Board of Boiler Rules Meeting Minutes and Transcripts
Tennessee Board of Boiler RulesMinutes are to be recorded and available to the general public. Such records should include attendance, offered motions, proposals and resolutions, as well as votes and their results. Furthermore, secret votes, ballots or roll calls are prohibited. More information may be found within Tennessee Code Annotated § 8-44-104.
2025 Meeting Minutes and Transcripts
Board of Boiler Rules Quarterly Meeting Summary
Date: September 10, 2025
Chair: Dave Baughman
1. Meeting Proceedings
The Quarterly Meeting of the Board of Boiler Rules was held on September 10, 2025, and was called to order at 9:06 a.m. Introductions were made, and the agenda was adopted.
2. Approval of Previous Minutes
The June 11, 2025 meeting minutes and transcript were reviewed and approved.
3. Reports
Chief Inspector Jimmy Watson presented inspection and violation reports.
Assistant Chief Alex Cass presented a variance report.
4. Old Business
Variance Requests:
- Jack Daniel’s Distillery: Request for an Attendant Variance Approval for remote-control boiler systems was approved.
5. New Business
Variance Requests:
- West Tennessee Healthcare: Attendant Variance Approval for remote-control boiler systems — approved.
- U.S. Nitrogen: Attendant Variance Approval for remote-control boiler systems — approved.
- East Tennessee Children’s Hospital: Attendant Variance Approval for remote-control boiler systems — approved.
6. Board Cases and Interpretations
An update to BC 12-18 was reviewed and approved.
7. Upcoming Meetings
The next meeting is scheduled for December 11, 2025.
8. Adjournment
The meeting concluded at 12:14 p.m.
Board of Boiler Rules Quarterly Meeting Transcript
To request a PDF version of the minutes, email Jamie.Diefenbach@tn.gov.
2024 | | March 13, 2024 Minutes | March 13, 2024 Transcript | June 12 , 2024 Minutes | June 12, 2024 Transcript | August 7, 2024 Special Meeting Minutes | August 7, 2024 Special Meeting Transcript | September 11, 2024 Minutes | September 11, 2024 Transcript | December 11, 2024 Minutes | December 11, 2024 Summary | December 11, 2024 Transcript
2023 || January 19, 2023 Meeting Transcript | March 8, 2023 Meeting Transcript | June 28, 2023 Meeting Transcript | September 13, 2023 Meeting Transcript (September 13, 2023 Meeting Minutes) | December 13, 2023 Meeting Transcript (December 13, 2023 Meeting Minutes)
2022 || January 27, 2022 | March 16, 2022 | June 15, 2022 | September 14, 2022
2021 || January 20, 2021 | March 10, 2021 | June 16, 2021 | September 15, 2021
2020 || June 10, 2020 | June 24, 2020 | July 17, 2020| September 16, 2020 Vol 1 | September 16, 2020 Vol 2 | December 9, 2020 | December 16, 2020
Minutes prior to 2020 may be obtained by written request to Jamie.Diefenbach@tn.gov.