Legal & Public Notices For The Week Of 11/27/25
Public Notice Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC) Division of Water Resources (DWR) Notice Requesting Public Comments on Draft Permit Actions FILE # NRS25.066 The purpose of this notice is to advise the public of the following proposed permit action and solicit comments and information necessary to evaluate the potential impact of the proposed activities on the aquatic environment. Pursuant to The Tennessee Water Quality Control Act of 1977, T.C.A. §69-3-108 and Tennessee Rules, Chapter 0400-40-07, the proposed activity described below has been submitted for approval under an Aquatic Resource Alteration Permit and Section 401 Water Quality Certification. Section 401 of the Clean Water Act requires that an applicant obtain a water quality certification from the state when a federal permit is required. This notice is intended to inform interested parties of this permit application and draft permit and rationale, and to ask for comments and information necessary to determine possible impacts to water quality. At the conclusion of the public notice period a final determination will be made whether to issue or deny the permit. PERMIT COORDINATOR: Sydney Norman, Tennessee Department of Environment & Conservation, Division of Water Resources, Natural Resources Unit, Davy Crockett Tower, 500 James Robertson Parkway, 9th Floor, Nashville, Tennessee 37243, 615-854-3793, [email protected] APPLICANT: Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT), c/o Ashlie Farmer, 6601 Centennial Blvd, Nashville, TN 37243 LOCATION: State Route 141 at LM 9.913, Smith County, Tennessee; Latitude: 36.146246, Longitude: -85.898082. To view the proposed location of these impacts and the watershed condition, visit the Division’s mapviewer at http://tdeconline.tn.gov/dwr/ and search on the permit number or coordinates listed in this Public Notice. PROJECT DESCRIPTION / PURPOSE: Authorized work includes 265 linear feet of riprap bank stabilization on one bank of Boiling Branch. Stream impacts will be compensated through the purchase of at least 5.4 functional foot stream credits from Gleason Creek Stream and Wetland Mitigation Bank. ANTIDEGRADATION: In accordance with the Tennessee Antidegradation Statement (Rule 0400-40-03-.06), the Division has made a preliminary determination that the proposed activities will result in de minimis degradation of waters with available parameters because the applicant proposes to provide in-system mitigation to offset any appreciable permanent loss of resource values. FACTORS CONSIDERED: In deciding whether to issue or deny this permit, the Division will consider all comments of record and the requirements of applicable federal and state laws. The division will consider the nature, scale and effects of proposed impacts. The Division will consider practicable alternatives to the alteration, loss of waters or habitat, diminishment in biological diversity, cumulative or secondary impacts to the water resource, and adverse impacts to unique, high quality, or impaired waters. HOW TO COMMENT: TDEC is requesting public comment on this proposed permit action. Obtaining a broad range of facts and opinions on Agency actions is one of the best ways to ensure appropriate decisions. Persons wishing to comment on the proposal are invited to submit written comments to the Division. Written comments must be received within thirty days following distribution of the approved public notice materials (including signage and newspaper ad). Comments will become part of the record and will be considered in the final decision. The applicant’s name and permit number should be referenced. Send all written comments to the Division’s address listed below to the attention of the permit coordinator. You may also comment via email to [email protected]. After the Division makes a final permit determination, a permit appeal may be filed by the applicant or by any person who participated in the public comment period whose appeal is based on comments given to the Division in writing during the public comment period or in testimony at a formal public hearing. If it is hard for you to read, speak, or understand English, TDEC can provide translation or interpretation services free of charge by contacting Brian Canada at 615-979-1406 or [email protected]. Si le resulta difícil leer, hablar o comprender inglés, TDEC puede proporcionarle servicios de traducción o interpretación sin cargo comunicándose con Brian Canada al 615-615-979-1406 o [email protected]. PUBLIC HEARING: Interested persons may request in writing that the Division hold a public hearing on this application. The request must be received by the Division within the comment period, indicate the interest of the party requesting it, the reason(s) a hearing is warranted, and the water quality issues being raised. When there is sufficient public interest in water quality issues, the Division will hold a public hearing in accordance with 0400-40-07-.04(4) (f). Send all public hearing requests to the attention of the permit coordinator at the address listed below or via email to [email protected]. Any scheduled public hearings will be advertised through a similar public notice process. FILE REVIEW: The permit application, supporting documentation, including detailed plans and maps, draft permit and rationale, and related comments are available for review on the internet at the Division’s data viewer at https://dataviewers.tdec.tn.gov/dataviewers/f?p=2005:34001:11606549735823: by entering the permit file number listed in the title of this Public Notice. The file may be viewed and copied at the address listed below: Tennessee Department of Environment & Conservation, Division of Water Resources, Natural Resources Unit, Davy Crockett Tower, 9th Floor, 500 James Robertson Parkway, Nashville, Tennessee 37243-1102
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NOTICE TO FURNISHERS OF LABOR AND MATERIALS TO: W. L. Markers PROJECT NO.: R3BVAR-M3-057
CONTRACT NO.: CNZ056 COUNTY: Smith The Tennessee Department of Transportation is about to make final settlement with the contractor for construction of the above numbered project. All persons wishing to file claims pursuant to Section 54-5- 122, T.C.A. must file same with the Director of Construction, Tennessee Department of Transportation, Suite 700 James K. Polk Bldg., Nashville, Tennessee 37243-0326, on or before 1/9/2026.
