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The WV Business & Industry Council (BIC) had four well attended legislative events this week. On Tuesday, Acting Governor Earl Ray Tomblin was the featured guest speaker, along with many of the State Senators and Delegates from Kanawha and Putnam counties. Later Tuesday evening, most of the Senators and Delegates from Cabell and Wayne counties met with BIC members in Ceredo. The other two meetings, on Thursday, were held in Beckley for Raleigh and Fayette county representatives and at Chief Logan State Park with House Finance Chairman Harry Keith White and Delegates from Lincoln, Logan and Mingo counties attending. The Coal Association is a charter member of BIC.
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The WV Office of Miners Health Safety & Training has withdrawn the proposed amendments to Title 56, Series 3 Rules Governing the Safety of Those Employed in and Around Surface Mines in West Virginia. The rules were proposed in June and a public hearing was held in July. The agency intends on establishing an ad-hoc work group to review the proposed rules before they are (re)submitted to the Legislature for approval.
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Bluefield Daily Telegraph
CHARLESTON — A new report by the West Virginia Division of Energy and the Office of Coalfield Community Development has found that 13,000 people are working in West Virginia as a result of projects created on land that has been reclaimed after surface mining.The report found that 13,335 jobs were created from 43 different projects on reclaimed land in 12 counties, including McDowell. The report found that the uses of surface mine sites are varied, and include residential development, tourism, energy, schools, government facilities and manufacturing.
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According to a report by the West Virginia Secondary Schools Athletic Committee, the Friends of Coal has recognized almost 61,000 state champions during the 10 years the group has sponsored the state high school athletic championships. Below is a listing of the awards presented in each of the sport categories.
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On Monday, Subcommittee A of the Joint Judiciary Committee, an Interim Committee, recommended a draft coal bed methane ownership bill for next year’s Session. A copy can be obtained clicking here. This is only a recommendation. This same subcommittee pulled a bill that would codify the current DEP moratorium on slurry injection before the meeting.
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