Water Notices and Hearings

September 16

• NRS25.139 - Eastman Chemical Company. This proposed project involves the removal of fly ash in preparation for the TDOT Eastman SIA roadway project within the City of Kingsport, Sullivan County, Tennessee. Prior to transferring the right-of-way over to the City of Kingsport to initiate roadway activities, Eastman Chemical Company must first remove the fly ash contaminant from the site. To facilitate this removal, a total of approximately 0.418-acres of wetlands must be dredged. This project proposes permanent impacts to two low-quality wetlands. Therefore, to offset impacts to WTL-4, the applicant proposes to purchase 0.164 wetland mitigation credits from the Lick Creek Wetland Mitigation Bank Number 2.
• MMXXV-037 - Notice Requesting Public Comments on Draft Permit Actions (Individual and General NPDES Permits, State Operation Permits & Pretreatment Program).

September 09

• MMXXV-036 - Notice Requesting Public Comments on Draft Permit Actions (Individual and General NPDES Permits, State Operation Permits & Pretreatment Program).

September 05

• Notice of Decision for Individual Aquatic Resource Alteration Permits (Natural Resources Unit)

September 02

• NRS25.085 – Cumberland River Compact proposed impacts include varying stream restoration treatments along approximately 43,790 linear feet of unnamed tributaries to Dry Fork, Beaverdam Branch, and unnamed tributaries to Beaverdam Branch. Approximately 31.58 acres of wetland exist onsite. Permanent impacts to 0.837 acre of wetland will be offset by the addition of 1.48 acres of wetland expansion, resulting in a net gain of 0.65 acre of wetland. The stream and wetland impacts are associated with the development of a compensatory mitigation bank known as Fire Tower Stream Mitigation Project.

• NRS25.116 – Knox County Engineering and Public Works proposed to improve stream function and aquatic organism passage along a section of Beaver Creek that has been impacted by an obsolete and failing dam. Over 2,700 linear feet of Beaver Creek will be converted from a backwater lentic condition to a lotic condition.

• NRS25.167 - The City of Dyersburg proposes to stabilize and restore approximately 2,530 linear feet of eroded areas at five (5) locations along Lewis Creek by performing clearing, grubbing, grading, filling, and compaction to prevent potential failures of the adjacent sewer line.

• NRS25.173 – Tennessee Wildlife Resource Agency (TWRA) proposes installation of a replacement single lane 75-foot by 20-foot public access concrete boat ramp at Rocket Park in the City of McMinnville within the existing footprint of a previously existing boat ramp, to maintain adequate public access on the Barren Fork in Warren County. TWRA will also be installing an adaptive floating dock/kayak launch, with an associated 8-foot by 8-foot concrete bulkhead to secure the structure.
• MMXXV-035 - Notice Requesting Public Comments on Draft Permit Actions (Individual and General NPDES Permits, State Operation Permits & Pretreatment Program).

August 29, 2025

• Notice of Decision for Individual Aquatic Resource Alteration Permits (Natural Resources Unit)

August 26, 2025

• NRS25.016 – City of Memphis proposes impacts to 110 linear feet of bank of Wolf River Harbor for the installation of an elevated, pile supported switchback ramp with riprap stabilization and 10 linear feet for an on-grade trolley ramp. Work in the Mississippi River watershed includes 115 cubic years of grade excavation and 90 cubic yards of fill below 213-foot elevation.

• NRS25.055 – Tennessee Valley Authority proposes unavoidable permanent impacts to 1,000 feet of Cherokee Reservoir by installing riprap on severely eroded shoreline for the purpose of bank stabilization at Holston River mile 103 in Hawkins County, Tennessee.

• NRS25.131– Midwestern Gas Transmission company proposes 462 linear feet of bank stabilization on West Fork Drakes Creek in Sumner County through installation of longitudinal peaked stone toe protection, riprap, and erosion control blankets. Mitigation for 162 linear feet of impact totaling 13 functional feet of loss will be provided through purchase of credits from Little Trammel Stream Mitigation Bank.

