TVA Opens Environmental Information Center To Answer Public's Questions

October 15, 2008

TVA has opened an environmental information call center to make it easier for stakeholders to get answers to questions about a wide range of environmental issues.

The Environmental Information Center is staffed from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. EST, Monday- Friday. The number to call is 1-800-882-5263.

The staff can answer questions on the following subjects and issues:

• Recreation — boating, hunting, fishing and camping
• Shoreline actions and issues — erosion control, docks and marinas
• Permitting procedures — policies, fees, associated requirements and compliance information
• Reservoir Land Plan information — progress, updates
• Water quality — health of TVA-managed reservoirs
• Archaeological information — reporting found resources and learning about surveys
• Natural resources information — threatened and endangered species, wildlife management areas
• Environmental education — student and teacher information
• Renewable energy — policy questions
• Sport fishing — types and health of fish and where they can be found
• Other environmental issues affecting TVA’s seven-state region

“TVA receives thousands of calls and emails each year asking about various environmental issues,” said TVA Senior Vice President of the Office of Environment & Research Anda Ray. “A central location for answering all these questions better serves the public by having just one number to remember and one place to go for environmental information.”

The call center also has a dedicated website at www.tva.com/environment/eic that permits questions to be emailed to call center staff. For information not relating to the environment, questions may continue to be emailed to tvainfo@tva.gov.

TVA is the nation’s largest public power provider and is completely self-financing. TVA provides power to large industries and 159 power distributors that serve approximately 8.8 million consumers in seven southeastern states. TVA also manages the Tennessee River and its tributaries to provide multiple benefits, including flood damage reduction, navigation, water quality and recreation.

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Barbara Martocci, Knoxville, (865) 632-8632
TVA News Bureau, Knoxville, (865) 632-6000

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