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June 23, 2011

Congressman David McKinley is attempting to get a bill through Congress that will prohibit EPA from classifying coal combustion residuals as hazardous waste under the Solid Waste Disposal Act and allows states to promulgate regulatory programs to address coal combustion residual placement, management and reuse.  His Morgantown office was the subject of a protest by the Sierra Club earlier this week for this effort.  Send Congressman McKinley a thank you and, if you have contacts in other States, encourage their support of Congressmen McKinley’s efforts.

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June 23, 2011

The Transportation and Infrastructure Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives passed out of Committee by a recorded vote of 35-20 the “Clean Water Cooperative Federalism Act of 2011” (H.R. 2018) late Thursday. HR 2018 is a bipartisan bill that would rein in the Obama EPA. It would bring an end to the agency’s destructive abuse of authority and restore the balance needed to get America working again. The bill has major implications for the Friends of Coal and the 63,000 West Virginia families whose livelihoods depend on mining coal.

In recent years, the Obama EPA has used the CWA permitting process to block coal mines in Appalachia, but coal mining isn’t the only industry threatened by EPA’s arrogance. Quarries, farmers, commercial, residential and infrastructure construction projects also receive CWA scrutiny and are potentially affected by EPA’s abuse of its authority. Five Democrats voted in favor of the legislation. Among them was Rep. Nick Rahall (3rd District, WV).

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June 23, 2011

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June 21, 2011

MADISON — Hundreds of people will be converging on the Madison and Danville area starting Saturday at 10 a.m. as the 2011 West Virginia Coal Festival begins with the Teen, Miss and Chidren’s Pageant at the Madison Civic Center.

The 18th annual festival is expected to bring an economic boost to the area, according to local economic development office.

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June 21, 2011

WILLIAMSON - Adams Fork Energy, the coal-to-gasoline facility planned for Mingo County, has gone through the permitting process, and is proceeding according to schedule, Project Manager Randall Harris told the Mingo County Redevelopment Authority.

When constructed, the facility will convert 7,500 tons of regional coal into premium grade ultraclean gasoline, producing 18,000 barrels per day (756,000 gallons).

The project is a post-mine-land-use project of the Mingo County Redevelopment Authority (MCRA) and represents a $3 billion investment by its parent company, TransGas Development.

 

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