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From YouTube: House Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee - February 16, 2022 - House Hearing Room 3
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House Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee - February 16, 2022 - House Hearing Room 3
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Anyone
else
with
personal
orders,
all
right-
we
don't
have
any
bills
to
hear
today,
but
we
have
several
individuals
here
to
give
us
a
report
on
what
they
do
and
so
we'll
be
interested
to
hear
those
and
we'll
get
started
with
that
right
away.
We
first
on
our
list
is
and
general.
Let
me
I
think
I
got
to
most
of
you
a
while
ago,
but
three
three
presenters
here
today.
A
We
have
this
room
for
an
hour,
so
if
you
can
stay
pretty
close
to
15
minutes
and
then
give
a
few
minutes
for
questions
after
that
would
work
out
really
well.
First
on
our
list
is
tdec,
that
is
commissioner,
david
salyers
deputy
commissioner
greg
young
and
deputy
commissioner
jim
bryson.
You,
you,
gentlemen,
are
recognized.
E
Thank
you,
chairman
halford.
I
am
david
salyers,
commissioner
of
the
tennessee
department
of
environment
and
conservation
and
chairman,
and
vice
chairman
grills.
We
want
to
thank
you
all
so
much
for
the
invite
to
be
here
today
and
chairman
hawford
is
knowing
you
for
years.
I
want
to
express
my
gratitude
for
your
years
of
public
service
and
and
you've
been
a
model
for
others
to
emulate.
Thank
you,
sir,
for
all.
E
The
great
work
you've
done
with
me
today,
our
deputy
commissioner,
young
and
deputy
commissioner
bryson
deputy
commissioner
young
oversees
our
bureau
of
environment
deputy
commissioner
bryson
parks
in
conservation
and
today,
we'd
like
to
take
a
brief
opportunity
to
discuss
why
our
department
plays
a
critical
role
in
tennessee's
economy
and
quality
life
and
first
I
want
to
say
that
a
big
part
of
that
is
the
passion
and
expertise
of
the
staff
that
we
have.
Let
me
tell
you
these
folks
are
smart
they're
mission
driven.
E
You
know
from
attorneys
to
landfill
inspectors
to
septic
tank
inspectors
to
engineers
and
park
rangers.
We
are
very
fortunate
to
have
this
team
working
for
us
us
tennesseans,
and
I
want
to
note
that
our
leadership
team
continually
promotes
a
culture
that
tennessee's
economic
prosperity
is
dependent
on
the
quality
of
life.
Our
department
strives
to
provide-
and
in
my
recent
interactions
with
industry
leaders-
and
let
me
tell
you
with
everything
that's
going
on
in
our
state
on
economic
development.
E
That
has
been
quite
a
few
interactions,
but
nevertheless
it
has
become
very
apparent
that
a
clean
environment,
a
high
quality
of
life,
are
prerequisites
for
businesses
looking
to
expand
in
tennessee
or
relocate
to
tennessee,
when
they
see
that
our
state
has
an
efficient
and
responsible
regulatory
system
and
that
we
are
a
solutions,
oriented
department,
it
makes
a
difference
and
when
they
see
that
we
have
a
world-class
system
of
state
parks
and
natural
areas,
it
makes
a
difference
when
they
see
that
our
air
is
cleaner
than
it
has
been.
Since
the
industrial
revolution.
E
It
makes
a
difference.
Governor
lee
in
his
state
of
the
state
talked
about
tennessee
being
america
at
its
best,
and
I
I
certainly
share
that
belief
and
it's
easy
to
share,
because
it's
true.
I
also
believe
that
right
now,
tdac
is
at
its
best,
and
we
owe
much
of
that
to
our
close
partnership
and
comma
vision
that
we
share
with
this
committee.
F
Good
afternoon,
chairman
vice
chair,
thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
be
here.
Okay,
can
you
all
hear
me
now
all
right?
Thank
you.
My
name
is
greg
young,
I'm
the
deputy
commissioner
for
the
bureau
of
environment
at
t
deck
chairman
vice
chair.
Thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
be
here
today,
members
of
the
committee.
We
are
happy
to
be
here
before
you.
