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TN Code § 69-7-206 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 69 - Waters, Waterways, Drains and Levees|Chapter 7 - Water Management|Part 2 - Inter-Basin Water Transfers|§ 69-7-206. Issuance and Denial of Permit. [Contingent Amendment. See First Version of Section and Compiler’s notes.]

  The commissioner shall issue or deny any permit applied for pursuant to § 69-7-204 in accordance with this part and the rules adopted by the board of energy and natural resources under § 69-7-207 and any applicable provisions of the Water Quality Control Act, compiled in chapter 3, part 1 of this title, and rules under that act. Such permits shall be issued for a renewal term of five (5) years and contain necessary and appropriate conditions to accomplish the purposes of the same part and rules.   The commissioner shall, to the maximum extent feasible, combine the permit application and issuance processes for a withdrawal activity that requires permits under this part and the Water Quality Control Act.   The commissioner may revoke, suspend, or modify any permit for the following reasons:  A violation of any terms or conditions of the permit or of any provision of this part;   Obtaining the permit by misrepresentation or failing to disclose fully all relevant facts; or   A change in any condition that requires either a temporary or permanent reduction or elimination of the permitted inter-basin transfer because of reasonably likely adverse impacts to downstream users or the environment.     Any person aggrieved by the issuance or denial of a permit by the commissioner under this part may appeal such matter to the board of energy and natural resources solely in accordance with § 69-7-207(3).
TN Code § 69-7-207 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 69 - Waters, Waterways, Drains and Levees|Chapter 7 - Water Management|Part 2 - Inter-Basin Water Transfers|§ 69-7-207. Duties and Powers of Board of Water Quality, Oil and Gas. [Current Version. See Second Version of Section and Its Compiler’s notes.]

 In addition to powers under all other statutes, including, but not limited to, the Water Quality Control Act, compiled in chapter 3, part 1 of this title, and the Safe Drinking Water Act, compiled in title 68, chapter 221, part 7, the board of water quality, oil and gas, created by § 69-3-104, has the following powers and duties under this part:   To promulgate rules to be effective by October 1, 2000, to effectuate the purposes of this part including, but not limited to:  Defining necessary terms;   Setting criteria for permit issuance and denial as well as for permit conditions, taking into account all appropriate factors including, but not limited to, existing uses downstream of a proposed withdrawal, low flow conditions, classified uses of the stream under the Water Quality Control Act, climatic conditions, alternatives to the proposed withdrawal, the number of downstream river miles from which water will be diverted as a result of the transfer, quantity of a proposed withdrawal, and quantity and location of water returned;   Establishing procedures for permit issuance, including application fees for permits under this part, categories of withdrawals for which general permits would be appropriate, requirements for public notice, including notice to potentially affected communities and water users and notice to the public of receipt of a permit application within thirty (30) days of receipt, and opportunity for public comment and public hearings;     To hear appeals from assessments of civil penalty assessments; and   To hold a contested case hearing concerning the commissioner's issuance or denial of a permit, upon receiving a petition for permit appeal. During this hearing, the board shall review the commissioner's permit decision and may reverse or modify the decision upon finding that it does not comply with any provisions of this part. A petition for permit appeal may be filed pursuant to this subdivision (3) by the permit applicant, or by any aggrieved person who participated in the public comment period or gave testimony at a formal public hearing, whose appeal is based upon any of the issues that were provided to the commissioner in writing during the public comment period or in testimony at a formal public hearing on the permit application. Any petition for permit appeal under this subdivision (3) shall be filed with the board within thirty (30) days after public notice of the commissioner's decision to issue or deny the permit. Notwithstanding §§ 4-5-223 or 69-3-118(a), or any other law to the contrary, this subdivision (3) shall be the exclusive means for obtaining administrative review of the commissioner's issuance or denial of a permit.
TN Code § 69-7-207 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 69 - Waters, Waterways, Drains and Levees|Chapter 7 - Water Management|Part 2 - Inter-Basin Water Transfers|§ 69-7-207. Duties and Powers of Board of Energy and Natural Resources. [Contingent Amendment. See First Version of Section and Compiler’s notes.]

