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The April amendment to the Mandatory Drug Testing Rule under Title 56, Series 19, filed by the WV Office of Miners’ Health, Safety became effective on May 21. The amendment added the following provisions to the original rule that was filed by OMHST on December 27th 2012: (1) a breath test for alcohol as part of the substance abuse screening policy and program; (2) a requirement for operators to report individuals who fail a “pre-employment” drug test for purposes of initiating de-certification proceedings; (3) a definition of “serious accident” for purposes of post-accident drug testing; and, (4) established a 0.04% impaired level for alcohol consumption.
A companion rule, extending the reporting and de-certification requirements to all individuals who fail a drug or alcohol test prescribed under state law, was promulgated by the Board of Coal Mine Health & Safety under Title 36, Series 55. This rule was designed to close a major loop hole in the State's mandatory drug testing program and becomes effective on July 1, 2013.- Details
TRIADELPHIA - In response to the growing energy industries in the tri-state area, West Liberty University's Resource Corp. kicked off a new coal and natural gas industry initiative known as the Institute for Energy and Commerce on Tuesday at the university's Highlands Center.
During a press conference at the center, WLU President Robin Capehart said the initiative is in response to the "rapidly changing economic world in which we live."
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The Friends of Coal and the West Virginia Coal Association in a sponsorship deal to lend its name and logo to Hillman Racing, for the #27 Camping World Truck Series entry driven by Team 7 MotorsportsVirginia driver Jeff Agnew at Charlotte Motor Speedway for the N.C. Education Lottery 200 held on May 17, 2013. The truck drove to a 24th place finish.
Audience estimates indicate the television viewership for the event was approximately 1 million viewers. The event was part of the annual “All-Star Weekend” NASCAR series at Charlotte.
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We have continued to increase our focus on social media outreach. Our Facebook pages have continued to grow, with the “Friends of Coal West Virginia” page now reaching over 9,200 fans and averaging approximately 40,000-50,000 page views per week. We have also seen several posts reach 10s of thousands of people – one has now been seen by more than 330,000 people.
Our other pages have also experienced significant growth, with the “Friends of Coal Virginia” page now topping 5700 fans and Citizens for Coal (on which we have posting privileges) topping 2,300 fans. Altogether, it can safely be estimated that our pages are reaching more than 100,000 people per week. Our growth rate exceeds 10 percent, with us adding approximately 300 new fans to the FOC-WV page in just this week alone.
We are rapidly integrating all our social media, including FLICKr, Twitter (both wvcoal.com and friendsofcoal.org have a Twitter feed), and we are evaluating other social media platforms, including a blog, which we are developing and a social media management tool (Sprout Social) which will allow us to manage all our social media efforts on a single platform.
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