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The Board has partnered with the WVU Mining Extension Service to assist in its review and have jointly developed a proposal to guide this review going forward. A copy of this proposal has been forwarded to our members for review.
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There are several areas of the comprehensive legislation which have been misread or misapplied by the agency which we’ll attempt to rectify. In short, the proposed changes to the electrical rule primarily affect the manner by which the experience of apprentices is maintained and verified. Heretofore, the mine operator and apprentice mine electrician are responsible for recording electrical work performed by apprentices. The draft revision would additionally require supervising mine electricians to verify the time devoted to electrical work by apprentice electricians under their supervision. The proposed changes also extend the validity of Apprentice Mine Electrician Certification from one year to eighteen (18) months.
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As it stands, Friends of Coal – West Virginia continues to grow. It is up to approximately 3,000 likes and reaches an average of about 40,000 each week. Friends of Coal – Virginia has seen phenomenal growth over the past week and is now up to 3,000 likes and an average reach of about 65,000 per week. Our newest state page – Friends of Coal- North Carolina – is already up to 1000 likes in less than a week and is reaching an average of 15,000 each week. Friends of Coal Ohio and Friends of Coal Pennsylvania are slower growing, with both pages seeing about 250 likes and reaching approximately 20,000 people per week combined.
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· Approximately 200 people turned out last week for a rally co-sponsored by the West Virginia Coal Association, Friends of Coal, Citizens for Coal and the Friends and Families of Coal, in Beckley. The rally was held at the Madison Convention Center and included presentations by WVCA Senior VP Chris Hamilton, VP Jason Bostic and Citizens for Coal President Roger Horton and others on issues related to the Obama EPA’s ongoing war on coal. We received good media coverage including television stations WCHS and WSAZ.
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West Virginia coal production totaled 2.33 million tons for the week. Down from 2.41 million for the same week last year. Overall, West Virginia coal production is down 5.4 percent from last year – at 128.6 million tons versus 136 million tons last year.
National coal production remains off 3.1 percent from last year – at 1.04 billion tons versus 1.08 billion tons last year.
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Ms. Marva Virtiena Lewis from Beckley, WV, a Woodrow Wilson graduate going into Pre-Science/Pre-Med;
Mr. Christopher George Robinson from Chattaroy, WV, a Mingo Central graduate going into Pre-Science/Pre-Med; and,
Ms. Erinn Whitney Rodriquez from Gallagher, WV, a Riverside graduate who is going into BSN Nursing.
We congratulate the Marshall University scholarship winners.
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