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Chris Sloan
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From: Melinda Welton  
To: Chris Sloan  
Subject: Great news about TVA Land Policy! 
Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2006 20:21:00 +0000 
Please post on tnbirds if you would.
Thank you

Melinda Welton
TOS Conservation Policy Committee Chair



Great News!!  Thanks to all who voiced their opinions.
TVA Land Policy Protects Undeveloped Public Land Managed by TVA
The TVA Board today approved a land policy that protects and preserves 
undeveloped public lands managed by TVA along reservoirs throughout the 
Tennessee Valley.

The final policy was recommended by the boardâ??s Community Relations Committee 
after receiving more than 5,000 comments from the public, organizations, 
elected officials and government agencies on how public lands should be managed 
by TVA. An overwhelming majority of the public comments supported the draft 
policy, which proposed no residential or retail development on TVA-managed land.

â??Our committee worked through the comments from thousands of people and 
organizations to come up with a fair policy that protects public land while 
still allowing recreation and industrial development,â?? said TVA Director 
Susan Williams, who chairs the Community Relations Committee. â??The new policy 
reaffirms the usefulness and effectiveness of TVAâ??s land planning process.â??

The final land policy was developed after a deliberative process that took into 
account advice and views by the Regional Resource Stewardship Council, past 
public input on land actions and land plans, and comments and resolutions 
submitted to the Community Relations Committee since August. The land policy 
was developed to ensure that the use of TVA reservoir land provides the overall 
greatest public value.

Changes in the final policy from the draft policy, which was submitted to the 
TVA Board and for public comment Sept. 29, include the following:

Under the draft policy, TVA would limit reservoir lands allocated for 
industrial use to manufacturing businesses that require water access. The final 
policy says TVA will give preference for businesses making use of water access, 
but will also consider other businesses. 
Under the draft policy, TVA would not consider any deed modifications other 
than for flowage rights. Under the final policy, TVA will consider 
modifications that would open the land affected to recreational access, or in 
the case of land already open to the public, continue such access. TVA would 
also consider deed modifications for industrial use. 

In addition to the provision of the policy that allows no residential or retail 
development, other key policy provisions also remain unchanged from the draft 
policy. Those include the following: 

TVA will continue to develop reservoir land-management plans with substantial 
public input and approval from the TVA Board. 
TVA will consider leasing and granting easements for commercial recreation or 
public recreation purposes if the property is allocated for that use in a 
reservoir land-management plan. 
TVAâ??s non-reservoir property - primarily power and commercial properties - 
will continue to be managed as power assets, and decisions regarding disposal 
will be based on business considerations. 

The TVA Board also requested a focused review of TVAâ??s mineral holdings. 

The land policy is available on TVAâ??s Web site at www.tva.com 
<http://www.tva.com/> . The new policy is effective immediately.

TVA manages public lands to protect the integrated operation of the TVA 
reservoir and power system, to provide for public use and enjoyment of the 
reservoir system, and to provide for continuing economic growth through the 
land-planning process in the Tennessee Valley. 

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