
Advocacy Action Alert: Support the creation of a TN Office of Outdoor Recreation
The legislative season is upon us and we have an unusual opportunity to join forces to create a Tennessee Office of Outdoor Recreation (OREC) in
Harpeth Conservancy has long been active in efforts to reduce toxic pollution in our waterways. We spearheaded efforts to make sure that Liberty Creek, a tributary of the Harpeth were actively cleaned up.
In January 2007, the TN Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC) confirmed that leaking pipes at Egyptian Lacquer Manufacturing Company (ELMCO) on Eddy Lane, located next to Fort Granger, had contaminated the groundwater, Liberty Creek, and the Harpeth River in downtown Franklin, TN with hazardous chemicals. Even with some clean-up efforts early on, hazardous chemicals in the groundwater flowed into nearby Liberty Creek in the vicinity behind Battle Ground Academy (BGA) lower school for the ensuing years. Orange bacteria growth that feeds off the chemicals and active seeps with hazardous chemicals were confirmed in Liberty Creek.
Harpeth Conservancy has been very involved in identifying the seeps where the hazardous chemicals entered directly into the Harpeth River and funded expert reviews of the proposed clean-up plans. Harpeth Conservancy expert review highlighted that the second proposed clean up plan:
Among other efforts, the TN Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC) held a public information session to gather input on the proposed final Corrective Action Plan by Egyptian Lacquer Manufacturing Company. The proposal was to let nature takes it course to deal with hazardous chemicals that still contaminate the groundwater on their property years later and that are moving under people’s homes and into Liberty Creek where children can easily play.
Harpeth Conservancy has funded an expert review of the proposed Plan and collected recent field data which has been provided to TDEC.
The legislative season is upon us and we have an unusual opportunity to join forces to create a Tennessee Office of Outdoor Recreation (OREC) in
In November 2022, Harpeth Conservancy in partnership with the Southern Environmental Law Center, filed an official complaint to the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC) alerting
Email Petition Instructions: Use our email petition form to the left in order to send a message to Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC)
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
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
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
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