 In addition to powers under all other statutes, including, but not limited to, the Water Quality Control Act, compiled in chapter 3, part 1 of this title, and the Safe Drinking Water Act, compiled in title 68, chapter 221, part 7, the board of energy and natural resources, created by § 69-3-104, has the following powers and duties under this part:   To promulgate rules to be effective by October 1, 2000, to effectuate the purposes of this part including, but not limited to:  Defining necessary terms;   Setting criteria for permit issuance and denial as well as for permit conditions, taking into account all appropriate factors including, but not limited to, existing uses downstream of a proposed withdrawal, low flow conditions, classified uses of the stream under the Water Quality Control Act, climatic conditions, alternatives to the proposed withdrawal, the number of downstream river miles from which water will be diverted as a result of the transfer, quantity of a proposed withdrawal, and quantity and location of water returned;   Establishing procedures for permit issuance, including application fees for permits under this part, categories of withdrawals for which general permits would be appropriate, requirements for public notice, including notice to potentially affected communities and water users and notice to the public of receipt of a permit application within thirty (30) days of receipt, and opportunity for public comment and public hearings;     To hear appeals from assessments of civil penalty assessments; and   To hold a contested case hearing concerning the commissioner's issuance or denial of a permit, upon receiving a petition for permit appeal. During this hearing, the board shall review the commissioner's permit decision and may reverse or modify the decision upon finding that it does not comply with any provisions of this part. A petition for permit appeal may be filed pursuant to this subdivision (3) by the permit applicant, or by any aggrieved person who participated in the public comment period or gave testimony at a formal public hearing, whose appeal is based upon any of the issues that were provided to the commissioner in writing during the public comment period or in testimony at a formal public hearing on the permit application. Any petition for permit appeal under this subdivision (3) shall be filed with the board within thirty (30) days after public notice of the commissioner's decision to issue or deny the permit. Notwithstanding §§ 4-5-223 or 69-3-118(a), or any other law to the contrary, this subdivision (3) shall be the exclusive means for obtaining administrative review of the commissioner's issuance or denial of a permit.
TN Code § 69-7-208 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 69 - Waters, Waterways, Drains and Levees|Chapter 7 - Water Management|Part 2 - Inter-Basin Water Transfers|§ 69-7-208. Assessment of Civil Penalties

  The commissioner may assess civil penalties for any violation of this part of up to ten thousand dollars ($10,000) per day per violation. In making such assessments, the commissioner shall consider all appropriate factors including, without limitation, whether the violation was knowing or intentional, any actual harm to people or the environment resulting from the violation or activity, the potential for harm to people or the environment posed by the violation or activity.   Any civil penalty shall be assessed in the following manner:  The commissioner may issue an assessment against any person or entity responsible for the violation; and   Any person or entity against whom an assessment has been issued may secure a review of such assessment by filing with the commissioner a written petition setting forth the grounds and reasons for the objections, and asking for a hearing on the matter involved before the board. If a petition for review of the assessment is not filed within thirty (30) days after the date the assessment is served, the violator shall be deemed to have consented to the assessment and it shall become final.     All fees and penalties assessed and collected under this part shall be administered in the same manner as provided in the Environmental Protection Fund, compiled at title 68, chapter 203.
TN Code § 69-7-209 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 69 - Waters, Waterways, Drains and Levees|Chapter 7 - Water Management|Part 2 - Inter-Basin Water Transfers|§ 69-7-209. Exercise of Grants of Power

 Any exercise of the state's grants of power to acquire water, water rights, and associated property by eminent domain or condemnation, and for the use or benefit of public water supply, shall not be made in a manner that conflicts with the Water Quality Control Act, compiled in chapter 3, part 1 of this title, or this part and the regulations under this part.
TN Code § 69-7-210 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 69 - Waters, Waterways, Drains and Levees|Chapter 7 - Water Management|Part 2 - Inter-Basin Water Transfers|§ 69-7-210. Designation of Protected Areas. [Current Version. See Second Version of Section and Its Compiler’s notes.]

 The board of water quality, oil and gas may, from time to time after giving due notice and conducting a public hearing, determine and delineate such basins or portions of basins where the demands upon supply made by water users have developed or threaten to develop to such a degree as to create a water shortage and any such areas may be designated as “protected areas.” The water quality control board, whenever it determines that such shortage no longer exists, shall terminate the protected status of such area and shall give public notice of such termination.
TN Code § 69-7-210 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 69 - Waters, Waterways, Drains and Levees|Chapter 7 - Water Management|Part 2 - Inter-Basin Water Transfers|§ 69-7-210. Designation of Protected Areas. [Contingent Amendment. See First Version of Section and Compiler’s notes.]

 The board of energy and natural resources may, from time to time after giving due notice and conducting a public hearing, determine and delineate such basins or portions of basins where the demands upon supply made by water users have developed or threaten to develop to such a degree as to create a water shortage and any such areas may be designated as “protected areas.” The board of energy and natural resources, whenever it determines that such shortage no longer exists, shall terminate the protected status of such area and shall give public notice of such termination.
TN Code § 69-7-211 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 69 - Waters, Waterways, Drains and Levees|Chapter 7 - Water Management|Part 2 - Inter-Basin Water Transfers|§ 69-7-211. Submission of Documents and Records to Commissioner of Environment and Conservation

