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Below is the tentative agenda for the two days of the 37th Annual Mining Symposium. The agendas for the Health & Safety and Environmental Sessions will be finalized by the first of next week and will be e-mailed.
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 3RD
11:30 a.m. Lunch sponsored by Jackson Kelly
1 p.m. Health & Safety Session
1 p.m. Environmental Session
(agendas for each will follow the first of week)
5 p.m. Associate’s Welcoming Reception
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4TH
7:00 a.m. REGISTRATION
7:30 a.m. Breakfast sponsored by Dinsmore & Shohl and
Logan Corporation
8:30 a.m. Welcome & Introductions
James O. Bunn
WVCA Chairman
8:45 a.m. Central Appalachian Challenges
Joe Craft, President/CEO
Alliance Coal Company
9:30 a.m. U. S. Coal Forecast 2010
Hal Quinn, President
National Mining Association
10:15 a.m. Break sponsored by Steptoe & Johnson
10:30 a.m. The State of the State
Governor Joe Manchin
State of West Virginia
11:15 a.m. American Energy Securities Study
Kenneth Nemeth, Executive Director
Southern States Energy Board
12 noon Mountaineer Guardian Luncheon
Sponsored by Bowles Rice and
Marshall Miller Associates
Awards Presentation by WV Office of Miners’
Health, Safety & Training
2 p.m. MSHA 2010
Joe Main, Assistant Secretary
U. S. Mine Safety & Health Administration
2:40 p.m. West Virginia’s Coal Economy
Tom Witt, WVU / Cal Kent, Marshall University
3:30 p.m. Break sponsored by Steptoe & Johnson
3:45 p.m. Coal Advocacy
-- Friends of Coal Ladies Auxiliary
-- FACES
-- Mountain Top Mining Coalition
5 p.m. Legislative Reception
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5TH
7 a.m. Registration
7:30 a.m. Breakfast sponsored by Brickstreet and
Wells Fargo Insurance – Energy & Mining Group
8 a.m. Welcome
8:15 a.m. Congressional Activity Relating to Coal
Congresswoman Shelley Moore Capito
9 a. m. OSM 2010
Joseph Pizarchik, Director
U. S. Office of Surface Mining
9:45 a.m. Renewable Energy –
The Gap Between the Idea and Reality
Dr. Charles Bayless
10:30 a.m. Break sponsored by Steptoe & Johnson
10:45 a.m. Environmental Litigation Update
Bob McLusky
Jackson Kelly, PLLC
11:30 a.m. West Virginia’s Mining & Reclamation Program
Randy Huffman, Cabinet Secretary
Tom Clarke, Director, Division of Mining & Reclamation
WV Department of Environmental Protection
12:15 p.m. Reclamation Awards Luncheon
Sponsored by Spilman Thomas & Battle and Potesta & Associates
Awards Presentation: Randy Huffman, Cabinet Secretary
WV Department of Environmental Protection
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On December 11th of last year, Fil Nutter, a pioneer of our industry as one of the original Board members of the West Virginia Surface Mining & Reclamation Association and a founder of Hobet Mining, as well as several other companies, died after an extended illness. In accordance with Fil's wishes, his widow, Cathy, has planned a celebration of his life on January 30th at Edgewood Country Club at 11:00 a.m. Cathy wanted to be certain that all those who knew and worked with Fil were notified of the event and encouraged to attend and remember Fil in the way he wanted.
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The Legislature opened on the 13th and, as of Friday, there were more than 1,200 bills before the body. These are a combination of bills that carried over from last year’s Session that did not pass (House only), as well as new bills introduced this year. A report is being prepared that will include brief descriptions of bills relevant to the industry and their committee references.
In his 2010 State-of-the-State Address, Governor Manchin referenced the challenges currently confronting coal mining in West Virginia and encouraged those in Washington to allow our people to work. Excerpts of his speech are shown below:
…“As we grow into new technologies and business sectors, we must still support the traditional industries that have helped build our state and make this nation great.
West Virginia will play an increasingly important role in our nation’s energy future.
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The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that corporations may spend as freely as they like to support or oppose candidates for president and Congress, easing decades-old limits on business efforts to influence federal campaigns. By a 5-4 vote, the court overturned a 20-year-old ruling that said companies can be prohibited from using money from their general treasuries to produce and run their own campaign ads.
The decision leaves in place a prohibition on direct contributions to candidates from corporations and unions. It does, however, remove limits on independent expenditures that are not coordinated with candidates' campaigns.
The case does not affect political action committees (PAC). Corporations, unions and others may create PACs to contribute directly to candidates, but they must be funded with voluntary contributions from employees, members and other individuals, not by corporate or union treasuries.
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