YOUR ATTENDANCE AT THE AUGUST 30, 2022 PUBLIC HEARING AND WRITTEN COMMENTS TO TDEC ARE CRITICAL! THE HARPETH RIVER IS STILL IMPAIRED, BUT THE DRAFT PERMIT DOES NOT REQUIRE REDUCTION OF POLLUTANT DISCHARGES POLLUTION REDUCTION PLAN IS NOWHERE NEAR FINISHED AFTER SEVEN (7) YEARS!! Use our Petition Tool to submit comments about the draft permit by September…
On June 2, 2022, Harpeth Conservancy along with the TN Chapter of the Sierra Club (TNSC), and Brian Paddock (a Cookeville environmental lawyer) sent comments to TDEC on the proposed renewal of NPDES Permit No. TN0024198 for the Cookeville Wastewater Treatment Plant. Using an APSU Biology Dept. algal comparison by Lebkuecher and Mauney, the comments…
On June 1, 2022, Harpeth Conservancy sent comments to the Nashville District of the US Army Corps of Engineers on the Center Hill Dam and Reservoir Control Manual. The letter states, “HC believes that a number of improvements to the original 1998 Manual are required to comply with the US Army Corps of Engineers’ (“USACE”)…
Harpeth Conservancy submitted comments on the 2020 draft 303(d) list of impaired and threatened waters in Tennessee to the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC)’s Watershed Planning Unit, calling for greater meaning, consistency, and transparency in its interpretation and application of the water quality standards intended to help clean up the state’s waterways. Read…
Harpeth Conservancy comments to TN Dept. Environment and Conservation on plan to cleaning up the impaired waterway through its TMDL. Read the comments HERE.
Harpeth Conservancy signed onto a letter written by the the Southern Environmental Law Center and 90 other organizations asking the Biden Administration to “promptly finalize the present rulemaking to protect critical wetlands, streams, and other waters that we and our millions of members rely on for swimming, fishing, boating, drinking water, and our livelihoods”. Please…
Harpeth Conservancy signed onto a letter written by the American Rivers Network and signed by nearly 50 other organizations to provide input on the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) implementation of the State Revolving Fund (SRF) provisions of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), specifically with regard to how EPA includes guidance on climate resiliency…
Please click here for a copy of the letter that was sent last week to the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works.
On April 16, 2021, the Southern Environmental Law Center (“SELC”), Harpeth Conservancy, Hurricane Mills Mining Opposition, Tennessee Scenic Rivers Association, Tennessee Clean Water Network, Tennessee Chapter Sierra Club, and Defenders of Wildlife (“Conservation Groups”) asked the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (“TDEC” or “the Department”) to terminate or revoke National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System…
As one of the 24-member organizations of the Mississippi River Network, Harpeth Conservancy signs onto policy recommendations sent to the Biden-Harris administration. Click here to read the full letter and priorities.
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