(a) No later than January 1 of every year, the commissioner shall submit to the speakers of both houses of the general assembly and to the state library and archives a report documenting the expenditure of all funds expended from the hazardous waste remedial action fund during the previous fiscal year.

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 68-212-212

  • Department: means the department of environment and conservation. See Tennessee Code 68-212-401
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • Hazardous substance: is a s defined in §. See Tennessee Code 68-212-202
  • Property: includes both personal and real property. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • 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
  • 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
  • Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
(b) The department shall conduct a public hearing in each grand division annually to receive comments from the public regarding expenditures from the hazardous waste remedial action fund.
(c) The department shall maintain a toll-free number which may be utilized by citizens living anywhere in the state to report to the commissioner any problems caused by hazardous substances.
(d) The commissioner shall notify the register of deeds in each county in which property has been placed on the list of inactive hazardous substance sites. The register shall record a notice that the property has been so listed. If the commissioner later determines that no further investigation, containment or cleanup is indicated at a listed site, the commissioner shall file a statement of this determination in the office of the register of deeds of the county in which the property lies. Upon receipt of any such statement, the register shall record the same. If containment or cleanup of hazardous substances occurs on a listed site, the commissioner shall notify the register of deeds of such containment and cleanup and the register shall record the same.
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