• NRS25.134 – Memphis and Shelby County Port Commission proposes one-time maintenance dredging of accumulated sediment of two approved dredging areas not to exceed 4,768 cubic yards at site one and 30,677 at site two for barge access to the permittee’s port facility in McKellar Lake, Shelby County. Hydraulically dredged material will be pumped to and deposited within an approved contained dredged material disposal site via a floating pipeline on nearby Treasure Island.
• MMXXV-034 - Notice Requesting Public Comments on Draft Permit Actions (Individual and General NPDES Permits, State Operation Permits & Pretreatment Program).

August 22, 2025

• Notice of Decision for Individual Aquatic Resource Alteration Permits (Natural Resources Unit)

August 19, 2025

• NRS25.096 – The City of Gallatin proposes unavoidable permanent impacts to 165 feet of an unnamed tributary to Town Creek by installation of 14.5-foot culvert extension with stream fill and relocation for the purposes of improving pedestrian infrastructure along Main Street in Gallatin, Sumner County. Impact minimization will be accomplished through in-kind stream replacement.

• NRS25.099 – The Tennessee Department of Transportation has proposed to replace the existing 25-foot triple barrel bridge with a 38-foot single span bridge and 13 total feet of riprap inlet and outlet protection over South Fork Big Sycamore Creek, relocate 415.8 feet of Unnamed Tributary To South Fork Big Sycamore Creek, and replace the 24-inch by 80.2-foot CMP culvert with two 48-inch by 44.6-foot RCP culverts and 15.4 feet of U-Type endwall at both the inlet and outlet under Piney Grove Road. The loss of resource value will be mitigated at a ratio of 1.5:1 through the purchase of 126.45 stream credits from Smokey Run Mitigation Bank.

• NRS25.159 – Amrize proposes one-time maintenance dredging of accumulated sediment of an approved dredging area not to exceed 680 feet by 155 feet (approximately 55,294 total cubic yards in volume) for barge access to the Amrize Memphis Terminal port facility in McKellar Lake. Hydraulically dredged material will be pumped to and deposited within an approved contained dredged material disposal site via a submerged pipeline on nearby Treasure Island. The proposed activity includes bank stabilization, involving the installation of a 352 linear foot steel sheet pile bulkhead and designed (3H:1V) stone rip-rap slope along the eastern shore of the Amrize Memphis Terminal site. The proposed activity includes the regrading of the existing bank to match the designed slope.

• NRS25.164 – State of Tennessee Real Estate Asset Management (STREAM) proposes installation of an ADA accessible pathway along the Duck River at Henry Horton State Park leading to two separate ADA kayak launches, with one used for an entry point and one used as an exit point. The ADA kayak launch point will also include the installation of a floating dock, with a 12-foot by 3-foot anchor feature on the stream bank, extending 40 feet into the Duck River. The path was chosen to limit the amount of disturbance and grade change to the site, while keeping the path ADA accessible, with the majority of the path constructed well above the riverbank with the exception of the ingress and egress to the Duck River at either end.
• MMXXV-033 - Notice Requesting Public Comments on Draft Permit Actions (Individual and General NPDES Permits, State Operation Permits & Pretreatment Program).

August 12, 2025

• MMXXV-032 - Notice Requesting Public Comments on Draft Permit Actions (Individual and General NPDES Permits, State Operation Permits & Pretreatment Program).
• NRS22.084 - Tennessee Division of Remediation proposes to modify the existing permit authorizing the stabilization of 1,350 feet of bank with an additional 610 feet on the Watauga River at Sycamore Shoals State Natural Area/the former North American Rayon Corporation Ash Landfill. Impacts in the Watauga River Watershed include a combination of riprap revetment, regrading to 2:1 slope, cover soil and clean topsoil, native live siltation, and live stake plantings.

• NRS24.015 – DR Horton, Inc. proposes permanent impacts to 132 linear feet of Black Ankle Creek by the installation of a 91-foot triple barrel reinforced concrete pipe structure with 41 feet of riprap at the outlet for the construction of a single-family residential development in Fayette County. Compensatory mitigation to offset impacts will be provided through the purchase of 97.7 functional foot credits from Rossville Farms Mitigation Bank.

• NRS24.175 - Todd Moore proposes bank stabilization of 540’ with hard armoring (rip rap) at a private lakefront property on Kentucky Reservoir in Waverly, Humphreys County.

• NRS24.188 – Jarrett Dotson proposes unavoidable permanent impacts to 12 feet of the Buffalo River for the construction of a 10x12-foot concrete boat ramp in Perry County.