F
One
way
we
try
to
carry
out
t-deck's
mission
to
protect
human
health
in
the
environment
is,
is
by
being
a
resource
and
not
just
a
regulator,
we're
here
to
serve
as
that
resource.
We're
here
to
serve
you
we're
here
to
serve
your
constituents
and
being
that
resource
and
not
just
a
regulator,
means
that
we
do
things
like
we
collaborate.
F
We
try
to
engage
really
early
and
often
before
their
problems
and
to
act
honestly
and
transparently.
When
we
encounter
issues
a
lot
of
times.
This
just
simply
means
that
we
need
to
sit
down
with
folks
and
give
them
the
lay
of
the
land
when
it
comes
to
a
regulatory
framework.
We're
here
to
do
that,
we
do
seek
to
find
effective
solutions
that
weigh
and
balance
priorities
of
a
broad
array
of
stakeholders,
including
the
general
assembly,
federal
and
local
governments,
sister
agencies,
ngos
and
the
general
public.
F
I
I'm
proud
to
share
that.
Tdec
was
front
and
center
when
it
came
to
recruiting
forward
to
west
tennessee.
We
had
a
lot
of
people
working
hard
on
that,
and
please
know
that
folks,
like
ford
and
other
recruits
that
we
deal
with
are,
are
constantly
amazed
at
our
ability
to
do
great
work
in
an
efficient
and
thorough
manner,
especially
when
compared
to
a
lot
of
other
states.
F
This
statute,
you
pass,
makes
our
brownfield
program
the
envy
of
many
other
states
and
some
specific
examples.
If
you
just
look
around
capitol
hill,
where
you're
sitting
here
today,
you
can
see
them,
you
think
about
the
sound
stadium.
You
think
about
all
the
redevelopment
in
the
gulch.
You
think
about
the
capital
view
development.
All
those
were
historically
contaminated,
impacted
properties
that
the
department
of
environment
conservation
had
an
active
role
in
addressing
that
contamination
to
provide
for
economic
development.
F
The
next
slide
that
I've
got
is
some
statistics
and
a
lot
of
times.
Statistics
speak
for
themselves,
but
these
are
particularly
strong
stats
that
I
think
show
how
tdec
is
a
resource
and
not
just
a
regulator,
because
we
are
entertainment
for
air
quality
people
breathe
easier
and
we
can
eliminate
the
unnecessary
and
burdensome
programs
like
tail
pipe
testing.
F
F
F
Arp
presents
a
generational
and
transformational
opportunity
to
improve
water
and
wastewater
infrastructure
in
all
of
your
districts,
even
though
underground
pipes
rarely
get
the
attention
they
deserve.
The
tea
deck
effort
will
ensure
that
tennesseans
will
be
able
to
turn
on
faucets
flush,
toilets,
and
I
know
all
this
sounds
real
basic,
but
it's
essential
to
the
quality
of
life
that
we
enjoy.
F
Historically,
we've
seen
a
little
bit
of
competition
between
some
water
and
wastewater
providers,
but
by
being
a
resource
to
provide
incentives
through
arp,
we
actually
see
these
local
governments
and
utility
districts
working
together
now
to
develop
improvements
to
water
and
wastewater
infrastructure
that
will
better
serve
all
tennesseans
again.
Thank
you
for
your
time
today
and
now
turn
it
over
the
one
and
only
deputy
commissioner,
jim
bryson.
G
We're
all
very
fortunate
that
there's
only
one
it's
good
to
be
here
with
you.
My
name
is
jim
bryson,
I'm
deputy
commissioner
for
parks
and
conservation,
and,
if
I
may,
before
I
get
started,
I
just
want
to
say.
Mr
chairman,
I
don't
know
if
I'll
be
before
your
committee
again
this
session,
so
I
just
want
to
say
thank
you
for
your
service
over
the
years
and
all
that
you
have
done
for
the
state.
You
will
be
greatly
missed.
Thank
you.
G
The
other
thing,
I'd
like
to
say
is
just
to
your
left
is
a
friend
of
mine,
becky
cantrell.
I
first
met
in
about
1986
and
we've
been
friends
for
all,
that's
where
she
was
like
three
years
old
at
the
time
and
but
we've
known
each
other
for
a
long
time,
and
it's
good
to
be
here
with
you
today.
