Water Notices and Hearings

June 28, 2024

• Notice of Decision for Individual Permits (ARAP-Natural Resources Unit)

June 25, 2024

• NRS24.085 - Gallatin Public Utilities proposes 16 open-cut stream crossings for installation of 37,500 feet of iron water line crossing Deshea Creek, Bledsoe Creek, Dry Fork Creek, Brush Fork Creek, and their tributaries (Sumner County) in support of regional water supply.
• NRS24.080 - The City of Spencer is proposing the construction of a water intake structure and withdrawal of up to 1.2 million gallons per day for municipal water supply from the Caney Fork River in Van Buren County.
• MMXXIV-0025 - Notice Requesting Public Comments on Draft Permit Actions (Individual and General NPDES Permits, State Operation Permits & Pretreatment Program.

June 21, 2024

• Notice of Decision for Individual Permits (ARAP-Natural Resources Unit)

June 18, 2024

• NRS22.243 - Oracle America, Inc. proposes various bulkhead and sheet pile repairs and replacement, vegetation clearing, and rip rap installation on the Cumberland River in Nashville (Davidson County) to upgrade bank stabilization associated with future development.

• NRS24.103 - Tellico Area Services System proposes water withdrawal of up to 10 million gallons per day from Tellico Reservoir in Monroe County and installation of a barrel screen to an existing water intake structure for municipal water supply.
• MMXXIV-0024 - Notice Requesting Public Comments on Draft Permit Actions (Individual and General NPDES Permits, State Operation Permits & Pretreatment Program.

June 14, 2024

• NRS22.157 - MBSC Black Creek, LLC proposes to convert 1.2 acres of wetland to open-water habitat for the Black Creek residential development. Mitigation will be through purchase of 2.4 credits from the Sequatchie Valley Mitigation Bank and providing 0.229 credits of on-site permittee responsible mitigation.

• NRS23.155 - MPL Construction Company, LLC proposes 0.52 acres of wetland fill associated with an athletic field complex at the Boyd Buchanan School in Chattanooga (Hamilton County). The applicant will provide mitigation by purchasing 1.05 wetland credits from the Sequatchie Valley Wetlands Mitigation Bank.

• NRS23.322 - The Dollywood Company proposes 209 feet of encapsulation of an unnamed tributary to Middle Creek for expansion of a parking lot at Dollywood Parks Blvd., Pigeon Forge (Sevier County). Stream mitigation will be through purchase of 133.6 credits from the Smoky Run Mitigation Bank.

• NRS24.079 - Daniel Sochalski proposes construction of an approximately 12-foot by 50-foot boat ramp extending at least five feet below the high-water mark into the Watauga River in Johnson City (Washington County). The ramp will be stabilized with 500 feet of rip rap.

• NRS24.112 - The Belle Meade Country Club proposes stabilization of 390 feet of eroded streambank on Richland Creek (Davidson County) using 12-foot-wide knitted polyethylene mesh bags filled with a soil blend and covered with sod. Two hundred feet of streambank has been permitted under NRS23.132.
• Notice of Decision for Individual Permits (ARAP-Natural Resources Unit)

June 11, 2024

• MMXXIV-0023 - Notice Requesting Public Comments on Draft Permit Actions (Individual and General NPDES Permits, State Operation Permits & Pretreatment Program.

June 07, 2024

• Notice of Decision for Individual Permits (ARAP-Natural Resources Unit)

June 04, 2024

• Notice of Determination - NRS23.315 - The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation has determined that greater than de minimis impacts to Lytle Creek (Rutherford County), an Exceptional Tennessee Water, are necessary to accommodate important economic or social development in the area. The determination relates to wetland fill and stream encapsulation proposed by ARCO/Murray National Nashville, LLC for warehouse expansion.

• NRS23.318 - ANR Pipeline Company proposes temporary and permanent wetland impacts of 2.19 acres for excavation, inspection, and repair of a natural gas pipeline in Haywood County. All impacts will be returned to pre-existing conditions and monitored for two years or until restoration criteria are met.

