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.

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/.

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. 

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.

The Friends of Coal Ladies Auxiliary will be hosting its first golf tournament on Friday, June 20^th at the White Oak Country Club, 1206 Summerlee Road, Oak Hill, WV.  For more information and/or registration information contact:  dcorcoran@beavercoal.com