  Prior to October 1, 2000, all persons or entities subject to § 69-7-204(a) that operate an existing inter-basin transfer shall submit flow or pumping records or other documentation that shows to the commissioner of environment and conservation's satisfaction the amount of such transfer. The commissioner shall respond in writing stating whether the documentation was sufficient or specifying any deficiency that shall promptly be corrected. Any failure to comply with this section will constitute a violation of this part.   All such persons or entities shall, thereafter, either submit every October 1 a statement under oath certifying that there has been no increase in the inter-basin transfer, together with appropriate documentation, or a timely permit application for any increased inter-basin transfer as provided in § 69-7-204.
TN Code § 69-7-212 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 69 - Waters, Waterways, Drains and Levees|Chapter 7 - Water Management|Part 2 - Inter-Basin Water Transfers|§ 69-7-212. Redesignation of Personnel

 The department of environment and conservation may redesignate existing personnel to implement this chapter.
TN Code § 69-7-301 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 69 - Waters, Waterways, Drains and Levees|Chapter 7 - Water Management|Part 3 - Tennessee Water Resources Information Act|§ 69-7-301. Short Title

 This part shall be known and may be cited as the “Tennessee Water Resources Information Act.”
TN Code § 69-7-302 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 69 - Waters, Waterways, Drains and Levees|Chapter 7 - Water Management|Part 3 - Tennessee Water Resources Information Act|§ 69-7-302. Legislative Intent — System of Registration

 The general assembly recognizes that in other states the withdrawal of ground water has caused the lowering of the ground water table and that there is potential for ground water or surface water withdrawals to impact water uses in Tennessee. Therefore, it is necessary and prudent to institute a system of registration so that adequate information is obtained to document current demand for water and to project growth in that demand as applicable to this part.
TN Code § 69-7-303 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 69 - Waters, Waterways, Drains and Levees|Chapter 7 - Water Management|Part 3 - Tennessee Water Resources Information Act|§ 69-7-303. Part Definitions. [Current Version. See Second Version of Section and Its Compiler’s notes.]

 As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:   “Board” means the board of water quality, oil and gas established pursuant to § 69-3-104;   “Commissioner” means the commissioner of environment and conservation, the commissioner's duly authorized representative and, in the event of the commissioner's absence or a vacancy in the office of commissioner, the deputy commissioner of environment and conservation;   “Person” means any individual, corporation, company, limited liability company, partnership, association, group, utility district, federal, state or local government agency, or any combination of them;   “Source” means a location where surface or ground water is available, including, but not limited to, a water well, cave, spring, stream, river, lake, or impoundment; and   “Withdraw” means to take water from any source on a regular or recurring basis by means of an intake structure, pipe and pump that diverts water away from a source, or by any other conveyance with or without the use of suction. This does not include nonrecurring withdrawals, including, but not limited to, the filling of a swimming pool from a residential water well or accidental withdrawals caused by failure of pipes or equipment.
TN Code § 69-7-303 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 69 - Waters, Waterways, Drains and Levees|Chapter 7 - Water Management|Part 3 - Tennessee Water Resources Information Act|§ 69-7-303. Part Definitions. [Contingent Amendment. See First Version of Section and Compiler’s notes.]

 As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:   “Board” means the Tennessee board of energy and natural resources, created by § 69-3-104;   “Commissioner” means the commissioner of environment and conservation, the commissioner's duly authorized representative and, in the event of the commissioner's absence or a vacancy in the office of commissioner, the deputy commissioner of environment and conservation;   “Person” means any individual, corporation, company, limited liability company, partnership, association, group, utility district, federal, state or local government agency, or any combination of them;   “Source” means a location where surface or ground water is available, including, but not limited to, a water well, cave, spring, stream, river, lake, or impoundment; and   “Withdraw” means to take water from any source on a regular or recurring basis by means of an intake structure, pipe and pump that diverts water away from a source, or by any other conveyance with or without the use of suction. This does not include nonrecurring withdrawals, including, but not limited to, the filling of a swimming pool from a residential water well or accidental withdrawals caused by failure of pipes or equipment.
TN Code § 69-7-304 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 69 - Waters, Waterways, Drains and Levees|Chapter 7 - Water Management|Part 3 - Tennessee Water Resources Information Act|§ 69-7-304. Registration of Withdrawal From Surface Water or Groundwater Source — Exceptions

