Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam announced last week his appointment of a steering committee to develop a statewide plan for future water availability. The plan, TN H2O, will include an assessment…
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Tennessee’s Statewide Uniform Inspectors Training
Tennessee’s Department of Environment and Conservation, Division of Solid Waste Management has developed and implemented a statewide uniform inspectors training program that was originally designed as a business process improvement…
Tennessee Annual Report Highlights Air and Other Successes
The Tennessee Department of Environmental Conservation recently released its 2017 Annual Report, which provides insight into the Department’s priorities, performance, and promotion of environmental stewardship and natural resource management. Highlights…
Tennessee Prepares for Earth Science Week
Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam last week proclaimed October 8-14 Earth Science Week throughout the state. This year’s theme, Earth and Human Activity, was dedicated to exploring the relationship between human…
Tennessee Attains Compliance with Federal Particle Pollution Standards
On August 30, Tennessee announced that the entire state is now in compliance with federal air quality health standards for particle pollution, also known as particulate matter or PM2.5. U.S.…
ECOS Member Spotlight: Bob Martineau
Two Minutes with Bob Martineau, Commissioner, Tennessee Department of Environment & Conservation What’s your current job? I’m Commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Environment & Conservation. We serve as state…
Tennessee Digitizes Septic System Records for Public
As part of a statewide customer service enhancement plan, the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC) has made all septic system records for two counties available online for the…
Green Report: ECOS Business Process Improvement Skills Exchange Program
This report summarizes the first round of a Business Process Improvement (BPI) mentoring program administered by ECOS’ Innovation and Productivity Committee. Kicked off in 2016, this program pairs BPI leaders…
ECOS Profiles Top Ten State Earth Day Activities
To mark Earth Day on April 22, ECOS requested information regarding how state agencies were celebrating. The association was impressed with the number and variety of original approaches reported via…
Tennessee Brownfields Program Successes Reported in Knoxville News Sentinel
Today, the Knoxville News Sentinel published an article spotlighting Brownfields program successes of the Tennessee Department of Environment & Conservation (TDEC). Since the program’s inception in 1995, Tennessee has received…
