Tennessee Board of Water Quality, Oil & Gas

Meeting Details: (Revised 10/07/2026)

October 20, 2026 - 10:00 AM CT
Remote Access via Webex Webinar

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Supporting Documents

2026 Meeting Dates

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

Board Characteristics

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

Members include:

  • 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.

MemberTerm ExpiresRepresentation
Dr. Gary G. Bible09-30-2027Oil & Gas Industry
Elaine BoydEx-OfficioCommissioner's Designee, Department of Environment and Conservation
Vacant09-30-2022Small Generator of Water Pollution representing Automotive Interests
Terry Wimberley09-30-2026Municipalities
Mayor Kevin Davis09-30-2025Counties
Brent Galloway09-30-2027Oil or Gas Property Owner
Dodd Galbreath09-30-2024Environmental Interests
John Schwartz10-30-2027Public-at-large
Amanda GoffEx-OfficioCommissioner's Designee, Department of Health
Sam MarshallEx-OfficioCommissioner's Designee, Department of Agriculture
Frank McGinley09-30-2022Agricultural Interests
Neal Whitten09-30-2027Manufacturing Industry

Past Meetings

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

Archived Meetings

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

April 21, 2026

February 17, 2026

October 15, 2024

April 16, 2024

October 18, 2022 - WebEx & In-Person

Due to technical difficulties, this meeting was not recorded, we apologize for any inconvenience.

April 19, 2022 - WebEx & In-Person

October 20, 2020 - Virtual WebEx

April 21, 2020 - Virtual WebEx

October 2019 Board Meeting Materials

April 2019 Board Meeting Materials

Contact
Drake Smarch
615-924-4286
Drake.Smarch@tn.gov

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