Tennessee § 69-7-210 Designation of protected areas

Tennessee Statutes

§ 69-7-210 — Designation of protected areas

Tennessee § 69-7-210

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Bluebook

Tenn. Code Ann. § 69-7-210 (2026).

Text

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.

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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.

Legislative History

Amended by 2018 Tenn. Acts, ch. 839, s 38, eff. eight (8) months immediately following the receipt of notification from the secretary of the interior that this state has been approved to exercise primacy over the regulation of surface coal mining and reclamation operations within its territorial boundaries. Acts 2000, ch. 854, § 12; T.C.A. § 69-8-210.