• NRS24.078 - David Laut is seeking a Reelfoot Lake Navigation Permit to construct a 14.5-foot by 34-foot deck that extends beyond the ordinary pool shoreline of Reelfoot Lake at East Lakeview Drive in Samburg (Obion County).

• *NRS24.080 - The City of Spencer is proposing construction of a water intake structure and withdraw of up to 1.2 million gallons per day for municipal water supply from the Caney Fork River in Van Buren County.  (*This permit notice was updated on 06-25-2024. Please see the revised document above.)
• MMXXIV-0022 - Notice Requesting Public Comments on Draft Permit Actions (Individual and General NPDES Permits, State Operation Permits & Pretreatment Program.

May 31, 2024

• Notice of Decision for Individual Permits (ARAP-Natural Resources Unit)

May 28, 2024

• NRS22.333 - The City of Dayton (Rhea County) proposes 45 feet of impacts to Little Richland Creek and 24 feet of impacts to Broyles Branch for replacement or removal of gravity sewer lines and manholes.

• NRS23.144 - The Tennessee Department of Transportation proposes temporary impacts to 250 feet of unnamed tributaries to Trussle Creek for encapsulation during a rockfall prevention project on Interstate 24 eastbound at log mile 5.6 near Monteagle (Grundy County).

• NRS24.042 - Hallsdale Powell Utility District proposes water withdrawal from Melton Hill Reservoir at a rate of 13.4 million gallons per day for use in public water supply.

• NRS24.060 - The Harpeth Valley Utilities District proposes withdrawal of up to 82 million gallons of water per day from the Cumberland River/Cheatham Reservoir in Davidson County for public water supply.

• NRS24.062 - The Tennessee Department of Transportation is proposing 143 feet of rip rap armoring of the bed and bank of an unnamed tributary to Willow Branch in Dickson (Dickson County) for rerouting of a stormwater outfall near State Route 46.
• MMXXIV-0021 - Notice Requesting Public Comments on Draft Permit Actions (Individual and General NPDES Permits, State Operation Permits & Pretreatment Program.

May 24, 2024

• Notice of Decision for Individual Permits (ARAP-Natural Resources Unit)

May 21, 2024

• MMXXIV-0020 - Notice Requesting Public Comments on Draft Permit Actions (Individual and General NPDES Permits, State Operation Permits & Pretreatment Program.
• NRS23.317 - Shelby Circle, LLC proposes permanent impacts to 100 feet of a tributary to North Chickamauga Creek and 1.64 acres of wetland fill for construction of a residential development at Middle Valley Road in Hixson (Hamilton County). Stream mitigation will be through purchase of 70 credits from the Cave Spring Stream Mitigation Bank and wetland mitigation will be through purchase of 3.28 credits from the Sequatchie Valley Wetland Mitigation Bank.

• NRS24.038 - Preserve at Pickwick Development, LLC proposes to dredge 2,916 cubic yards of sediment from Pickwick Reservoir in Savannah (Hardin County) as a part of the Bluff Creek residential development.

• NRS24.052 - The Gatlinburg Airport Authority proposes 0.87 acres of wetland impacts for runway relocation (Sevier County). Tennessee Public Chapter No. 170, January 1, 2024, exempts from compensatory mitigation an amount of wetland equal in size to the area for which mitigation would not be required if the permit qualified for a general permit. Therefore, 0.77-acres of wetland impact is proposed for compensatory mitigation through purchase of 1.54 credits from the Lick Creek Wetland Mitigation Bank #2 in Sevier County.

• NRS24.066 - The US Army Corps of Engineers proposes installation of a water-detention structure on Town Creek in Gallatin (Sumner County) consisting of a box culvert and earthen embankment with stilling basin and spillway. Permanent impacts will occur on 129 feet of stream.

