Tennessee § 59-8-304 - Definitions for §§ 59-8-304 — 59-8-309. [See contingent amendment to subdivision (1) and the Compiler’s Notes.]

§ 59-8-304. Definitions for §§ 59-8-304 — 59-8-309. [See contingent amendment to subdivision (1) and the Compiler’s Notes.]

As used in §§ 59-8-304 — 59-8-309 , unless the context otherwise requires: [Current version. See second version for contingent amendment and Compiler's Notes.] “Board” means the Tennessee board of water quality, oil, and gas [See the Compiler's Notes] as created by [former] § 59-8-321 [repealed. See Compiler's Notes]; [Contingent amendment. See the Compiler's Notes.] “Commissioner” means the commissioner of environment and conservation, the commissioner of environment and conservation's duly authorized representatives, and in the event of absence or a vacancy in the office of commissioner, the deputy commissioner; “Department” means the department of environment and conservation; and “Director” means the director of the division of water pollution control in the department of environment and conservation. “Board” means the Tennessee board of energy and natural resources created by § 69-3-104 ; Acts 1984, ch. 837, § 6; 1987, ch. 251, § 3; 1992, ch. 693, § 1; T.C.A § 59-8-351 ; Acts 2018, ch. 839, § 6. Code Commission Notes. This section was renumbered from § 59-8-351 by authority of the Code Commission in 2018. Compiler's Notes. Former § 59-8-321 , referred to in this section, was repealed by Acts 1991, ch. 117, § 2(b). The duties of the former board of reclamation review were transferred to the former water quality control board created by § 69-3-104 , by Acts 1991, ch. 117, § 4. The former water quality control board, created by § 69-3-104 , was terminated by Acts 2012, ch. 986, § 26, and its responsibilities were transferred to the Tennessee board of water quality, oil, and gas, created by § 69-3-104. Former §§ 59-8-301 — 59-8-320 (Acts 1980, ch. 908, §§ 1-20; 1981, ch. 100, §§ 1, 2; 1981, ch. 131, §§ 39-42; 1981, ch. 169, §§ 1, 4, 5; 1981, ch. 280, §§ 1-7, 10; 1983, ch. 121, § 1; 1983, ch. 204, §§ 1, 2), concerning coal surface mining, were repealed by Acts 1984, ch. 837, § 1. For the Coal Surface Mining Act of 1987, see title 59, ch. 8, part 4. Acts 2018, ch. 839, § 44 provided that the governor shall take all action necessary to prepare and submit for approval all necessary requests for federal grant funding and applications for authorization to the appropriate federal authority to obtain exclusive jurisdiction over surface coal mining and reclamation operations and the maximum federal money available for those purposes in an expeditious manner. Acts 2018, ch. 839, § 45 provided that the commissioner of environment and conservation shall notify the secretary of state and the executive secretary of the Tennessee code commission of the date this state has been approved to exercise primacy over the regulation of surface coal mining and reclamation operations within its territorial boundaries. Acts 2018, ch. 839, § 47 provided that the act, which amended this section, shall take effect, including for purposes of rulemaking, upon the deposit of federal funds in the Coal Mining Protection Fund. Amendments. The 2018 amendment rewrote the definition of “board” by substituting “board of energy and natural resources, created by § 69-3-104 ” for “board of water quality, oil, and gas as established pursuant to former § 59-8-321 ”. Effective Dates. Acts 2018, ch. 839, § 47. [See Compiler's Notes.]