more strict requirements if, in its judgment, deemed necessary or advisable. Nothing contained herein shall require a uniform test for all repayable grants, it being the intent of the general assembly that the authority exercise discretion based on the facts and circumstances of each repayable grant. In exercising its discretion, the authority shall take into consideration the general financial condition of the municipality receiving the repayable grant and the ability of the system, for which such repayable grant is to be made, to generate user fees sufficient to pay the costs of operation, maintenance and debt service of the system, including depreciation in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. For purposes of determining compliance with this subsection (a), the annual repayment schedule for each repayable grant or loan shall be, in cases prior to the funding of such repayable grants or loans or where such repayable grants or loans have been financed on an interim basis other than by bonds, an estimated annual repayment schedule showing debt service requirements under the repayable grant or loan agreements as if the bonds to be issued to fund such repayable grants or loans will bear interest at a rate per annum and mature in such manner as the authority shall establish at the time of approval of each such repayable grant or loan and, in cases where bonds have been issued to fund such repayable grant or loan, the actual debt service requirements on such bonds.   Only municipalities receiving state-shared taxes shall be eligible to participate in the program under this part; provided, that one (1) or more municipalities receiving state-shared taxes may enter into a contract pursuant to this part and loan the proceeds of such sewage treatment works loan to a municipality not receiving state-shared taxes.
TN Code § 68-221-203 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 221 - Water and Sewerage|Part 2 - Construction of Sewage Treatment Works|§ 68-221-203. Allocation of State Grants

  In allocating state grants under this part, the department shall give consideration to, and apply, the similar standards, criteria and measures of eligibility as prescribed by this part and the rules of the department.   Eligibility to receive federal funds shall not be a condition precedent to receiving an allocation of state grants if such project otherwise qualifies for such grant.
TN Code § 68-221-205 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 221 - Water and Sewerage|Part 2 - Construction of Sewage Treatment Works|§ 68-221-205. Sewage Treatment Works Construction Account

 There is authorized to be established in the general fund of the state treasury an account to be known as the sewage treatment works construction account; provided, that the commissioner of finance and administration, with the approval of the comptroller of the treasury, may establish the account in such other manner and in such other fund as may be deemed appropriate.
TN Code § 68-221-206 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 221 - Water and Sewerage|Part 2 - Construction of Sewage Treatment Works|§ 68-221-206. Authority to Make Appropriation

 There are authorized to be appropriated to the department such funds as the general assembly may appropriate to enable the department to carry out its functions under this part.