Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation

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environmental protection agency state government agency

The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation is the state agency responsible for protecting Tennessee’s natural resources and enforcing environmental regulations, including oversight of major industrial and federal facilities.

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Label	Occurrences
Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation canonical	13

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	environmental protection agency ⓘ state government agency ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Tennessee ⓘ surface form: State of Tennessee
cooperatesWith	Tennessee Valley Authority ⓘ U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ⓘ U.S. Department of Energy ⓘ United States Environmental Protection Agency ⓘ environmental non-governmental organizations in Tennessee ⓘ industrial facilities in Tennessee ⓘ local governments in Tennessee ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
fieldOfWork	environmental protection ⓘ environmental regulation enforcement ⓘ natural resource conservation ⓘ pollution control ⓘ public health protection related to environment ⓘ state park management ⓘ
hasJurisdiction	air quality regulation in Tennessee ⓘ brownfield and voluntary cleanup programs in Tennessee ⓘ drinking water supply regulation in Tennessee ⓘ environmental oversight of federal facilities in Tennessee ⓘ environmental permitting for major industrial facilities in Tennessee ⓘ hazardous waste management regulation in Tennessee ⓘ mining and quarry permitting in Tennessee ⓘ natural areas in Tennessee ⓘ on-site wastewater systems regulation in Tennessee ⓘ radiological health regulation in Tennessee ⓘ solid waste management regulation in Tennessee ⓘ state parks in Tennessee ⓘ state superfund and remediation programs in Tennessee ⓘ stormwater permitting in Tennessee ⓘ underground storage tank regulation in Tennessee ⓘ water quality regulation in Tennessee ⓘ
hasResponsibilityFor	conservation of biodiversity in Tennessee ⓘ enforcement of state environmental regulations in Tennessee ⓘ environmental education and outreach in Tennessee ⓘ implementation of certain federal environmental programs in Tennessee ⓘ management of Tennessee State Parks system ⓘ protection of Tennessee’s natural resources ⓘ recreation resource management in Tennessee ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Nashville ⓘ surface form: Nashville, Tennessee
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Davidson County, Tennessee ⓘ
operatesInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Tennessee ⓘ
parentOrganization	Tennessee state government ⓘ surface form: Government of Tennessee
partOf	Executive branch of the Government of Tennessee ⓘ
shortName	TDEC ⓘ
website	https://www.tn.gov/environment.html ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

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Y-12 National Security Complex → regulatoryBody → Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation ⓘ

Oak Ridge Reservation → regulatoryOversight → Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation ⓘ

Kingston Fossil Plant → regulator → Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation ⓘ

DOE Oak Ridge Office → coordinatesWith → Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation ⓘ

Laurel-Snow State Natural Area → managingOrganization → Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation ⓘ

Red Clay State Historic Park (nearby) → operator → Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation ⓘ

subject surface form: Red Clay State Historic Park

Pinson Mounds → managedBy → Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation ⓘ

Fort Loudoun State Historic Park → governingBody → Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation ⓘ

Norris Dam State Park → operatedBy → Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation ⓘ

Radnor Lake State Park → governingBody → Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation ⓘ

Panther Creek State Park → managingOrganization → Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation ⓘ

Frozen Head State Park area → governingBody → Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation ⓘ

subject surface form: Frozen Head State Park

Big Ridge State Park → operator → Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation ⓘ