May 17, 2024

• Notice of Decision for Individual Permits (ARAP-Natural Resources Unit)

May 15, 2024

• NRS23.280 - Mike Gaddis proposes construction of a commercial marina on Fort Loudon Reservoir (Loudon County) consisting of four fixed docks, a boat ramp, and 875 feet of rip rap. Removal of 75 feet of rip rap and dredging of approximately 3,500 cubic yards of sediment will be conducted, as will planting of a vegetative buffer and trees.
• NRS23.310 - The Tennessee Vally Authority proposes temporary impacts to 0.38 acres of wetland and 23 streams and permanent impacts to 0.41 acres of wetlands in Bristol (Sullivan County) for the construction of a new transmission line. Temporary impacts will be restored to pre-existing conditions. Wetland impacts will be mitigated through purchase of 0.51 credits from the Lick Creek Mitigation Bank 2.
• NRS24.030 - The City of Chattanooga (Hamilton County) proposes to install gravity sewer line and other utilities resulting in nine open-cut stream crossings on Friar Branch and tributaries. A temporary span bridge will be installed as will a permanent concrete pipe resulting in eight feet of stream loss. Removal of 20 feet of culvert and headwall will offset stream length loss.

• NRS24.042 - This permit notice for Hallsdale Powell Utility District is being revised and will be re-posted on May 28, 2024.

May 14, 2024

• MMXXIV-0019 - Notice Requesting Public Comments on Draft Permit Actions (Individual and General NPDES Permits, State Operation Permits & Pretreatment Program.

May 10, 2024

• Notice of Decision for Individual Permits (ARAP-Natural Resources Unit)

May 7, 2024

• NRS23.354 - The Tennessee Department of Transportation proposes impacts to two streams and three wetlands to widen State Route 99 in Rutherford County. Impacts include stream bank alteration, stream outfall installation, stream encapsulation, wetland fill, and utility crossings. Stream impacts will be compensated with 28.6 functional foot stream credits from Lucky Landing Mitigation Bank.

• NRS24.004 - The Tennessee Department of Transportation proposes impacts to the Buffalo River (Perry County) including temporary impacts of 0.41 acres of temporary fill and permanent impacts to 183.2 feet of the river for replacement of the South Mill Street Bridge.
  

• NRS24.023B Notice of Determination - This notice sets out TDEC’s determination that the degradation resulting from continued withdrawal of public water supply and an increased maximum daily withdrawal rate from the West Prong Little Pigeon River proposed in the Aquatic Resource Alteration Permit application NRS24.023B (City of Gatlinburg – WTP Water Withdrawal, Gatlinburg, Sevier County) is necessary to accommodate important economic or social development in the area.

• NRS24.033 - Nolensville Owner, LLC proposes a total of four jack-and-bore and eight open-cut stream crossings on Mill Creek and Snake Creek, and four open-cut wetland crossings and installation of temporary wooden mats in wetlands for installation of gravity sewer line in Nolensville (Williamson County).

• NRS24.067 - Kristen Cecala proposes to divert up to 10% of the stream flow in four streams in Grundy and Morgan County for one year for biological research. The flow will be returned 50 meters downstream.
• MMXXIV-0018 - Notice Requesting Public Comments on Draft Permit Actions (Individual and General NPDES Permits, State Operation Permits & Pretreatment Program.

May 3, 2024

• Notice of Decision for Individual Permits (ARAP-Natural Resources Unit)

April 30, 2024

• NRS23.207 - Navin Jain proposes to construct a residential development in Cookeville (Putnam County) impacting 2.37 acres of wetlands. Mitigation will be through purchase of 4.74 credits from the Gleason Creek Wetland Mitigation Bank.

• NRS24.021 - Spring Hill Holdings, LLC proposes permanent impacts to 3.82 acres of wetlands and 190 feet of stream and temporary stream and wetland impacts for a mixed-use residential development in Spring Hill (Maury County). Mitigation will be through purchase of 8.56 wetland credits from the Tennessee Mitigation Fund Lower Tennessee River Service Area. Stream impacts are de minimis

• NRS24.036 - The Tennessee Department of Transportation proposes to impact 300 feet of an unnamed tributary to Titus Creek, including 19 feet of stream length loss, through fill, channel construction, and pipe and wingwall installation near I-75 Exit 141 in Campbell County. Stream impacts will be mitigated by allocating 23.1 functional foot credits from previously purchased credits at the Smoky Run Mitigation Bank.
• MMXXIV-0017 - Notice Requesting Public Comments on Draft Permit Actions (Individual and General NPDES Permits, State Operation Permits & Pretreatment Program.

