Tennessee Board of Water Quality, Oil & Gas

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Meeting Details: (Revised 04/17/2026)

*An in-person option so the public may watch the meeting will be available in:

Conference Room 1A
Davy Crockett Tower
500 James Robertson Parkway
Nashville, TN 37243

February 17
April 21-22
June 16
August 18
October 20-21
December 15

Twelve members: nine citizen members appointed by the Governor for four-year terms and three ex-officio.

Department of Environment and Conservation;
Department of Health;
Department of Agriculture;
one person representing the public-at-large;
one person representing environmental interests;
one person representing counties;
one person representing agricultural interests;
one person representing municipalities of the state;
a small generator of water pollution representing automotive interests;
one member representing manufacturing industries and has current full-time employment with a manufacturing concern in Tennessee and holds a college degree in engineering or the equivalent, and has at least eight (8) years of combined technical training and experience in NPDES permit compliance and management of wastewater or water treatment facilities;
one member representing the oil and gas industry;
one member representing oil or gas property owners.

Commissioned under T.C.A. Section 69-3-104.

The statute authorizing this board expires June 30, 2028 and the one-year wind-down period begins.

Member	Term Expires	Representation
Dr. Gary G. Bible	09-30-2027	Oil & Gas Industry
Elaine Boyd	Ex-Officio	Commissioner's Designee, Department of Environment and Conservation
Vacant	09-30-2022	Small Generator of Water Pollution representing Automotive Interests
Terry Wimberley	09-30-2026	Municipalities
Mayor Kevin Davis	09-30-2025	Counties
Brent Galloway	09-30-2027	Oil or Gas Property Owner
Dodd Galbreath	09-30-2024	Environmental Interests
John Schwartz	10-30-2027	Public-at-large
Amanda Goff	Ex-Officio	Commissioner's Designee, Department of Health
Sam Marshall	Ex-Officio	Commissioner's Designee, Department of Agriculture
Frank McGinley	09-30-2022	Agricultural Interests
Neal Whitten	09-30-2027	Manufacturing Industry

Meeting contents prior to April 24, 2026 are available within the Archived Meetings section.

2026 Meeting Documents

Archived content is provided for reference purposes only and is not maintained to current accessibility standards.

2026 Meeting Documents

Agenda (Archive)
November 17, 2025 Minutes (Finalized) (Archive)
TDEC v. Tellico Plains
- Initial Order (Archive)
- TDEC Brief (Archive)
- Tellico Plains Brief (Archive)
- TDEC Response Brief (Archive)
- Tellico Plains Response Brief (Archive)
Aqua Green Utility, Inc. v. TDEC
- Initial Order (Archive)
- TDEC Brief (Archive)
- Aqua Green Brief (Archive)
Park Overall v. TDEC
- Initial Order (Archive)
Ridge Creek, LLC v. TDEC
- Initial Order (Archive)
WADC v. TDEC
- Initial Order (Archive)
Patricia Nix, Christine Matthews, Chris Pack v. TDEC
- Initial Order (Archive)
Meeting Video Pt 1 (Archive)
- A court reporter transcript is now available. (Archive)
Meeting Video Pt 2 (Archive)