Tennessee Registry of Methamphetamine Contaminated Properties

The Registry of Methamphetamine Contaminated Properties is the list the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC) points to for finding out whether a property is quarantined because of methamphetamine contamination. TDEC's Remediation Branch developed the rules for testing and cleaning these properties, and says its rules determine when a property is safe for human use again.

In a Phase I ESA

ASTM E1527-21 does not name a methamphetamine property registry among its standard record sources. TDEC says contamination from methamphetamine has resulted in many quarantined properties and vehicles across the state, and it counts a methamphetamine contaminated property among its examples of a brownfield.

• Quarantine ends by steps. TDEC says that to get a property removed from the quarantined list, an owner first retains an individual certified to test, whom it calls a Certified CML Specialist, and then someone authorized to decontaminate. A Certified Industrial Hygienist is certified by rule to perform both services.
• Decontamination is not the last step. TDEC says that after the property has been decontaminated there are additional requirements to get it released from quarantine. For a listed property, ask for the testing results, the decontamination record and the release from quarantine.
• It shares a viewer with cleanup sites. The Remediation Branch's Site Viewer carries the Meth Quarantine List as one of its tabs. A hit there is a quarantine record, not a hazardous substance cleanup site.

The pages read do not say whether a property stays on the registry after it is released from quarantine.

The law TDEC lists is TCA 68-212 Part 5, on property where methamphetamine was manufactured. The rule is 0400-15-02, Standards for Testing and Cleaning Quarantined Clandestine Drug Manufacturing Sites.

Where to look a site up

• TDEC links the Registry of Methamphetamine Contaminated Properties from its Meth Contamination page.
• The Remediation Branch's Site Viewer also has a Meth Quarantine List tab. It is described on the Division of Remediation sites page.
• TDEC's Meth Contamination page links documents for Certified CML Specialists, Authorized Contractors and Certified Industrial Hygienists, and two guidance documents on quarantined properties and vehicles.

Getting the file

The Remediation Branch says to request specific site files with TDEC's Public Records Request form. Its central office is at (615) 532-0900 and Division.Remediation@tn.gov.

Sources

Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation pages, read October 7, 2026:

• Meth Contaminated Properties, last modified July 1, 2026.
• TDEC Division of Land Protection - Remediation Branch, last modified September 23, 2026.
• Record Requests and Data Viewers- TDEC Division of Remediation, last modified July 1, 2026.
• Laws, Rules, and Guidance for the TDEC Division of Remediation, last modified July 1, 2026.
• TDEC Brownfield Grants and Resources, last modified July 1, 2026.
• Contact TDEC Division of Remediation, last modified July 10, 2026.
• Public Records Request, last modified November 3, 2025.