I
want
to
tell
you
just
a
little
bit
about
state
parks
and
natural
areas,
and
the
first
thing
I'll
tell
you
is:
we
just
got
this
in
hot
off
the
press.
G
This
is
our
new
economic
impact
report
for
state
parks,
which
shows
that
tennessee
state
parks
have
a
2.1
billion
dollar
impact.
On
tennessee,
much
of
it
in
rural
counties,
I'll
talk
more
about
that
in
just
a
moment.
What
I'd
like
to
do?
First,
if
you
don't
mind,
is
just
talk
a
little
bit
about
why
state
parks
are
so
incredibly
important
to
our
state
about
a
hundred
years
ago,
our
grandparents
enjoyed
clean
air
clean
water,
and
they
could
wander
all
over
this
state
pretty
much
at
will.
G
These
lands
were
open
for
them
to
walk,
hunt
or
fish
anytime,
since
since
then,
strong
leadership
in
our
state
has
brought
a
lot
of
prosperity
as
urban
centers
grew
and
highways
were
built
and
towns
across
the
state
expanded
your
predecessors
set
up
a
system
of
state
parks
and
those
tennessee
state
parks
were
set
up
to
ensure
the
beautiful
lands
and
historic
sites
that
define
our
state
and
define
what
we
love
about.
This
state
are
preserved
for
future
generations.
G
G
I
want
to
thank
you
for
supporting
our
56
state
parks
and
84
natural
areas,
because
you
make
it
possible
for
tennesseans
to
get
out
into
these
natural
places
and
to
enjoy
them.
Nobody
has
an
excuse
not
to
go
to
a
state
park.
We
have
a
state
park
within
an
hour
of
every
tennessean,
that's
unique
and
it's
important
because
we
believe
in
protecting
these
most
beautiful
and
important
places.
Our
state
parks
are
mostly
located
in
rural
areas.
G
State
parks
are
vital
to
these
communities.
As
I
mentioned,
state
parks
have
a
2.1
billion
dollar
impact.
Most
of
that
impact
is
in
our
rural
areas
and
our
rural
communities.
In
fact,
state
parks
generated
about
15,
000
jobs.
Last
year
supported
15
000
jobs
in
those
communities.
State
parks
generated
24
million
dollars
in
local
sales
taxes.
Those
are
taxes
in
europe
can
be
that
go
to
your
communities
that
come
from
state
parks
and
state
parks
generated
121
million
dollars
in
state
sales
taxes.
That
is
twice
our
appropriation
state
parks
are
in
good
investment
for
tennessee.
G
Your
support
and
good
management
is
why
every
tennessean
can
go
to
a
state
park
free
of
charge.
We're
tennesseans,
we
kind
of
take
that
for
granted.
It's
always
been
that
way.
The
truth
is
there's
only
seven
states
left
that
don't
charge
admission
to
the
state
parks
tennessee's,
one
of
them.
Thank
you
for
that.
G
G
G
G
A
D
Mr
chairman,
no
questions
but
just
comments.
I
think
the
commissioner
summed
it
up
quite
well
with
one
sentence
while
ago
it's
tdec
tdec
right
now
is
at
its
best.
I
would
have
to
agree
with
that.
I
have
worked
as
you
well
know,
both
in
the
park
system
briefly
and
then
with
the
environmental
side
many
many
moons
ago,
and
you
all
are
certainly
at
your
best
right
now.
D
I've
got
more
confidence
in
the
department
now
than
I've
ever
had
in
my
whole
career
and-
and
that's
because
of
you
and
the
folks
right
under
you
that
are
making
this
happen
every
day
out
in
the
field,
all
the
field
offices,
you
all,
have
generated
an
attitude
in
the
department
throughout
that
I
think,
is
very
difficult
to
to
attain
most
of
the
time
and
but
you've
managed
to
do
that
in
a
fairly
short
period
of
time.
I
think,
and-
and
we
appreciate
what
you
do-
thank
you
so
much.
Thank
you,
sir.
Thank
you
chair.
H
F
F
Yes,
sir,
so
a
lot
of
times,
environmental
contamination
is
a
term.
That
means
there's
some
sort
of
impact
caused
that
could
from
chemicals
or
you
name
it
that
can
cause
some
sort
of
effect
to
public
health.
