Air Pollution Control Board

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Meeting Details: (Revised 04/15/2026)

May 13, 2026 - 9:30 AM CT
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Davy Crockett Tower, 1st Floor
Conference Room 1-B
500 James Robertson Parkway
Nashville, TN 37243

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Supporting Documents

Tentative Agenda

2026 Meeting Dates

January 14, 2026
February 11, 2026 - Cancelled
March 11, 2026
April 08, 2026
May 13, 2026
June 10, 2026
July 08, 2026
August 12, 2026
September 09, 2026
October 14, 2026
November 11, 2026 - Rescheduling Due to Holiday
December 09, 2026

Board Characteristics

Fourteen members: twelve appointed by the Governor for four-year terms and two ex officio.

Members include:

a registered professional engineer with at least five (5) years' experience in the field of air pollution control;
a licensed physician with experience in health effects of air contaminants;
a person working in a field directly related to agriculture or conservation;
a person actively working in the management of and with current full-time employment in a private manufacturing concern and have a college degree and eight (8) years of combined technical training and experience in permit compliance for Title 5 or Non-Title 5 sources for a manufacturing facility permitted in the State of Tennessee;
a county mayor or chief executive officer of a Tennessee county;
a person working in municipal government;
Two (2) persons from Tennessee industry and with current full-time employment with a private manufacturing concern and have a college degree in engineering or equal and eight (8) years of combined technical training and experience in air pollution abatement for either a Title 5 permit holder or a Non-Title 5 permitted source in the State of Tennessee;
a person involved in the program of an institute of higher learning in the state involved in the conducting of training in air pollution evaluation and control;
a person representing conservation interests;
a small generator of air pollution representing automotive interests;
a person representing environmental interests;
Commissioners of Environment and Conservation and Economic and Community Development or their designees.

Commissioned under T.C.A. 68-201-104.

The statute authorizing this board expires June 30, 2031 and the one-year wind-down period begins.

Member	Term Expires	Representation
Dr. John Benitez	08-31-2025	Licensed Physician with experience in health effects of air pollutants
Dr. Chunrong Jia	04-30-2026	Environmental Interests
Nicholas Ramos	04-30-2026	Conservation Interests
Stephen Moore	08-31-2027	Working for Eastman Chemical Company with technical experience
Dr. Shawn A. Hawkins	08-31-2028	Working in field related to Agriculture or Conservation
Kyle Etheridge	08-31-2027	Representative of the Tennessee Industry
The Honorable Ken Moore, City of Franklin	08-31-2025	Working in Municipal Government
Dr. Joshua Fu, Ph.D.	04-30-2026	Involved with Institution of Higher Learning on air pollution evaluation and control
Michael Haverstick	08-31-2026	Working in management in Private Manufacturing
Tara Pedraza	Ex-Officio	Commissioner's Designee, Dept. of Environment and Conservation
Caitlin Roberts	06-30-2026	Small Generator of Air Pollution representing Automotive Interests
Amy Spann, P.E.	08-31-2026	Registered Professional Engineer
The Honorable Larry Waters, Sevier County	08-31-2028	County Mayor
Jimmy West	Ex-Officio	Commissioner's Designee, Dept. of Economic and Community Development