Tennessee is landlocked, so no coastal law applies. Building near Old Hickory Lake, the Cumberland River, or its creeks triggers floodplain rules and federal Army Corps of Engineers permits.
There is no coastal zone in Sumner County; Tennessee has no ocean and no coastal management act. Waterfront rules here are floodplain and federal. Old Hickory Lake is a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reservoir on the Cumberland River, so docks, boathouses, and shoreline alterations fall under the Corps' Old Hickory Lake Shoreline Management Plan, not a state coastal program. Placing dredged or fill material in the lake, river, creeks, or wetlands also requires a Clean Water Act Section 404 permit from the Corps. Development inside the mapped floodplain needs a county floodplain development permit.
Building a dock or altering the shoreline without Corps approval draws federal enforcement and removal orders. Filling waters without a Section 404 permit brings restoration orders.
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