Water Legislation - Tennessee

Companion Bill SB0353. Air Pollution - Places certain restrictions on open burning of wood waste within 200 feet of an unoccupied building by person other than the occupant of the building. - Amends TCA Title 68 and Title 69. Fiscal Summary for HB0657 / *SB0353 MINIMAL Bill Summary for HB0657 / *SB0353 ON MAY 9, 2007, THE SENATE ADOPTED AMENDMENTS #1 AND #2 AND PASSED SENATE BILL 353, AS AMENDED. AMENDMENT #1 rewrites this bill. This amendment would place the following limitations on open burning that is conducted at any site that is within 200 feet of an occupied dwelling: (1) There would be no more than two burns within a 30-day period, and the burns would not be permitted to exceed 48 hours in length; and (2) The burn must be constantly attended during the burning period by at least one person conducting the burn. [...]

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Companion Bill HB0657. Air Pollution - Places certain restrictions on open burning of wood waste within 200 feet of an unoccupied building by person other than the occupant of the building. - Amends TCA Title 68 and Title 69. Fiscal Summary for *SB0353 / HB0657 MINIMAL Bill Summary for *SB0353 / HB0657 ON MAY 9, 2007, THE SENATE ADOPTED AMENDMENTS #1 AND #2 AND PASSED SENATE BILL 353, AS AMENDED. AMENDMENT #1 rewrites this bill. This amendment would place the following limitations on open burning that is conducted at any site that is within 200 feet of an occupied dwelling: (1) There would be no more than two burns within a 30-day period, and the burns would not be permitted to exceed 48 hours in length; and (2) The burn must be constantly attended during the burning period by at least one person conducting the burn. [...]

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Companion Bill SB0603. Environment and Conservation, Department of - Requires water quality order, action outcomes, and board rulings on contested cases be posted on the department's Web site. - Amends TCA Title 69, Chapter 3. Fiscal Summary for HB1804 / *SB0603 Increase State Expenditures - $35,300 One-Time $92,500 Recurring Bill Summary for HB1804 / *SB0603 This bill requires that the following be published on the department of environment and conservation's Web site: (1) All notices of water pollution control violations, orders of the director of the division of water management and orders of the commissioner of environment of conservation and environment, and all other enforcement actions and outcomes relative to water pollution; (2) Water quality control board rulings on contested cases and [...]

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Companion Bill HB1804. Environment and Conservation, Department of - Requires water quality order, action outcomes, and board rulings on contested cases be posted on the department's Web site. - Amends TCA Title 69, Chapter 3. Fiscal Summary for *SB0603 / HB1804 Increase State Expenditures - $35,300 One-Time $92,500 Recurring Bill Summary for *SB0603 / HB1804 This bill requires that the following be published on the department of environment and conservation's Web site: (1) All notices of water pollution control violations, orders of the director of the division of water management and orders of the commissioner of environment of conservation and environment, and all other enforcement actions and outcomes relative to water pollution; (2) Water quality control board rulings on contested cases and [...]

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Companion Bill SB0881. Sewage - Authorizes a municipal corporation to construct or maintain water or sewage lines on private property if such activity is required because of sanitary sewer overflows caused by groundwater or rainwater and if the property owner consents and agrees to hold the municipal corporation harmless for the work. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 35, Part 4. Fiscal Summary for *HB0382 / SB0881 Decrease Local Govt. Expenditures - Less than $100,000 Bill Summary for *HB0382 / SB0881 Present law authorizes every incorporated city and town in this state to own, acquire, construct, extend, equip, operate, and maintain, within or without the corporate limits of such city or town, a waterworks system or a sewerage system, to provide water or sewerage service and to charge for such service. Present law provides that the power [...]

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Companion Bill HB0382. Sewage - Authorizes a municipal corporation to construct or maintain water or sewage lines on private property if such activity is required because of sanitary sewer overflows caused by groundwater or rainwater and if the property owner consents and agrees to hold the municipal corporation harmless for the work. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 35, Part 4. Fiscal Summary for SB0881 / *HB0382 Decrease Local Govt. Expenditures - Less than $100,000 Bill Summary for SB0881 / *HB0382 Present law authorizes every incorporated city and town in this state to own, acquire, construct, extend, equip, operate, and maintain, within or without the corporate limits of such city or town, a waterworks system or a sewerage system, to provide water or sewerage service and to charge for such service. Present law provides that the power [...]