You
know
a
lot
of
times.
It
may
be
tied
to
a
cancer
risk
things
like
that,
but
that's
usually
the
environmental
contamination
of
certain
constituents
and
contaminants
is
what
we're
referring
to.
H
F
So
a
lot
of,
for
instance,
around
sound
stadium
and
and
that
kind
of
stuff
you
had
old
ways
of
providing
energy
and
heat
to
the
town
of
nashville,
and
things
like
that.
That
was
like
coal
or
things
like
that,
and
so
you'll
find
just
what
we
call
historical
contamination
that
may
date
back
to
the
early
1900s
and
that
kind
of
stuff.
So
it's
just
it's
not
something
that's
created
from
re,
some
from
some
recent
manufacturing
activities,
just
something
that's
older
that
may
be
left
over
in
the
ground,
some
from
some
prior
activity.
C
Thank
you,
mr
chairman,
gentlemen.
I
want
to
say
thank
you
for
being
here
and
always
for
being
such
a
a
great
resource
to
us.
As
you
know,
as
legislators,
before
coming
to
the
legislature,
the
t
deck
was
one
of
these
departments
where
it
was
kind
of
like
the
boogeyman.
You
know
to
the
public,
because
you
never
knew
you.
It
was
a
fearful
thing
to
have
t
deck,
come
knocking
on
your
door
or
to
to
call
t
deck
with
it
with
an
issue.
C
But
since
I've
been
here
the
the
staff,
the
the
people
that
work
in
your
department,
your
agency,
have
been
nothing
more
than
I
mean
they're,
just
phenomenal,
and
each
time
that
I've
had
constituent
issues.
They
have
been
addressed
in
such
a
way
that
it's
it
eases
the
constituents
minds
when
they
they're
not
as
fearful
now
to
to
talk
with
someone,
and
I'm
very
appreciative
to
that,
because
it
makes
our
lives
easier.
C
But
it
also
shows
the
level
of
care
and
concern
that
that
you
have
from
everything
from
state
parks
to
septic
tanks
and
sewers
and
everything
else
that
we
end
up
going
through.
So
I
just
want
to
say
personally
thank
you
very
much
for
what
you
do
and
the
effort
that
you
that
you
give
day
in
and
day
out.
I
E
Yes,
sir,
we
we
do
have
those
in
place.
I
could
certainly
ask
our
general
counsel
to
come
up
and
and
describe
it
in
more
detail,
but
annually
we
go
through
ethics,
conflict
of
interest,
training
and-
and
we
take
it
very
very
seriously
so
in
the
department
and
that's
something
that
we're
gonna
continue
to
take
seriously.
Yeah.
F
I
Quickly,
all
right,
commissioner
bryson
tell
us
about
your
coordination.
Your
department,
with
the
department
of
ed
there's,
been
a
lot
about
outdoor
classrooms,
the
impact
of
outdoor
classrooms
and
that
experience
on
the
mental
and
emotional
health
of
our
students.
How
has
your
department
contributed
to
that
through
collaboration?
I.
G
Really
appreciate
you,
you
bringing
that
up
because
there's
nothing.
You
know.
One
of
the
things
we
didn't
talk
about
was
the
fact
that
our
state
parks
and
natural
areas
are
do
contribute
to
the
physical,
emotional
and
mental
health
of
tennesseans,
particularly
in
the
last
couple
of
years
when
people
have
gotten
out
in
droves
to
go
to
the
parks.
G
That's
given
to
those
students
that
actually
is
coordinated
with
the
state
curriculum,
and
so
they
come
and
they
don't
lose
a
day
of
school,
because
they're
actually
getting
a
program
coordinated
with
the
curriculum.
So
we
are
we're
working
on
that,
but
it's
not
where
it
needs
to
be,
and
we
want
to
improve
that
if
we
can,
because
we
feel
that's
that
education
is
a
very
important
part
of
what
state
parks
does.
J
Thank
you,
mr
chairman.
My
remarks
will
be
very
brief
and
directed
towards
state
parks.
I
just
want
to
say
I
appreciate
our
state
parks.
I've
been
a
lover
of
national
parks
for
many
many
years.
As
you
know,
commissioner,
and
we
have
some
wonderful
state
parks.
