(a) At the first meeting, the joint review team shall select a participating agency to be team leader.

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 13-18-108

  • Applicant: means any person planning or proposing a project which has been designated a major energy project. See Tennessee Code 13-18-102
  • Contact agency: means the department of economic and community development. See Tennessee Code 13-18-102
  • Joint review staff: means those persons from involved agencies who are designated to staff the joint review team. See Tennessee Code 13-18-102
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • schedule: means the timetable set out by the joint review team in which to accomplish the joint review process, submit applications, hold hearings, and obtain approval of involved agencies. See Tennessee Code 13-18-102
  • team: means a coordinating group organized to conduct the joint review process on a major energy project. See Tennessee Code 13-18-102
  • Team leader: means the state or local lead agency which is selected by the joint review team to lead the team and coordinate and supervise the joint review process. See Tennessee Code 13-18-102
(b) The applicant shall make a presentation to the team at this meeting on the project, stating what actions it has already undertaken, what actions will be undertaken in the future, and what actions it would like the team to take.
(c) Based on the information submitted by the applicant to the contact agency, the joint review staff shall submit a draft agreement of responsibilities to the team describing the statutory and regulatory jurisdiction, duties and responsibilities of each permitting and nonpermitting agency at each level of government that may review the proposed project. It shall also describe the responsibilities and general schedule of the applicant.
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