August 8, 2025

• Notice of Decision for Individual Aquatic Resource Alteration Permits (Natural Resources Unit)

August 5, 2025

• NRS20.001 – Bell Tower Investments, LLC proposes unavoidable permanent impacts to 0.4 acres of wetlands for a total of 1.21 acres and temporary impacts to 0.15 acres associated with the construction of a residential apartment complex and a gravity-driven sewer line installation in Rutherford County. Compensatory mitigation to offset permanent impacts to wetlands will be provided through the purchase of 0.8 wetland credits from Harpeth River Mitigation Bank. The applicant has previously purchased 1.62 wetland credits from Banks Pisgah.

• NRS25.008 – Ashmont Developer, LLC proposes construction of a retaining wall, and 104 linear feet of stream fill associated with a mixed-use development in Shelby County. Upstream drainage will be captured in a pipe and flow back into the channel at the base of the wall. Mitigation for loss of resource value will be provided through purchase of 67 functional feet credits from Rossville Farm Mitigation Bank, and stream will be monitored for two years.

• NRS25.060 - Tennessee Wildlife Federation proposes 1,997 linear feet of vegetative bank stabilization on Bull Run Creek and two 25-linear-foot temporary timber mat stream crossings.

• NRS25.107 – The City of Lakeland proposes temporary impacts up to 1,099 linear feet of stream and up to 0.98 acres of wetlands by open cut trench associated with the installation of 22,598LF gravity sewer line and 18,952LF force main sewer line in Shelby County.

• NRS25.126 - The City of Portland proposes the construction of necessary intake structures and the withdrawal of water under a water harvesting operational system, with a maximum rate of 12 million gallons per day from West Fork Drakes Creek in Portland, Sumner County. Pursuant to T.C.A. § 10-7-504 and Rule 0400-01-01(4)(c)2, the precise location is confidential.

• NRS25.130 – Tennessee Department of Transportation has proposed impacts to Unnamed Tributary to South Mouse Creek through improvements to State Route 60 to address safety deficiencies. Permanent impacts include 282 linear feet of encapsulation with 72-inch reinforced concrete pipe and 9 linear feet of “A” type endwall with concrete apron at both the inlet and the outlet. Compensatory mitigation to offset the functional loss will be provided through the purchase of 15 credits purchased from Lodi Mitigation Bank.

• NRS25.133 - Watco Transloading, LLC proposes one-time maintenance dredging of accumulated sediment of two (2) approved dredging areas not to exceed 350 feet by 100 feet, with no cut to occur below 174’ mean sea level (MSL) (approximately 4,531 total cubic yards in volume), for barge access to the permittee’s port facility in McKellar Lake. Hydraulically dredged material will be pumped to and deposited within an approved contained dredged material disposal site via a floating pipeline on nearby Treasure Island.
• MMXXV-031 - Notice Requesting Public Comments on Draft Permit Actions (Individual and General NPDES Permits, State Operation Permits & Pretreatment Program).

August 1, 2025

• Notice of Decision for Individual Aquatic Resource Alteration Permits (Natural Resources Unit)

July 29, 2025

• MMXXV-030 - Notice Requesting Public Comments on Draft Permit Actions (Individual and General NPDES Permits, State Operation Permits & Pretreatment Program).
• NRS25.071 – Buc-ee’s Gallaway proposes permanent impacts to 266 linear feet of a miscellaneous tributary to Loosahatchie River associated with the construction of a new travel center in Fayette County. Compensatory mitigation to offset permanent impacts to streams will be provided through the purchase of 125.9 functional feet stream mitigation credits from Rossville Farm Mitigation Bank.

• NRS25.115 – East Tennessee Natural Gas, LLC proposes hydrotesting on 6,250 feet of existing pipeline in Lawrence County to include one 25-foot temporary stream crossing and 0.13 acres temporary wetland impacts for timber mat placement. Dependent on testing results, proposed additional impacts are up to 50 of feet stream for two temporary crossings and 861 feet of temporary stream impacts, 0.57-acres temporary wetland impacts, and 0.02-acres temporary pond impacts for the excavation and replacement of pipeline.

