2023 Tennessee Code › Title 69 - WATERS, WATERWAYS, DRAINS AND LEVEES (§§ 69-1-101 — 69-11-127) › Chapter 3 - WATER POLLUTION CONTROL (§§ 69-3-101 — 69-3-303) › Part 1 - WATER QUALITY CONTROL ACT (§§ 69-3-101 — 69-3-148) › Section 69-3-142 - Annual reports by commissioner

(a)
The commissioner shall submit by January 31 of each year to the chair of the energy, agriculture and natural resources committee of the senate and the chair of the agriculture and natural resources committee of the house of representatives the following information:
(1)
The number of enforcement orders, including directors' orders and commissioner's orders, issued pursuant to §
69-3-109(a)(1) and (2)
during the prior year, listed by the county in which the violation occurred;
(2)
The number of orders that become final pursuant to §
69-3-109(a)(3)
during the prior year, including the average civil penalties and damages assessed by the department from these orders;
(3)
The number of final orders and consent orders by the board that become final pursuant to §
69-3-110(c)
, including the average civil penalties and damages assessed by the department from these decisions during the prior year; and
(4)
The number of complaints filed in any chancery court of this state appealing a decision by the board, pursuant to §
69-3-111
, and any judicial proceedings initiated by the commissioner and the attorney general and reporter, pursuant to §
69-3-117
, during the prior year.
(b)
The commissioner shall submit by January 31 of each year to the chair of the energy, agriculture and natural resources committee of the senate and the chair of the agriculture and natural resources committee of the house of representatives the following information:
(1)
The number of individual permit applications made during the prior year, listed by county in which the activity sought to be permitted was to occur;
(2)
The average length of time, in days, between date of individual permit application and the date permit applications are deemed complete by the department during the prior year; and
(3)
The average length of time, in days, between date of individual permit application and the date the department grants or denies the permit application during the prior year.
(c)
For purposes of this section, "permit application" and "permit applications" shall be defined to include applications for individual permits issued pursuant to §
69-3-108
.
(d)
The commissioner shall submit by January 31 of each year to the chair of the energy, agriculture and natural resources committee of the senate and the chair of the agriculture and natural resources committee of the house of representatives a brief report on the status of the implementation of a secure web portal for the submittal of online permit applications. This service for electronic submittal of permit applications will comply with the federal guidelines contained in 40 CFR Ch. I, Subch. A, Part 3, Cross-Media Electronic Reporting Rule (CROMERR). This reporting requirement will terminate after a secure online permit application submittal system is implemented.
Amended by 2013 Tenn. Acts, ch. 236, s 10, eff. 4/19/2013.
Acts 2008 , ch. 1014, §1; 2012 , ch. 604, § 19.