As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) “Board” means the board of ground water management;

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 69-10-101

  • Board: means the board of ground water management. See Tennessee Code 69-10-101
  • Commissioner: means the commissioner of environment and conservation, the commissioner's duly authorized representative and, in the event of the commissioner's absence or a vacancy in the office of commissioner, the deputy commissioner of environment and conservation. See Tennessee Code 69-10-101
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Department: means the department of environment and conservation. See Tennessee Code 69-10-101
  • Drill: means to dig, drill, redrill, construct, deepen or alter a well. See Tennessee Code 69-10-101
  • Geothermal well: means a hole drilled into the earth, by boring or otherwise, greater than twenty feet (20') in depth constructed for the primary purpose of adding or removing British Thermal Units (BTUs) from the earth for heating or cooling. See Tennessee Code 69-10-101
  • Monitoring well: means a hole drilled into the earth, by boring or otherwise, constructed for the primary purpose of obtaining information on the elevation or physical, chemical, radiological or biological characteristics of the ground water or for the recovery of ground water for treatment, or both. See Tennessee Code 69-10-101
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • Person: means any individual, organization, group, association, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, utility district, state or local government agency or any combination of them. See Tennessee Code 69-10-101
  • 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
  • Representative: when applied to those who represent a decedent, includes executors and administrators, unless the context implies heirs and distributees. 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
  • Water well: means a hole drilled into the earth, by boring or otherwise, for the production of water. See Tennessee Code 69-10-101
  • Well: means one of these three (3) types of holes in the earth: a geothermal well, a monitoring well, or a water well. See Tennessee Code 69-10-101
  • Well owner: means the person who owns the real property on which a well exists or is to be drilled. See Tennessee Code 69-10-101
(2) “Commissioner” means the commissioner of environment and conservation, the commissioner’s duly authorized representative and, in the event of the commissioner’s absence or a vacancy in the office of commissioner, the deputy commissioner of environment and conservation;
(3) “Department” means the department of environment and conservation;
(4) “Drill” means to dig, drill, redrill, construct, deepen or alter a well;
(5) “Geothermal well” means a hole drilled into the earth, by boring or otherwise, greater than twenty feet (20′) in depth constructed for the primary purpose of adding or removing British Thermal Units (BTUs) from the earth for heating or cooling;
(6) “Inactive well” means any well that is not in use and that does not have functioning equipment, including bailers, associated either with or attached to the well;
(7) “Installer” means any person who installs or repairs well pumps or who installs filters and water treatment devices;
(8) “Log” means a record of the consolidated or unconsolidated formation penetrated in the drilling of a well, and includes general information concerning construction of a well;
(9) “Monitoring well” means a hole drilled into the earth, by boring or otherwise, constructed for the primary purpose of obtaining information on the elevation or physical, chemical, radiological or biological characteristics of the ground water or for the recovery of ground water for treatment, or both;
(10) “Person” means any individual, organization, group, association, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, utility district, state or local government agency or any combination of them;
(11) “Water well” means a hole drilled into the earth, by boring or otherwise, for the production of water;
(12) “Well” means one of these three (3) types of holes in the earth: a geothermal well, a monitoring well, or a water well; and
(13) “Well owner” means the person who owns the real property on which a well exists or is to be drilled; provided, however, that in the case of any monitoring or remediation required by the department or the commissioner, the well owner shall be the person responsible for such monitoring or remediation.
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