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CHARLESTON --West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection (WV DEP) officially submitted the Emergency Rule revisions to the state's water quality standards for aluminum and selenium to the federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for approval. EPA has 60 days following receipt of a proposed state water quality standard revision to approve the change or 90 days to disapprove the proposed modification. On Sunday, the Legislative Rulemaking-Review Committee of the West Virginia Legislature approved the companion package for the Emergency Rule without modification.
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CHARLESTON -- In the next two weeks, initial pre-registration information for the 2016 West Virginia Mining Symposium will be forwarded to all members and interested parties. As usual, this 42nd Annual event will be held at the Charleston Civic Center and will feature environmental and safety workshops and a full agenda of national and state experts and leaders discussing issues and developments most pertinent to our industry, as well as the annual Environmental Achievement and Mountaineer Guardian Safety Awards. The specific dates for the upcoming Symposium are Wednesday, January 27th – 29th. Please be watching for this pre-registration information as we hope this will continue to be one of the largest gatherings of coal mining people in the country.
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CHARLESTON – The U.S. Senate passed a pair of resolutions November 17th that disapprove of the two primary components of the EPA’s job-killing “Clean Power Plan.” The bills were passed in large part through the bipartisan leadership of West Virginia Senators Capito and Manchin, who joined with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky) and Senator Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND), in pushing the legislation through.
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October 28, 2015 @10am | Charleston Civic Center
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WVCA Environmental Workshop
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10:00am – 10:15am |
Welcome and Introductions |
Jason Bostic West Virginia Coal Association John McDaniel Arch Coal, Inc./WVCA Environmental and Technical Committee Chair |
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10:15am – 11:00am |
Impoundments/MSHA Update |
Barry Thacker, P.E. Geo/Environmental Associates, Inc. |
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11:00am – 11:30am |
Water Quality Standards Updated: Selenium and Aluminum |
Jason Bostic Jennie Henthorn Henthorn Environmental Services |
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11:30am – 12:30pm |
Lunch |
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12:30pm – 1:15pm |
Site-Specific Water Quality Standards |
Jennie Henthorn |
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1:15pm – 1:45pm |
Clean Power Plan Overview |
Christopher “Kip” Power Babst Calland |
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1:45pm – 2:15pm |
Water Quality Standards: Narrative, Conductivity, and Permit Shield |
Robert McClusky Jackson Kelly PLLC Jennie Henthorn |
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2:15pm – 2:45pm |
Endangered Species Act Update: Bats and Crayfish |
Allyn Turner Steptoe & Johnson PLLC |
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2:45pm – 3:15pm |
WOTUS Report |
Mike Castle Applied Strategic Solutions |
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3:15pm – 4:00pm |
OSM’s Proposed Stream Protection Rule |
Jason Bostic |
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4:00pm – 4:30pm |
Political and Legislative Report/Outlook |
Jason Bostic |
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- The fight against Obama's EPA is never-ending. But, today West Virginia and surrounding states got a win over the Federal Government in the 6th Circuit, thanks to the work of Attorney General Patrick Morrisey.
The 6th Circuit has blocked the EPA and Army Corps of Engineers from enforcing new rules over small stream, land, farms and other private property.
"Thanks to a conservative Attorney General with the courage to take on D.C. and Obama, we have a fighting chance to save our energy industries, farms and private property rights," said West Virginia Republican Party Chairman Conrad Lucas. "Every day Patrick Morrisey works to protect us from an out-of-control Federal bureaucracy. West Virginia is lucky to have such a committed and effective conservative leader in Patrick Morrisey."
West Virginia is a leader among the 31 states fighting this Waters of the United States (WOTUS) Rule.
The rule extends the EPA and Corps of Engineers' regulatory jurisdiction to an untold number of small bodies of water, including roadside ditches and short-lived streams or any other area where the agencies believe water may flow once every 100 years. It was published in the Federal Register June 29, and the agencies began enforcing the rule Aug. 28.
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