Tennessee · 114th Regular Session (2025-2026) · 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.

In committee Last action May 8, 2025: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 342

Plain-language summary

SB 664 is a bill introduced in the Tennessee Senate on January 31, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: 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. Primary sponsor: Brent Taylor (Republican). Most recent recorded action (May 8, 2025): Comp. became Pub. Ch. 342.

Sponsors

Primary sponsor: Brent Taylor (Republican).