The
fact
that
they're
free
is
an
added
benefit
to
tennesseans.
J
I
would
say
that
the
history
of
our
state
parks,
many
of
them,
are
rooted
in
the
ccc
days.
They
were
developed
our
trails,
our
cabins,
and
I
just
would
like
us
to
look
at
the
opportunity,
as
we
look
at
reinvestment
in
the
state
on
many
fronts,
that
we
look
at
some
of
the
deferred
maintenance
in
our
state
parks.
We've
made
some
new
capital.
J
G
Thank
you,
mr
chairman,
and
I
appreciate
that
representative,
because
we've
talked
a
lot
about
particular
parks
in
your
area
we
had
when,
when
we
came
in
when
this
administration
came
in,
we
had
82
million
dollars
of
backlog,
deferred
maintenance,
our
department,
I'm
gonna,
brag
on
my
folks.
A
little
bit
our
department
has
been
has
been
getting.
G
What
we
call
120
efficiency,
and
what
I
mean
by
that
is
on
is
that
we,
when
we
get
money
for
deferred
maintenance,
we're
actually
accomplishing
20
percent,
more
work
with
the
money
that
we
get
over
the
past
three
through
almost
three
years
now,
because
of
that,
this
budget
includes
the
money
that
we
need.
That's
coming
through
now
that
the
that
the
governor's
proposed
includes
the
money
to
actually
wipe
out
all
of
that
small
dollar
deferred
maintenance
it'll
take
a
few
years
to
work
through
the
system,
but
we
have
an
opportunity
to
do
that.
A
Thank
you,
gentlemen,
for
being
here,
it's
obvious
that
your
presentation
was
well
given
and
well
received
by
the
questions
that
have
been
asked
here,
so
we
appreciate
you
being
here
and
what
you
have
done
for
the
state
of
tennessee.
Thank
you
very
much.
Thank
you
all,
ladies
and
gentlemen.
Next
on
our
list
is
executive
director,
david
blackwood,
with
the
west
tennessee
river
basin
authority,
and
I
I
saw
him
a
few
minutes
ago.
A
K
So
thank
you
for
having
me
here
today,
chairman
hoffers
members
of
the
committee,
I'm
always
excited
to
come
and
share
the
important
work
of
the
biggest
little
agency
in
west
tennessee
and
that's
the
west
tennessee
river
basin
authority
we've
been
around
since
the
1970s
and
I've
been
a
well-kept
secret
of
west
tennessee,
but
I
think
the
word's
starting
to
get
out
and
that's
a
good
thing.
I
couldn't
be
any
prouder
of
our
team,
the
work
that
we
do
or
the
state
that
we
serve
it's
it's
truly
an
honor.
K
We
also
maintain
140
lakes
and
we
operate
a
beaver
damage
management
program
that
protects
county
roads
at
more
than
125
locations,
we're
fiscally
efficient
and
we
partner
well
through
partnerships.
We've
averaged
over
12
million
dollars
in
project
work
in
each
of
the
past
two
years
and
we're
set
to
grow
beyond
that
with
an
opportunity
for
60
to
100
million
dollars
of
work
in
the
next
three
to
five
years,
with
an
annual
state
allocation
of
three
million
dollars.
That's
a
leverage
of
five
to
one
for
anybody
taking
notes.
K
K
K
I
would
like
to
share
three
projects
that
highlight
our
positive
impact
for
ag
and
natural
resources.
The
first
is
the
white
oak
wma
in
hardin
county.
This
was
the
largest
restoration
of
a
failed
channelized
system
in
tennessee,
there's
12
miles
of
natural
channel
reconstructed,
4,
000,
acres
of
forested
wetland
restored,
reduced
flooding
on
nearby
farms,
which
repaired
some
strained
relationships,
and
we
did
it
all
for
25
under
our
4
million
budget.
K
K
K
This
is
a
storm
water
pumping
station
that
can
move
46
thousand
gallons
of
water
every
minute
over
the
mississippi
river
levy,
and
it
protects
agricultural
property
and
the
town
of
tiptonville
during
floods.
We
actually
had
to
turn
it
on
before
it
was
100
complete
and
I'm
happy
to
report.
It
worked
well.
