Bill
SB 664
Water Pollution - As enacted, expands from wetlands to all areas that an aquatic resource alteration permit may apply to the areas for which the department of environment and conservation is required to exempt from compensatory mitigation an amount of area equal in size to the area for which mitigation would not be required if the permit applicant qualified for coverage under a general permit, if the only factor that disqualifies an applicant for an aquatic resource alteration permit from having the activities for which a permit is sought covered under a general permit is the size of the area that the permit will apply to. - Amends TCA Title 69, Chapter 3.
114th Regular Session (2025-2026)
Introduced by Brent Taylor
SB 664 expands aquatic resource permit exemptions from wetlands to all waterways and reduces compensatory mitigation requirements for projects exceeding general permit size limits in Tennessee.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 342