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WVDEP is seeking comment on the scope of the administrative rules the agency will promulgate to implement SB 373. Comments must be submitted by May 15, 2014. The comments can be submitted either by email to
Scott G. Mandirola, Director
DEP Division of Water and Waste Management
601 57th Street, SE
Charleston, WV 25304
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Former WV Coal Association Chairman of the Board, Andrew Jordon, along with longtime coal industry executives, Ron Stovash and Pete Lilly, are being inducted into the WV Coal Hall of Fame this coming Thursday evening, May 8, 2014, as part of the annual Joint Meeting of the West Virginia Coal Association, the WV Coal Mining Institute and the CAS/SME.
The meeting will be held on May 7-9 at the Embassy Suites in Charleston, WV. The agenda and registration information can be obtained from the WVCA offices by e-mailing:
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Former West Virginia Coal Association President and Chairman of the Board, Gary White, was chosen as one of two winners of the Lorenelle White Lifetime Achievement Award at this year’s State Journal Who’s Who in West Virginia Business Awards. Gary was joined by longtime Association and industry friend, Ruth Lemmon, who is president of the West Virginia Automobile and Truck Dealer’s Association.
The awards are made each year in honor of the State Journal’s former publisher, the late-Lorenelle White.
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On Monday, 4/28/14, Governor Earl Ray Tomblin joined other dignitaries to “break ground” for the Logan-Mingo Readiness Center on the former Hobet Mining 07 mining site on the county line between Logan and Mingo Counties. This is a further example of the WV National Guard partnering with the industry to expand its Joint Base West Virginia. When completed, the Center will be home to the National Guard units currently headquartered in Williamson and Logan.
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The Supreme Court in a 6-2 decision Tuesday upheld a rule that allows the Environmental Protection Agency to regulate air pollution from power plants that crosses state lines, handing a major victory to President Obama.
The rule requires 28 states in the East, Midwest, and South to cut back on sulfur and nitrogen emissions from coal-fired power plants that “contribute significantly” to air problems in other states.
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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) air emission regulations have helped facilitate the closure or planned closure of more than 165 coal generating plants across the country, equating to over 22,000 megawatts of electricity. New Source Performance Standards being proposed by EPA will make it nearly impossible to build new coal-based power plants in the future. These regulations will further erode West Virginia’s coal economy.
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Make your voice heard: With just one week to go before the comments period ends, it is time to speak up for coal. Use our convenient NSPS Comments Tool on our website. You can access the tool via this link: http://www.wvcoal.com/soundoff/.
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WVCA Member Gary Hartsog and Alpha Engineering Services will hold their annual Underground Surveying and Mapping Seminars on Thursday and Friday, June 12th & 13th, 2014 at the Beckley-Raleigh County Convention Center in Beckley, WV.
Topics will include:
· The safety of your surveying crews
· Latest MSHA Plan and other court decisions
· Latest MSHA Electronic Surveying Instrument Litigation Decisions
· Are check surveys needed in an electronic world?
· How to adjust workings to check survey results?
· Ethics
· Minimum Legal Standards
These Seminars are suitable for Continuing Education Credit acceptable to many PE or PS Boards (please contact Gary or Alpha Engineering regarding specific States). The Seminars are also suitable for training and/or continuing education for entry- and staff-level engineers and surveyors, CAD map-makers, underground surveyors, and those with interest in how mine maps are made, updated and presented in the 21st Century.
If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to contact Gary at 304-255-4131. Also, he asks you to check their Web Page for more detail and registration information at www.alphaengineer.com. Please feel free to pass this on to others who might have an interest.
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We have been informed by the Department of Motor Vehicles that a FOC motorcycle license plate has been approved and will be available for application shortly. We will keep you posted on this exciting news. This will be the FIRST specialty plate for motorcycles in WV.
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