• NRS25.148 – The authorized work consists of emergency replacement of two existing damaged timber bridges along Forked Deer Road/State Route 180 over Lost Creek and the Overflow to Lost Creek with two single span bridges to meet current design standards. The project requires permanent impacts to 83 feet of an unnamed tributary of the Overflow of Lost Creek (STR-1 – relocation/fill). The construction of the project will include the removal of the existing 3-span timber bridge over the Overflow of Lost Creek (STR-2) for a single span 36” box beam bridge 29.25 feet in length over the stream. The project will also include the removal of the existing 5-span timber bridge over Lost Creek (STR-1) for a single span 54” bulb-tee beam bridge 29.25 feet in length. Additionally, the construction of the project will permanently impact 0.07 acres of WTL-1 and temporarily impact 0.14 acres of WTL-1. Stream mitigation will be provided through the purchase of 85.5 functional feet credits from Jack’s Creek Stream Mitigation Bank. 
  The Commissioner has determined that, pursuant to rule 0400-40-070.04, an emergency situation exists and this permit for remedial action is hereby issued without full prior public notice and participation. This emergency permit shall be advertised by public notice, however, no later than twenty (20) days after issuance.

July 25, 2025

• Notice of Decision for Individual Aquatic Resource Alteration Permits (Natural Resources Unit)

July 22, 2025

• MMXXV-029 - Notice Requesting Public Comments on Draft Permit Actions (Individual and General NPDES Permits, State Operation Permits & Pretreatment Program).
• NRS25.102 – Tennessee Department of Transportation proposes permanent and temporary impacts to four streams and four wetlands associated with improvements at the I-40 and State Route 104 Interchange in Henderson County. Impacts include culvert extensions, placement of riprap, stream fill and replacement channels, stream length loss, and fill of wetlands.
• NRS25.119 – Hartsville/Trousdale Water & Sewer Utility District proposes withdrawal of up to 3 million gallons per day at a maximum rate of 3,571 gallons per minute from Old Hickory Reservoir/Cumberland River. The purpose of the work is for municipal water supply.

July 18, 2025

• Notice of Decision for Individual Aquatic Resource Alteration Permits (Natural Resources Unit)

July 15, 2025

• MMXXV-028 - Notice Requesting Public Comments on Draft Permit Actions (Individual and General NPDES Permits, State Operation Permits & Pretreatment Program).
• NRS19.148 - Notice of Determination - This notice sets out the Department of Environment and Conservation’s determination that the degradation resulting from an increased withdrawal of drinking water by Lewisburg Water & Wastewater from the Duck River in Marshall County proposed in the Aquatic Resource Alteration Permit application NRS19.148 is necessary to accommodate important economic or social development in the area.

• NRS24.223 - Three Point Development is proposing permanent fill of 0.73 acres wetland in addition to previously authorized fill of 0.21 acres wetland (NR2401.066) associated with a residential development in Bradley County. Mitigation is required for 0.69 acres of wetland impacts at a 2:1 ratio plus a 12 percent temporal loss factor through purchase of 1.54 credits from the TMF Hiwassee Wetland Mitigation Project ILF site.

July 11, 2025

• Notice of Decision for Individual Aquatic Resource Alteration Permits (Natural Resources Unit)

July 08, 2025

• NRS24.231 - John Patrick Fulkrod proposes construction of a private access 10-foot by 23-foot concrete boat ramp extending at least five (5) feet below the high-water mark into the South Fork Holston River in Bristol, Sullivan County.

• NRS25.038 - The City of Pigeon Forge proposes to withdrawal 13.45 MGD at a maximum rate of 10,000 GPM from Douglas Reservoir in Sevier County. The purpose of the work is for municipal water supply.

• NRS25.048 – The City of Memphis proposes rehabilitation of seven utility stream crossings with exposed sewer lines, scour holes, and bank erosion. Work in Shelby County includes the installation of grade control structures and bank stabilization using articulated concrete matting, reinforced turf matting, and grouted riprap.
• MMXXV-027 - Notice Requesting Public Comments on Draft Permit Actions (Individual and General NPDES Permits, State Operation Permits & Pretreatment Program).

