(a) In order to obtain a certificate of approval and safety, the owner of each dam shall file with the commissioner, on a form to be made available by the commissioner, the following information:

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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 69-11-106

  • Commissioner: means the commissioner of environment and conservation, the commissioner's duly authorized representatives, and in the event of the commissioner's absence or a vacancy in the office of commissioner, the deputy commissioner. See Tennessee Code 69-11-102
  • Dam: means any artificial barrier, together with appurtenant works, that does or may impound or divert water, and that either:
    (A) Is or will be twenty feet (20') or more in height from the natural bed of the stream or watercourse at the downstream toe of the barrier, as determined by the commissioner. See Tennessee Code 69-11-102
  • Enlargement: means any change in, or addition to, an existing dam or reservoir, that does or may raise the water storage elevation of the dam. See Tennessee Code 69-11-102
  • Owner: means any person who owns an interest in, controls, or operates a dam. See Tennessee Code 69-11-102
  • Person: means any individual, firm, association, organization, partnership, business trust corporation, company, county, municipal or quasi-municipal corporation, public utility, utility or other district, the state of Tennessee and its departments, divisions, institutions, and agencies, and the duly authorized officers, agents, and representatives thereof, or any combination of any of the above. See Tennessee Code 69-11-102
  • Reservoir: means any basin that contains or will contain the water impounded by a dam. See Tennessee Code 69-11-102
  • signed: includes a mark, the name being written near the mark and witnessed, or any other symbol or methodology executed or adopted by a party with intention to authenticate a writing or record, regardless of being witnessed. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • United States: includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Water: means that liquid, including solids or other matter dissolved or suspended in the liquid, that is or will be impounded. See Tennessee Code 69-11-102
(1) The name under which the person is doing business in Tennessee;
(2) The legal address of the person;
(3) The location of the proposed or existing dam and reservoir;
(4) The type, size and height of the proposed or existing dam and reservoir and appurtenant works;
(5) The storage capacity and reservoir surface areas for normal and maximum water surface elevation;
(6) The purpose, or purposes, for which the dam or reservoir is to be used;
(7) In the case of an application by an owner or lessee of a dam, the names and addresses of all persons having a real property interest in such dams; and
(8) Such other plans and detailed information as the commissioner may deem reasonable and necessary to fulfill the commissioner’s responsibilities under this chapter.
(b) Plans and specifications submitted to the commissioner for construction, enlargement, alteration, repair or removal of dams and reservoirs shall be in the charge of and signed by an engineer, licensed by this state and experienced in the design and construction of dams, as determined by the commissioner.
(c) The commissioner, however, shall not require detailed plans to accompany applications for the certificate of approval for any dams, the plans for which have been approved by any agency of the United States and fifty percent (50%) or more of the cost of which is being borne by an agency of the United States, nor shall the commissioner impose any conditions in the certificate of approval relating to modification of the design of such dams.
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