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United States — Tennessee
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The scenic river system is administered by the department of environment and conservation, and the commissioner can issue needed regulations. Publicity and development are limited in specified scenic river areas.
United States — Tennessee
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The commissioner of environment and conservation may recommend higher classification for a restored scenic river area, and scenic river areas must not be managed in a way that lowers their class or harms the highest water-quality standards.
United States — Tennessee
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The commissioner may set scenic river boundaries, but private property boundaries require the landowner’s notarized consent.
United States — Tennessee
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The commissioner of environment and conservation may acquire land or easements within the exterior boundaries of a scenic river area.
United States — Tennessee
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This section sets daily commercial rafting capacity for part of the Ocoee River and lets park management adjust it within limits.
United States — Tennessee
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Land uses in scenic river areas depend on the area class; Class I blocks new roads, buildings, and mining, while Class II and III allow some farming, farm buildings, and certain access if conditions are met.
United States — Tennessee
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River-system components that become part of certain protected areas are subject to this chapter and the laws governing those areas; if the laws conflict, the more restrictive rule applies.
United States — Tennessee
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All state agencies must promptly tell the commissioner of environment and conservation about certain ongoing or newly started proceedings, studies, or other activities affecting specified rivers.
United States — Tennessee
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The commissioner must encourage and assist federal studies for including Tennessee rivers in a national scenic rivers system, and may sign written cooperative agreements for joint federal-state administration if the water and land-use rules are at least as restrictive as this chapter.
United States — Tennessee
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The commissioner of environment and conservation may seek financial and technical assistance for the state scenic rivers system.
United States — Tennessee
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The commissioner of environment and conservation must cooperate with relevant federal and state water pollution control and environmental management agencies to reduce pollution in scenic rivers areas, if that cooperation also supports preserving natural stream flow and ecological conditions.
United States — Tennessee
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A person who violates or ignores this chapter or the commissioner’s regulation/order can be forced to comply and may be fined up to $50 per day of violation.
United States — Tennessee
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The department must maintain a voluntary registry of certain riparian lands, and the commissioner may issue administration rules.
United States — Tennessee
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This section names the part and allows it to be cited as the “Natural Areas Preservation Act of 1971.”
United States — Tennessee
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The general assembly says certain countryside areas in Tennessee should be protected from destruction or substantial diminishment.
United States — Tennessee
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This section defines several terms used in the part, including “Area,” “Commissioner,” “Department,” “Local government,” and “System.”
United States — Tennessee
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The department administers this part, with the wildlife resources agency acting as an advisory body, and the commissioner may make and must enforce regulations for preservation and for controlling uses of the areas without impairing them.
United States — Tennessee
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This provision creates two classes of areas: Class I scenic-recreational areas and Class II natural-scientific areas.
United States — Tennessee
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Development is allowed in Class I and Class II areas only as listed, and the commissioner must set rules for permitted activities.
United States — Tennessee
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The department must submit annual proposals and related reports to the next general assembly, consult citizens' organizations when administering this part, and give public notice and comment opportunities for certain natural area proposals.