Amends TCA Title 69, Chapter 3, Part 1.

ON MARCH 16, 2023, THE SENATE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1 AND PASSED SENATE BILL 407, AS AMENDED.<br /> <br /> AMENDMENT #1 rewrites this bill to revise the Water Quality Control Act, as follows:<br /> <br /> (1) To authorize the department of environment and conservation to issue an aquatic resource alteration permit to a person in connection with the removal of sand, gravel, and similar sediments or deposits from streams or wetlands;<br /> <br /> (2) To deem a person who is issued a permit, associated with the commercial recovery of sand, gravel, and similar sediments or deposits, from a stream or wetland that is the property of this state, to have received ownership of these materials from this state upon removal by the permittee from the stream or wetland and payment to this state as provided in (3);<br /> <br /> (3) To require, if the permittee removes sand, gravel, or similar sediments from property of this state, that the permittee compensate the state for 2.5 percent of the market value of the finished product; and<br /> <br /> (4) To prohibit the department from granting a permit associated with the removal of sand, gravel, or similar sediments from streams or wetlands located on private property unless the permit applicant owns the property, owns the mineral estate, or has received written consent from the private property owner, and has submitted documentation of such ownership or consent to the department.<br />