K
Mr
chairman,
you
asked
to
hear
issues
that
our
agency
is
facing
and
I
would
say
life
is
good
at
the
wtrba
we
have
an
amazing
team
and
good
community
support,
but
there
is
an
issue
with
particular
consequences
to
our
water
infrastructure,
and
that
issue
is
growth.
Growth
is
good
for
tennessee,
but
it
brings
challenges
as
we
grow.
As
a
region
and
state
we
need
to
grow.
Smart
new
developments
will
increase,
runoff
and
new
infrastructure
will
be
built
while
we're
trying
to
repair
old
infrastructure.
That's
sometimes
fallen
apart
beneath
our
feet.
K
This
brings
me
to
an
effort.
That's
critical.
If
we're
going
to
grow
wisely,
outreach
and
education
growing
wisely
for
me
means
helping
communities
and
landowners,
be
more
prepared
for
floods,
there's
a
gap
between
available
resources,
technical
assistance
and
the
communities
that
need
both.
This
disconnect
is
wider
for
rural
communities,
but
it
exists
everywhere.
K
It's
understandable
because
life's
busy
and
we
work
with
the
resources
we
have,
but
the
cost
of
this
disconnect
is
significant.
We
combine
flood
damages
and
deferred
maintenance.
Storm
water
is
a
half
a
billion
dollar
issue
annually.
In
tennessee,
we
hear
a
lot
about
resilience,
but
most
of
the
programs
out
there
are
reactive
receiving
help
usually
requires
proving
a
problem
already
exists
and
fixing
problems
after
the
storm
is
important.
It's
critical.
We
have
to
help
communities,
but
we
should
be
stopping
problems
from
happening
too.
K
K
Each
year
brings
new
challenges
and
lessons
and
every
new
storm
has
me
holding
my
breath
for
issues
that
show
up
every
year
like
clockwork
requests
for
assistance
have
grown
for
technical
assistance
has
grown
over
the
years
and
I
often
think,
wouldn't
save
everybody
a
lot
of
time
and
money.
If
there's
a
way
to
share
information
in
the
way
I
received
it
by
observing
it
happen,
it's
hard
to
catch
a
flood
in
action,
but
what
if
we
could
create
one
whenever
we
wanted?
What?
K
K
K
The
wet
center
has
been
through
several
rounds
of
concept
design
and
in
a
detailed
feasibility
study.
The
facility
you
see
here
is
about
much
more
than
culverts.
It's
a
place
where
you
can
learn
about
concepts.
You
can
observe
them
in
action,
then
you
can
walk
out
the
back
door
and
put
your
knowledge
to
the
test.
K
K
A
D
Chairman,
I
appreciate
you
being
here
today
appreciate
your
presentation
and
and
there's
a
lot
of
information
in
a
very
short
period
of
time,
and
I
want
to
also
congratulate
the
commissioner.
He
could
not
have
found
a
better
replacement
for
himself
having
run
that
authority
for
a
number
of
years
and
the
the
background
you
bring
to
this
gives
me
a
lot
of
confidence
when
I'm
out
talking
to
the
public
about
these
problems,
and
one
thing
you
kind
of
alluded
to
that.
I
think
I'd
want
to
point
out
a
little.
D
More
specifically
is
there's
an
interface
between
public
water
and
private
land,
and
I
deal
with
it
every
day
you
deal
with
it.
Obviously,
and
most
people
don't
think
about
it
until
it's
their
property,
a
lot
of
people
that
that
have
a
home
or
a
business
on
the
edge
of
a
creek
or
a
stream,
and
that
water
in
that
channel
may
belong
to
everybody.
D
It
does
all
the
runoff
that
gets
into
it
comes
from
everybody
else
upstream,
but
their
property
goes
out
in
the
in
the
stream,
usually,
and
so
working
in
that
environment
is
kind
of
a
difficult
situation.
You
know
the
homeowner's
not
not
the
cause
of
a
problem
of
erosion,
most
of
the
time
it's
the
volume
and
velocity
that's
coming
down,
and
so
you
guys
provide.
I
know
such
a
valuable
service
to
deal
with
that
particular
interface.
