(a) It is unlawful for any person, firm, corporation, association or governmental agency to construct or cause to be constructed any liquefied petroleum gas, flammable gas or nonflammable compressed gas storage tank within two hundred feet (200′) of any main line railroad track classified by the federal railroad administration as either Class III, IV, or V, and that has a speed limit of over thirty miles per hour (30 mph).
Terms Used In Tennessee Code 68-101-105
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.
Person: includes a corporation, firm, company or association. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
(b) This section does not apply to:
(1) Intra- or inter-plant trackage owned or leased by private manufacturing operations;(2) Railroad service tanks;(3) Storage tank facilities or sites in existence prior to July 1, 1980;(4) Storage tanks with a capacity of two thousand gallons (2,000 gal.) or less; or(5) Railroad yards.
