Terms Used In Tennessee Code 68-211-110

  • Person: means any and all persons, natural or artificial, including any individual, firm or association, and municipal or private corporation organized or existing under the laws of this state or any other state, and any governmental agency or county of this state and any department, agency, or instrumentality of the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of the federal government. See Tennessee Code 68-211-103

This part does not apply to any private, natural person disposing waste generated in such natural person’s own household upon land owned by such natural person; provided, that such disposal does not create a public nuisance or a hazard to the public health; however, further provided, that after January 1, 2005, this section shall not exempt a private natural person from this part if that person deposits such household waste in a sinkhole.