D
Among
other
things-
and
I
just
want
to
point
that
out-
this
is
extremely
valuable
and
then
what
the
experience
you
bring
to
the
table
watching
these
storms
going
out
and
seeing
what
happens
during
a
rain
event
with
a
culvert
with
a
bridge
whatever
it
might
be,
is
extremely
valuable
and
plus
all
the
experience
you
have
in
development.
You
with
the
civil
engineer
background
and
your
your
professional
career,
how
it's
taken
you
down
a
very
unique
path.
D
You
have
a
background
that
can
look
out
for
developers,
builders,
homeowners,
business
owners
and
how
they
need
to
operate
on
their
own
property,
but
then
educate
them
and
work
with
them
to
make
it
the
best
possible
interaction,
and
I
really
appreciate
that
you
really
give
me
a
lot
of
confidence
in
in
our
community
and
the
surrounding
communities,
and
I
appreciate
what
you
bring
to
the
table.
Thank
you.
H
Thank
you,
mr
chairman,
thank
you,
mr
blackwood,
for
being
here
and
for
all
that
you
do
so
often
we
take
for
granted
when
the
storm
comes
through
and
the
trees
are
laid
over,
that,
whatever
it
is,
they
fall
into
the
the
river
other
waterways
they
wash
down
to
the
ditch
and
they
find
a
bridge.
They
build
a
dam
there
who
gets
those
out
of
the
way
and
this
guy
right
here
and
his
team
they're
the
ones
who
keep
the
keep
those
bridges
clean
and
operational.
H
Personally,
as
a
farmer,
I
want
to
thank
you
for
what
I
do,
because
you
keep
the
water
off
of
us
when
it
downs
up
and
builds
back
on
us
and
the
people
in
our
my
district,
especially
I
know
representative
darby
and
representative
hurt
representative
todd.
We
all
have
a
lot
of
farmers
out
there
that
really
appreciate
the
work
you
do
and
I'm
just
here
to
support
you
and
tell
you
how
much
I
appreciate
it
publicly.
A
L
Shaw.
Thank
you,
mr
chair
thanks.
So
much
thank
you
for
being
here
today,
I'm
very
familiar
with
what
you
do.
In
fact,
I
used
to
be
on
your
board
long
time
ago,
and
I
want
to
kind
of
just
get
right
down
to
the
nitty-gritty,
because
we're
sitting
here
telling
you
how
much
we
appreciate
you
and
we
do
and
you
got
to
be
in
rural
west
tennessee
got
to
be
a
farmer.
Someone
like
that
to
know
exactly
what
you
do
and
how
you
protect
us.
What
is
your
budget
now.
L
And-
and
I
do
know
that
we
do
more
bragging
sometimes
than
we
do
putting
money
in
the
program,
so
I
I'm
really
serious
about
this,
because
I
know
how
important
your
work
is
and
what
you
do
and
how
much
you
protect
us
in
many
ways.
So
I
I
just
wanted
to
know
if
we
were
just
being
fairly
fair
with
you
never
going
to
give
you
all
you
want,
but
we
just
want
to
make
sure
that
we're
treating
you
like.
You
need
to
be
treated
because
of
what
you
do
and
thank
you
so
much.
Yes,.
A
A
M
M
The
co
earned
promotion
board
is
to
finance
programs
such
as
research,
education,
market
development,
marketing
advertising
and
other
methods
that
to
promote
the
increased
production,
consumption
use
and
sale
of
our
corn
products
in
tennessee,
we
have
about
3
200
corn
growers
in
tennessee,
corn
is
grown
in
about
every
county
to
some
extent.
In
tennessee
our
five
largest
counties
are
in
northwest
tennessee
and
those
counties
grow
about
330
000
acres
of
corn
in
tennessee.
M
There
are
33
counties
that
produce
over
5
000
acres
of
corn
in
each
county,
there's
37
counties
that
produce
between
a
thousand
and
five
thousand
acres
of
corn
and
the
remaining
25
counties
produce
each
about
a
thousand
acres
of
corn
or
less
what's
impact.
We
have
well
in
tennessee
this
last
year.
According
to
nasp,
we
produced
a
little
over
163
million
bushels
of
corn,
those
that
you
probably
know
a
bushel
of
corn
56
pounds.
