(a) In granting a certificate of approval, the commissioner may impose such conditions relating to the inspection, operation, maintenance, alteration, repair, use, or control of a dam or reservoir as the commissioner determines are necessary for the protection of public health, safety or welfare.

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 69-11-112

  • Commissioner: means the commissioner of environment and conservation, the commissioner's duly authorized representatives, and in the event of the commissioner's absence or a vacancy in the office of commissioner, the deputy commissioner. See Tennessee Code 69-11-102
  • 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
  • Reservoir: means any basin that contains or will contain the water impounded by a dam. See Tennessee Code 69-11-102
(b) The commissioner may establish hazard categories for dams based on downstream floodplain use, size or type of dam, or other criteria, and may impose different conditions or types of conditions on the approval of dams or reservoirs in the different categories.
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