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This bill creates a specific exception to state regulations for biosolids (treated sewage sludge used as fertilizer) in Grundy County, Tennessee, which has a population between 13,500 and 13,550 according to the 2020 federal census. The bill amends several sections of Tennessee state law to give Grundy County's legislative body the authority to prohibit or regulate the land application of biosolids, which would normally be regulated at the state level. Specifically, the bill removes state-level restrictions that typically prevent counties from regulating certain agricultural and environmental activities, and instead grants Grundy County the power to create its own rules about how and where biosolids can be applied to land. This means that Grundy County can now establish local permitting requirements, restrictions, or potentially even ban the practice of spreading treated sewage sludge on agricultural lands within the county, despite existing state regulations that would typically preempt such local control. The bill takes effect immediately upon becoming law, demonstrating the state legislature's intent to provide this specific local regulatory flexibility to Grundy County.

Agriculture and Natural Resources

https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/Billinfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1263&ga=114