  Except as provided in subsections (c) and (d), no person shall withdraw ten thousand (10,000) or more gallons of water per day from a surface water or a groundwater source unless the withdrawal is currently registered with the commissioner. The commissioner shall accept a recognized method of measuring the quantities of water withdrawn.   Any person who causes such a withdrawal, or proposes such a withdrawal shall annually register such water withdrawal with the commissioner on forms provided for the purpose. For water wells drilled pursuant to § 69-10-101, the initial withdrawal may be registered by the well driller, on behalf of the person causing or proposing the withdrawal, by providing the required information, including an estimate of the withdrawal amount, with the notification of the intent to drill a well and by verifying or modifying, or both, the information when the report of the well driller is delivered to the commissioner. Subsequent withdrawals from water wells shall be registered annually by the person who causes such a withdrawal, or proposes such a withdrawal.   A person may withdraw water for emergencies involving human health and safety without having first registered the withdrawal, provided it is not done on a regular or recurring basis.   A person may withdraw water for agricultural purposes without having registered the withdrawal. If a person withdraws water for agricultural purposes and another purpose, the water used for agriculture shall not count towards the calculation of whether the withdrawal exceeds ten thousand (10,000) gallons per day. For purposes of this part, “agricultural purposes” shall mean use in the production or harvesting of an agricultural product, including, but not limited to, irrigation of crops, nursery stock production as defined at § 43-1-112, and watering of poultry or livestock.
TN Code § 69-7-305 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 69 - Waters, Waterways, Drains and Levees|Chapter 7 - Water Management|Part 3 - Tennessee Water Resources Information Act|§ 69-7-305. Powers of Commissioner

 The commissioner has the power to:   Annually collect and compile water quantity data and other quantity information, including data and information on uses of water and well data, and to develop registration and other forms for these purposes. Additionally, if requested and if it is deemed necessary by the commissioner to protect trade secret information as defined in § 47-25-1702, the commissioner shall keep such trade secret information confidential;   Accept forms and data provided by a municipality that has adopted home rule pursuant to article XI, § 9 of the Tennessee Constitution,, or any county operating under a county charter form of government, as part of the annual registration or data collection process, or both;   Pursuant to § 69-7-302, make inspections and investigations, collect samples pursuant to a water quantity inspection or investigation, carry on research, or take such other action as may be necessary to carry out this part, rules and regulations issued pursuant to this part, and any orders that the commissioner may issue;   Enter or authorize the commissioner's agents to enter at all reasonable times upon any property other than dwelling places for the purpose of conducting investigations or studies or enforcing any of the provisions of this part;   Bring suit in the name of the department for any violation of this part, rules and regulations, and orders of the commissioner seeking any remedy provided in this part, rules and regulations and orders of the commissioner, and any other statutory or common law remedy provided in statutory or common law;   Assess civil penalties for violation of any provision of this part or any rule, regulation, standard adopted or order issued by the commissioner pursuant to this part;   Issue orders as may be necessary to secure compliance with this part, as well as the rules and regulations adopted pursuant to this part; and   Exercise general supervision over the administration and enforcement of this part and all rules and regulations promulgated under this part.
TN Code § 69-7-306 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 69 - Waters, Waterways, Drains and Levees|Chapter 7 - Water Management|Part 3 - Tennessee Water Resources Information Act|§ 69-7-306. Rules — Rulings in Contested Cases

  The board has the authority to promulgate the rules, other than rules establishing fees, that it deems reasonable and necessary to effectuate the purposes of this part, in accordance with the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5.   The board has the authority to conduct and make all rulings in contested cases under this part.
TN Code § 69-7-308 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 69 - Waters, Waterways, Drains and Levees|Chapter 7 - Water Management|Part 3 - Tennessee Water Resources Information Act|§ 69-7-308. Regional Water Planning — Models — Report

 The commissioner and the board shall encourage and support regional water planning whenever possible. In the future, if there is a specific appropriation of state or federal funds for regional water supply planning, the board may require regional water supply planning and may provide incentives to encourage such regional planning, using the rulemaking authority under this part for so long as such specific appropriation is in effect. Among other criteria, state agencies are authorized to consider regional planning and regionalization efforts when awarding grants, making loans or funding projects.
TN Code § 69-7-309 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 69 - Waters, Waterways, Drains and Levees|Chapter 7 - Water Management|Part 3 - Tennessee Water Resources Information Act|§ 69-7-309. Technical Advisory Committee

 From time to time, the commissioner may appoint a technical advisory committee that shall advise the commissioner on matters related to the state's water resources. The commissioner may determine the identity and number of committee members and the term during which the committee will operate. The committee may be composed of representatives of federal, state, and local agencies with relevant authority and representatives of appropriate private organizations, including not-for-profit organizations. No member of the committee is entitled to a salary for duties performed as a member of the committee. No member is entitled to reimbursement for travel or other necessary expenses incurred in the performance of the member's official duties.
TN Code § 69-9-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 69 - Waters, Waterways, Drains and Levees|Chapter 9 - Boating Regulation|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 69-9-101. Accessory to Violations Punishable as Principal

 Whoever aids, abets, counsels, commands, induces, or procures the commission of a violation of this chapter or title 70 and proclamations and rules and regulations promulgated by the fish and wildlife commission, is punishable as a principal.