Terms Used In Tennessee Code > Title 60 > Chapter 1 > Part 7 - Environmental Protection

• Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
• Board: means the Tennessee board of water quality, oil and gas created by §. See Tennessee Code 60-1-101
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Gas: means all natural gas and all other fluid hydrocarbons not defined as oil, including condensate because it originally was in a gaseous phase in the reservoir. See Tennessee Code 60-1-101
• Oil: means crude petroleum that was originally in an oil phase in the reservoir. See Tennessee Code 60-1-101
• Operator: means any person who owns or is directly responsible for a business involved in some phase of the production, manufacture, refining or distribution of petroleum oil or natural gas. See Tennessee Code 60-1-101
• Owner: means the person who has the right to drill into and to produce from any pool, and to appropriate the production for such person or others. See Tennessee Code 60-1-101
• Person: means any natural person, corporation, association, partnership, receiver, trustee, guardian, executor, administrator, fiduciary or representative of any kind. See Tennessee Code 60-1-101
• Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
• Road: includes public bridges and may be held equivalent to the words "county way" "county road" or "state road". See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
• Supervisor: means the commissioner of environment and conservation or the commissioner's designee. See Tennessee Code 60-1-101