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Companion Bill SB0738. Water - Requires public water systems under the jurisdiction of the water and wastewater board and public water systems operated by utility districts to include in their annual audits the annual average unaccounted for water loss; establishes various procedures relating to reporting and monitoring unaccounted for water loss; adds grounds for initiating a contested case hearing on whether a member or members of the board of commissioners of a utility district under the jurisdiction of the utility management review board should be replaced. - Amends TCA Title 7; Title 65 and Title 68, Chapter 221. Fiscal Summary for *HB0743 / SB0738Increase State Expenditures - $131,000 Bill Summary for *HB0743 / SB0738 This bill requires the Tennessee regulatory authority (TRA) to determine, by rule, what level of water leakage will be considered [...]

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Companion Bill SB0737. Water - Authorizes the department of environment and conservation to regulate excess and wasteful water leakage at public water systems. - Amends TCA Title 65 and Title 68, Chapter 221. Fiscal Summary for *HB0745 / SB0737 Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant Other Fiscal Impact - There will be an increase in state revenues associated with the bill. The bill provides for fines ranging from $50 to $5,000 per day for excess water leakage. The state would incur an increase in revenues from such fines. The magnitude of such increase cannot reasonably be estimated without knowing the threshold which defines excess leakage and without knowing how much leakage is currently taking place. If a local government entity providing water is deemed to be responsible for such leakage and the applicable fines are paid by local governments, there will be an [...]

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Companion Bill SB1253. Water - Excludes narrow run-off ditches from the definition of waters for purposes of the Water Quality Control Act. - Amends TCA Section 69-3-103. Fiscal Summary for *HB0865 / SB1253 (CORRECTED) Increase State Expenditures - Exceeds $700,000 Decrease State Revenues - Exceeds $500,000/Environmental Protection Fund Other Fiscal Impact - By exempting such waters from the provisions of the Water Quality Control Act, the definition of the waters of the state would be more narrowly defined than the federal definition of waters. Narrowing of this definition would jeopardize approximately $2,100,000 of federal funding to the Department of Environment and Conservation. Bill Summary for *HB0865 / SB1253 ON MAY 7, 2007, THE SENATE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1 AND PASSED SENATE BILL 1253, AS AMENDED. [...]

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Companion Bill SB3965. Water - Requires that certain water supply systems, wastewater systems, and water distribution systems must employ or otherwise arrange for the services of a full-time certified operator. - Amends TCA Section 68-221-904. Fiscal Summary for HB3913 / *SB3965 Increase State Expenditures - Exceeds $800,000 Increase Local Expenditures* - $2,000,000 Bill Summary for HB3913 / *SB3965 Under present law, it is a Class C misdemeanor 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 of environment and conservation. A violator [...]

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Companion Bill SB4116. Water - Requires the commissioner of environment and conservation to annually report certain information regarding Water Quality Control Act complaints, enforcement orders, and permit applications to the senate environment, conservation and tourism committee and the house conservation and environment committee. - Amends TCA Title 69, Chapter 3. Fiscal Summary for *HB4184 / SB4116Increase State Expenditures - $650,000/One-Time $250,000/Recurring Bill Summary for *HB4184 / SB4116 This bill requires the commissioner of environment and conservation to annually report the following information regarding the Water Quality Control Act, in summary form, to the senate environment, conservation and tourism committee and the house conservation and environment committee: (1) The number of enforcement orders,[...]

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Companion Bill SB4119. Water - Adds a new classification of limited resource waters to the Water Quality Control Act of 1977. - Amends TCA Title 69, Chapter 3. Fiscal Summary for *HB4185 / SB4119State Expenditures - Net Impact - Not Significant Other Fiscal Impact - Removing these waters from regulation by the WQCA places the state in conflict with the federal Clean Water Act and will place approximately $2,100,000 in federal funds in jeopardy. Bill Summary for *HB4185 / SB4119 Under the Water Quality Control Act, the water quality control board is required to classify all waters of the state and adopt water quality standards pursuant to such classifications. In preparing the classification of waters and the standards of quality, the board must give consideration to certain factors, such as the size, depth, surface area covered, volume, direction [...]

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Companion Bill SB4210. Water - Enacts the "Water Conservation and Emergency Preparedness Act of 2008." - Amends TCA Title 68 and Title 69. Fiscal Summary for *HB4209 / SB4210Increase State Expenditures - $186,600/Recurring $ 16,800/One-Time Increase Local Expenditures* - Exceeds $2,500,000/One-Time Exceeds $250,000/Recurring Exceeds $1,250,000/Every fifth year Bill Summary for *HB4209 / SB4210 This bill requires community water systems to prepare and submit to the department a system water plan that includes the following components: (1) A water supply plan; (2) An emergency preparedness plan; and (3) A water conservation plan. The department of environment and conservation would review each system water plan and approve it if [...]

