69-7-303 - Part definitions.
69-7-303. Part definitions.
As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) Board means the water quality control board established pursuant to § 69-3-104;
(2) Commissioner means the commissioner of the department of environment and conservation, the commissioner's duly authorized representative and, in the event of the commissioner's absence or a vacancy in the office of commissioner, the deputy commissioner of environment and conservation;
(3) Person means any individual, corporation, company, limited liability company, partnership, association, group, utility district, federal, state or local government agency, or any combination of them;
(4) Source means a location where surface or ground water is available, including, but not limited to, a water well, cave, spring, stream, river, lake, or impoundment; and
(5) Withdraw means to take water from any source on a regular or recurring basis by means of an intake structure, pipe and pump that diverts water away from a source, or by any other conveyance with or without the use of suction. This does not include nonrecurring withdrawals, including, but not limited to, the filling of a swimming pool from a residential water well or accidental withdrawals caused by failure of pipes or equipment.
[Acts 2002, ch. 800, § 4; T.C.A. § 69-8-303.]