Rules & Regulations of the State of Tennessee
Title 0400 - Environment and Conservation
Subtitle 0400-40 - Water Resources (WPC)
Chapter 0400-40-06 - State Operating Permits
Section 0400-40-06-.09 - COLLECTION SYSTEMS

(1) Collection system components of a sewerage system that are designed to collect, treat, or convey sewage to a treatment process shall be designed in accordance with accepted engineering practice as prescribed in Chapter 0400-40-02.

(2) Low pressure pumps, low pressure tanks, septic tank effluent pumps (STEP), STEP tanks, and septic tank effluent gravity (STEG) tanks are integral to the treatment and conveyance of sewage in a low-pressure system design, and shall be owned or under control of the municipality, other body of government, public utility district, or a privately owned public utility demonstrating lawful jurisdiction over the service area.

(3) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this rule, all collection system components regulated by this chapter shall be owned by a municipality, other body of government, public utility district, or a privately owned public utility demonstrating lawful jurisdiction over the service area. In limited circumstances, a corporation with a demonstrated capacity to provide the managerial and operational resources necessary to maintain its sewerage system may be permitted to operate a collection system to support a business activity (e.g., a resort).