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Companion Bill HB4184. Water - Requires the commissioner of environment and conservation to annually report certain information regarding Water Quality Control Act complaints, enforcement orders, and permit applications to the senate environment, conservation and tourism committee and the house conservation and environment committee. - Amends TCA Title 69, Chapter 3. Fiscal Summary for SB4116 / *HB4184Increase State Expenditures - $650,000/One-Time $250,000/Recurring Bill Summary for SB4116 / *HB4184 This bill requires the commissioner of environment and conservation to annually report the following information regarding the Water Quality Control Act, in summary form, to the senate environment, conservation and tourism committee and the house conservation and environment committee: (1) The number of enforcement orders,[...]

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Companion Bill HB4185. Water - Adds a new classification of limited resource waters to the Water Quality Control Act of 1977. - Amends TCA Title 69, Chapter 3. Fiscal Summary for SB4119 / *HB4185State Expenditures - Net Impact - Not Significant Other Fiscal Impact - Removing these waters from regulation by the WQCA places the state in conflict with the federal Clean Water Act and will place approximately $2,100,000 in federal funds in jeopardy. Bill Summary for SB4119 / *HB4185 Under the Water Quality Control Act, the water quality control board is required to classify all waters of the state and adopt water quality standards pursuant to such classifications. In preparing the classification of waters and the standards of quality, the board must give consideration to certain factors, such as the size, depth, surface area covered, volume, direction [...]

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Companion Bill HB4209. Water - Enacts the "Water Conservation and Emergency Preparedness Act of 2008." - Amends TCA Title 68 and Title 69. Fiscal Summary for SB4210 / *HB4209Increase State Expenditures - $186,600/Recurring $ 16,800/One-Time Increase Local Expenditures* - Exceeds $2,500,000/One-Time Exceeds $250,000/Recurring Exceeds $1,250,000/Every fifth year Bill Summary for SB4210 / *HB4209 This bill requires community water systems to prepare and submit to the department a system water plan that includes the following components: (1) A water supply plan; (2) An emergency preparedness plan; and (3) A water conservation plan. The department of environment and conservation would review each system water plan and approve it if [...]

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Companion Bill SB3998. Water Authorities - Exempts public utilities regulated by TRA and subject to TRA rule 1220-4-13.07 from definition of "nontraditional sewage disposal systems," for which water and wastewater treatment authorities are authorized to adopt rules of operation in certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Section 65-4-201 and Title 68, Chapter 221. Fiscal Summary for HB3940 / *SB3998MINIMAL Bill Summary for HB3940 / *SB3998 Present law authorizes a water and wastewater treatment authority to adopt regulations governing the operation and maintenance of a nontraditional sewage disposal system. The following systems are exempt from regulation as a nontraditional sewage disposal system: (1) A subsurface sewage disposal system for which a permit from the commissioner of environment and conservation is required; and (2) A wastewater [...]

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Companion Bill HB3940. Water Authorities - Exempts public utilities regulated by TRA and subject to TRA rule 1220-4-13.07 from definition of "nontraditional sewage disposal systems," for which water and wastewater treatment authorities are authorized to adopt rules of operation in certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Section 65-4-201 and Title 68, Chapter 221. Fiscal Summary for *SB3998 / HB3940MINIMAL Bill Summary for *SB3998 / HB3940 Present law authorizes a water and wastewater treatment authority to adopt regulations governing the operation and maintenance of a nontraditional sewage disposal system. The following systems are exempt from regulation as a nontraditional sewage disposal system: (1) A subsurface sewage disposal system for which a permit from the commissioner of environment and conservation is required; and (2) A wastewater [...]

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Companion Bill SB3956. Water Pollution - Allows tax incentives to be given for applications meeting certain requirements that are submitted for the issuance of permits for the alteration of aquatic resources. - Amends TCA Title 67 and Title 69. Fiscal Summary for HB3965 / *SB3956 Forego State Revenue - Less than $50,000 Increase State Expenditures - $128,600/One-Time $185,500/Recurring Bill Summary for HB3965 / *SB3956 Under present law, it is unlawful for any person to carry out certain activities, including the following, except in accordance with the conditions of a valid permit: (1) The construction, installation, modification, or operation of any treatment works, or part thereof, or any extension or addition thereto; (2) The development of a natural resource or the construction, installation, or operation [...]

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