Terms Used In Tennessee Code 69-11-124

• 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
• Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
• 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
• 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