Tennessee Code 60-1-508 – Actions prohibited

It is unlawful for any person to:

(1) Violate any of this part or any rule or order of the supervisor or board;

Board: means the Tennessee board of water quality, oil and gas. See Tennessee Code 60-1-503
Mineral: means any substance with economic value whether organic or inorganic that can be extracted from the earth, but excluding oil and gas. See Tennessee Code 60-1-503
Person: means any individual, corporation, company, association, joint venture, partnership, receiver, trustee, guardian, executor, administrator, personal representative or private organization of any kind. See Tennessee Code 60-1-503
Pollution: means such alteration of the physical, chemical, biological, bacteriological, or radiological properties of the waters, soils, animal, fish and aquatic life or surface property of this state as will:
(A) Result or will likely result in harm, potential harm, or detriment to the public health, safety, or welfare. See Tennessee Code 60-1-503
Record: means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in a perceivable form. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
Supervisor: means the commissioner or the commissioner's designee. See Tennessee Code 60-1-503

(2) Make false entry or statement in any required report or record;

(3) Omit or cause to be omitted from any required report or record full, true and correct entries as required by this part;

(4) Fail in providing, within a reasonable time, a copy of any report or record requested by the supervisor; and

(5) Cause surface or subsurface pollution in the drilling, operation, or plugging of mineral test holes subject to this part.

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