April 26, 2024

• Notice of Decision for Individual Permits (ARAP-Natural Resources Unit)

April 23, 2024

• NRS22.223 - River Stone Construction, LLC proposes additional fill of 0.49 acres of wetland and numerous stream crossings for a residential development on Minnis Road NE (Bradley County). Wetland impacts will be offset through purchase of 0.9 wetland credits from the Tennessee Mitigation Fund Southeast service area. This is a permit modification request.

• NRS23.316 - OV 03 Bradyville, LLC proposes to fill 0.79 acres of wetlands for construction of two retail facilities in Murfreesboro (Rutherford County). Mitigation will be through purchase of 1.58 wetland mitigation credits from the Harpeth River Reserve, LLC.

• NRS24.018 - John and Beverly Clifton propose to add 50 feet of rip rap to existing rip rap for bank stabilization on Watts Bar Reservoir in Meigs County.
• MMXXIV-0016 - Notice Requesting Public Comments on Draft Permit Actions (Individual and General NPDES Permits, State Operation Permits & Pretreatment Program.

April 19, 2024

• Notice of Decision for Individual Permits (ARAP-Natural Resources Unit)

April 16, 2024

• NRS17.285 Modification #1 - Phillips Builders, LLC proposes a revised permittee-responsible stream mitigation design and an additional third-party credit purchase from the Brady Branch Mitigation Bank. Previously authorized impacts include encapsulation of 731 feet of an unnamed tributary to Drakes Creek for the Laurel Park residential development in Hendersonville (Sumner County).

• NRS23.315 - ARCO/Murray National Nashville, LLC proposes to impact 453 feet of stream with three-sided box culverts and fill 0.66 acres of wetland for construction of a warehouse facility. Mitigation for impacts to aquatic resources will be through purchase of 232 functional feet stream credits from Brady Branch Mitigation Bank and 1.33 wetland credits from Gleason Creek Mitigation Bank.

• NRS24.007 - The Northwest Tennessee Regional Port Authority proposes to fill 0.36 acres of wetland and install two stream crossings associated with a 5.5-mile-long rail addition near Tiptonville (Lake County) to connect the TennKen railroad to Port of Cates Landing.
• MMXXIV-0015 - Notice Requesting Public Comments on Draft Permit Actions (Individual and General NPDES Permits, State Operation Permits & Pretreatment Program.

April 12, 2024

• Notice of Decision for Individual Permits (ARAP-Natural Resources Unit)

April 09, 2024

• MMXXIV-0014 - Notice Requesting Public Comments on Draft Permit Actions (Individual and General NPDES Permits, State Operation Permits & Pretreatment Program.
• NRS23.345 - The Tennessee Department of Transportation proposes to impact 199 feet of stream channel with stream channel relocation, 53 feet of stream channel with bridge construction, 116 feet of streambank with riprap installation and 0.209 acres of permanent wetland fill while replacing the SR-61/Oliver Springs Highway Bridge over Brushy Creek in Anderson County. Unavoidable impacts to streams will be mitigated by allocating 79.6 functional foot credits from previously purchased credits from Flat Creek Mitigation Bank. Unavoidable impacts to wetlands will be offset by allocating 0.52 credits at a 2:1 ratio with a 1.25:1 proximity factor from previously purchased credits from Shady Valley Wetland Mitigation Bank.

• NRS24.031 – Tennessee Department of Transportation proposes 300 feet of stream impacts and 0.10 acres of wetland impacts for the widening of State Route 57 in Shelby County. Stream mitigation will be through 133 credits from Rossville Farm Mitigation Bank.

April 05, 2024

• Notice of Decision for Individual Permits (ARAP-Natural Resources Unit)

April 02, 2024

• NRS24.002 - The City of Smithville proposes seven trench crossings and one aerial crossing for the installation of a gravity sewer pipeline in Morgan Branch and Fall Creek (Dekalb County) for sewer system rehabilitation.
• MMXXIV-0013 - Notice Requesting Public Comments on Draft Permit Actions (Individual and General NPDES Permits, State Operation Permits & Pretreatment Program.