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PUBLIC NOTICE SMITH COUNTY Who: Enbridge/East Tennessee Natural Gas When: Work on pipeline right of way project begin the first week of December Precaution: Be cautious while driving around road construction, watch for construction workers Hotline #: 1-888-992-0997 Roads affected: Cato Rd. (Dixon Creek Rd.), Cooper Ln., Scanty Branch Rd., Toetown Rd., Stone Branch Rd., N. Friendship Hollow Rd., Dillehay Hollow Rd., Difficult Rd., Pinewood Ln., Grigg Ln., Gladdice Rd., Pleasant Shade Hwy. (Hwy 80), Young Branch Rd., Kempville Hwy. (Hwy 85)
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PUBLIC NOTICE The Town of Gordonsville will hold a Public Hearing on Monday, December 08, 2025; 6:15 p.m. at City Hall. The purpose of this public hearing is to solicit public comments regarding: All interested citizens are invited to attend. ORDINANCE 2025-11-10: An Ordinance amending the Gordonsville zoning ordinance to add food truck regulations John Potts Mayor
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NOTICE TO BID The Smith County Board of Education is accepting bids for completion of the following: Structural Steel framing (Bid# 25-109), Framing (Bid# 25-110), Electrical (Bid# 25-111), Mechanical (Bid# 25-112), Metal (Bid# 25-113), Sprinkler System (Bid# 25-114), Doors and Windows (Bid# 25-116), Restroom Partitions (Bid# 25-117), Casework (Bid# 25-118), Finish Package (Bid# 25-119), and Exterior Utilities (Bid# 25-120) at the former Carthage Save-ALot Building. All bidders are required to attend a pre-bid meeting which will be held at the former Save-A-Lot building, 551 Industrial Drive, Carthage, TN at 10:00 am on December 4, 2025. Specifi cations may be obtained by visiting the bid notices tab at https://smithcotn.com/fi nance/ or by visiting the Smith County Board of Education Website homepage under Current Bid Notices. Contact Travis Dudney at [email protected] for any questions concerning the scope of the project. All bids must be sealed in an envelope with the BID # listed above clearly labeled on the outside. It is necessary for all bidders to provide evidence of compliance with the applicable provisions of Title 62, Chapter 6, before the bid may be considered. Bids will be submitted to the Smith County Finance Department, 122 Turner High Circle, Suite 100, Carthage, TN 37030 where a public bid opening will be conducted on December 11, 2025 beginning at 9:00 am with Bid# 25-109 and each subsequent Bid# every 10 minutes following until all are completed. Smith County Board of Education reserves the right to reject any and all bids. It is the policy of Smith County not to discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, sex or disability. Smith County is an equal opportunity provider and employer. With all regards to all aspects of this contract, contractor certifi es and warrants, it will comply with this policy.
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PUBLIC NOTICE The Town of South Carthage will conduct a public hearing on Thursday December 4, 2025, at 7:00 p.m. The purpose of this hearing is to solicit comments from the public on the passage of the following Ordinance: Following the public hearing the Town of South Carthage Board of Mayor and Aldermen will meet in regular session. The hearing will be held in the Hughes Building on South Main Street. All interested citizens are encouraged to attend. Joey Nixon – Mayor 1. Resolution 25-454 FY 24-25 Borrowing funds to pay South Carthage’s portion of the Carthage Sewer Bank Stabilization
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Grand Jury Notice “It is the duty of your Grand Jurors to investigate any public offense which they know or have reason to believe has been committed and which is triable or indictable in this county. Any person having knowledge or proof that such an offense has been committed may apply to testify before the Grand Jury subject to the provisions of Tennessee Code Annotated, 40-12-105. The foreperson in this county is presently Shannon Brinkley. The Grand Jury will next meet on Monday, December 1st, 2025 at 9:00 a.m. You may be prosecuted for perjury for any oral or written statement which you make under oath to the Grand Jury, when you know the statement to be false, and when the statement touches on a matter material to the point in question.” Tommy Turner Smith County Circuit Court Clerk 322 Justice Drive Carthage, Tennessee 37030