July 3, 2025

• Notice of Decision for Individual Aquatic Resource Alteration Permits (Natural Resources Unit)
• NRS25.097 - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Nashville District proposes to perform maintenance dredging of the federally authorized navigation channel and in-river placement in Fort Loudoun Lake, at Post Oak Island located at Tennessee River Mile 632.0 in Knox and Blount Counties.

• NRS25.098 - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Nashville District proposes to perform maintenance dredging of the federally authorized navigation channel and in-river placement of dredged material in Fort Loudoun Lake, at Looney Island located at Tennessee River Mile 643.0 in Knoxville, Tennessee, in Knox County.

July 1, 2025

• MMXXV-026 - Notice Requesting Public Comments on Draft Permit Actions (Individual and General NPDES Permits, State Operation Permits & Pretreatment Program).
• NRS25.111 - Madison County Highway Department proposes the replacement of 48 culverted crossings throughout the county. Impacts occur in the North Fork Forked Deer River, South Fork Forked Deer River, and Lower Hatchie River Watersheds.
• Notice of Public Hearing - Pump and Haul State Operating Permit (SOP-25016) to the Water and Wastewater Authority of Wilson County to serve the North Central Elementary School.

June 27, 2025

• Notice of Decision for Individual Aquatic Resource Alteration Permits (Natural Resources Unit)

June 24, 2025

• NRS25.078 – John Compton proposes to dredge approximately 635 cubic yards (350 cubic yards of channel sediment and 285 cubic yards of landward excavation) of Fort Loudoun Reservoir in Knox County to allow water vehicle access, install 485 linear feet of riprap for stabilization, and install a water intake structure for irrigation.
• MMXXV-025 - Notice Requesting Public Comments on Draft Permit Actions (Individual and General NPDES Permits, State Operation Permits & Pretreatment Program).

June 17, 2025

• NRS25.046 - The City of Sevierville Water & Sewer Department proposes to increase its drinking water withdrawal from the French Broad River in Sevier County from 9 to 12 million gallons per day.

• NRS25.083 - Charms LLC proposes fill of 1.38 acres of wetland in the Lower Hatchie River watershed for the expansion of a food manufacturing facility in Tipton County. Compensatory mitigation for wetland impacts of 1.28 acres will be with the purchase of 2.76 wetland credits from the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Foundation Hatchie River Wetland Mitigation Bank.
• MMXXV-024 - Notice Requesting Public Comments on Draft Permit Actions (Individual and General NPDES Permits, State Operation Permits & Pretreatment Program).

June 13, 2025

• Notice of Decision for Individual Aquatic Resource Alteration Permits (Natural Resources Unit)

June 10, 2025

• NRS25.051 - Tennessee Department of Transportation proposes unavoidable permanent impacts to 60 linear feet of Indian Creek for hard armoring of bed and bank with Class C rip rap associated with scour repair and infrastructure protection in Hickman County.

• NRS25.059 - Atmos Energy Corporation proposes permanent impacts to 0.028 acres of wetlands by cut and fill, temporary impacts to 23 linear feet of wetland by hydraulic directional drilling, and to 87 linear feet of stream by open trench utility crossing and hydraulic directional drilling under streams. Impacts are associated with the removal of an existing 4-inch steel gas pipeline and installation of new 8-inch steel gas pipeline in Obion County.
• MMXXV-023 - Notice Requesting Public Comments on Draft Permit Actions (Individual and General NPDES Permits, State Operation Permits & Pretreatment Program).
• Notice of Public Hearing for TNG640000 - General NPDES Permit for Discharge of Filter Backwash and Sedimentation Basin Washout from Water Treatment Plants to waters of the state.

June 03, 2025

• NRS22.288 Notice of Determination -This notice sets out TDEC’s determination that degradation of Exceptional Tennessee Waters resulting from habitat alteration associated with a proposed intake and water withdrawal from the Duck River proposed in the §401 Water Quality Certification and Aquatic Resource Alteration Permit application by the City of Spring Hill is necessary to accommodate important economic or social development in the area.

• NRS24.244 – Pamela Brown proposes to install 50 feet of riprap and 100 feet of redi-rock retaining wall on Chickamauga Reservoir in Rhea County for bank stabilization. No mitigation is required.
  
• MMXXV-022 - Notice Requesting Public Comments on Draft Permit Actions (Individual and General NPDES Permits, State Operation Permits & Pretreatment Program).