Tennessee § 68-217-110 - Rulemaking.

§ 68-217-110. Rulemaking.

The commissioner shall promulgate, after public notice and an opportunity for comment, regulations to implement the duties and responsibilities as set forth in § 68-217-105 , including, but not limited to, standards for evaluating releases of drycleaning solvent at or from affected drycleaning facilities, in-state wholesale distribution facilities, or abandoned drycleaning facilities and for determining what, if any, response action is necessary for any such release and standardized methods and techniques for responding to such releases and appropriate presumptive remedial responses. Such standards, methods and techniques shall, to the maximum extent practicable, be applicable to all drycleaning facilities, in-state wholesale distribution facilities and abandoned drycleaning facilities in this state, and, in any event shall be cost-effective, reasonable, and technically feasible. Acts 1995, ch. 541, § 10; 2014, ch. 976, § 11. Compiler's Notes. Acts 2014, ch. 976, § 14 provided that all rules, regulations, orders and decisions heretofore issued or promulgated by the drycleaner environmental response board, together with any matters of the board that are pending on May 22, 2014, shall hereafter be administered, enforced, modified or rescinded by the commissioner of environment and conservation. Amendments. The 2014 amendment substituted “The commissioner” for “The board” at the beginning, and substituted “the duties and responsibilities” for “its duties and responsibilities” near the beginning of the first sentence. Effective Dates. Acts 2014, ch. 976, § 15. May 22, 2014.