M
Putting
that,
in
a
perspective
that
you
could
relate
to
your
constituents
about
what
kind
of
volume
we're
talking
about
just
to
haul,
that
corn
one
time
and
corn
always
gets
hauled
more
than
once
from
a
farm
it'll
take
over
a
hundred
and
eighty
one
thousand
semi
loads
of
corn,
just
to
move
that
it'll
take
over
forty
six
thousand
rail
cars
to
move
what
corn
is
grown
in
tennessee
and
to
take
nearly
3
300
barge
loads
of
corn
to
move
that.
So,
mr
chairman
infrastructure
is
critical
to
us
in
tennessee
and
critical
for
corn
growers.
M
The
price
of
corn,
of
course
fluctuate
because
it's
a
commodity,
that's
traded,
and
over
the
last
20
years
those
volatilities
in
the
market
have
been
from
a
dollar
88
per
bushel
to
the
high
in
and
2012
of
cents.
A
bushel
and
today's
price
in
january,
or
the
price
was
in
january
of
a
little
over
six
dollars
per
bushel.
M
Well,
that's
not
really
what
you're
seeing
it's
a
dent
corn
that
we
use
for
commercial
production,
and
but
there
are
thousands
of
uses
of
corn
and
as
a
corn
promotion
board,
we
always
say:
tennessee
corn
is
everywhere
every
day
and
what
I
mean
by
that
is
you
ask
the
consumer?
Do
you
use
any
corn?
Obviously
no,
we
don't
use
any
corn.
We
eat
some
this
summer,
but
that's
about
it.
M
M
They
are
the
largest
user
of
corn.
Our
second
largest
use
of
corn
in
tennessee
is
our
renewable
energy
ethanol
in
your
handout.
Today
there
is
a
sheet
talking
about
our
ethanol
industry
in
tennessee,
and
what
we
always
like
to
say
is:
corn
energy
is
green
energy.
It's
renewable
by
tennessee
farmers
every
year.
Now
you!
I
can't
argue
with
you,
though,
that
crude
oil
is
renewable.
Also,
it
just
takes
a
few
million
years
to
renew
it.
M
Corn
renews
every
year,
there's
three
ethanol
plants
in
tennessee
and
they
use
a
large
percent
of
the
rest
of
our
corn
and,
of
course,
in
tennessee.
There's
another
alcohol
plant
a
little
different
type
of
alcohol
jack
daniels.
They
are
a
large
user
of
corn
in
tennessee.
They
crush
about
14
million
bushels
of
corn
a
year
and
in
addition
to
that
distillery,
there's
numerous
other
distilleries
in
tennessee
they're
now
using
tennessee,
corn
and
they're,
proud
to
be
using
that
tennessee
corn.
M
M
We,
since
our
inception
have
collected
or
the
department
of
ag
has
collected,
and
the
board
has
been
in
charge
of
a
little
over
three
and
a
half
million
dollars
that
we're
using
a
farmer
has
the
right
to
request
that
money
back
if
they
don't
believe
in
that
program,
rightfully
so,
but
we're
happy
to
say.
For
example,
last
year
we
refunded
three
thousand
five
hundred
and
thirty
dollars
to
four
farmers.
M
M
M
As
I
told
you
earlier,
the
infrastructure,
whether
it
be
roads,
whether
it
be
water,
we've
heard
about
water
issues
already
or
our
rail
system,
some
of
the
very
familiar
fertilized
prices
for
our
farmers
this
year
have
gone
up
three
to
four
hundred
percent.
Another
issue,
some
of
our
herbicides.
Last
year,
I
was
buying
for
twenty
seven
hundred
dollars
per
large
tote
that
same
product
this
year,
we've
bought
for
eleven
thousand
dollars
per
tote.
M
M
M
M
Please.
We
need
to
keep
these
things
in
our
mind.
Mr
chairman.
We
thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
be
here
to
address
you
and
I
was
really
kind
of
nervous
when
t-deck
was
speaking,
nothing
wrong
with
that,
because
I
was
enjoying
it
too,
but
it
was
kind
of
like
being
the
speaker
right
before
lunch
break.
I
was
going
to
run
out
of
time,
but
I
made
it
and
I
told
carol
I
would
talk
fast.
So
if
there's
any
questions,
I'd
be
happy
to
entertain
those.