Tennessee § 69-3-137 - Pollution notification form.
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§ 69-3-137. Pollution notification form.
The department of environment and conservation and the department of agriculture shall devise a form to be used to notify the departments of a situation in which a person alleges that pollution has resulted or will result from a forestry operation that may have violated the Water Quality Control Act, compiled in this chapter. This form, together with instructions and information concerning the preferred method and locations for filing such notices, shall be prominently displayed and maintained in a downloadable form on the internet websites maintained by each department. The form and instructions shall be simple and informative and shall avoid the use of technical terms. Any toll-free number available to accept public inquiries or complaints concerning pollution from silvicultural activity shall also be displayed. The departments shall continue to accept notifications and requests for investigation of silvicultural activities by telephone, in writing, and when feasible by electronic mail. Nothing in this section shall be construed to require that any notice or requests for investigation of a silvicultural activity must be on the form that is prepared pursuant to this section or that any notice to a department or any complaint must meet any technical requirement. Acts 2000, ch. 849, § 1.
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Section 69-3-137 ("Pollution notification form.") is part of the Tennessee Code Annotated, the codified statutory law of Tennessee. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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