38TH ANNUAL WEST VIRGINIA MINING SYMPOSIUM PROGRAM
FEBRUARY 2 – 4, 2011
PLEASE NOTE THE CHANGE IN START-UP TIME FOR WORKSHOPS
Registration Form below
WEDNESDAY – FEBRUARY 2, 2011
8 a.m. Registration
HEALTH & SAFETY WORKSHOP AGENDA
9 a.m. WV Mine Safety Update
C. A. Phillips, Director
Joe Watts, Administrator
WV Office of Miners’ Health, Safety & Training
10 a.m. MSHA Mine Safety & Enforcement Trends
Bob E. Cornett, MSHA District 3 Manager
Robert Hardman, MSHA District 4 Manager
10:45 a.m. Evaluation of Dust Concentrations Using Deep-Cutting Practices
Drew Potts & Jay Coilnet
NIOSH
11 a.m. MSHA 2011 “Rules to Live By”
Joe Main, Assistant Secretary
Mine Safety & Health Administration
12 noon Lunch sponsored by Jackson Kelly
1:00 p.m. Proximity Detection Devices
Jim Dean, WV Mine Safety Task Force
1:30 p.m. Safety Performance Index
Dr. Larry Grayson, Penn State University
2:00 p.m. Chilean Mine Rescue Drilling Fund
Bill Maloney, Drill Leader, LLC
2:30 – 5:00 p.m. Coal Safety Legal Forum
Litigated POV Case; MSHA’s Injunctive Relief
Mark Heath & Alex Macia – Spilman, Thomas & Battle
Accident Investigations
Dave Hardy – Allen Guthrie McHugh & Thomas
Emerging Criminal Sanctions in MSHA’s Investigations
Bill Wilmoth – Steptoe & Johnson
Deliberate Intent for Exposure to Coal Dust
Pamela Tarr – Jackson Kelly
MSHA’s “Simplified Proceedings’
Jonathan R. Ellis – Steptoe & Johnson
Federal Safety & Health Review Commission Update
Bob Beatty – Dinsmore & Shohl
5:00 p.m. Welcoming Reception
Sponsored by Steptoe & Johnson
ENVIRONMENTAL WORKSHOP
9:00 a.m. Narrative Water Quality Standards Training
Jason Bostic, WVCA
10:15 a.m. Update on Mining Related Water Quality Research
Dr. Paul Ziemkiewicz, WV Water Research Institute
11:00 a.m. Update & Comparison of Water Quality Standards
Allyn Turner, Spilman,Thomas & Battle
12 noon Lunch sponsored by Jackson Kelly
1:30 p.m. OSM Oversight Activities Update
Roger Calhoun, Office of Surface Mining
2:00 p.m. Corps Programmatic & Permitting Review
Ginger Mullins & Mark Taylor, Huntington District – Corps of Engineers
2:30 p.m. Certified Coal Concept
David Ledford, Appalachian Wildlife Foundation
3:10 p.m. Rulemaking v. Policy Making: Where Do We Draw The Line?
Christopher B. Power, Dinsmore & Shohl
3:30 p.m. WV DEP Office of Explosives & Blasting Update
David VandeLinde, WV DEP—Office of Explosives & Blasting
4:00 p.m. Legislative Outlook 2011
Donnie Adkins, Senate Minority Counsel
5:00 p.m. Welcoming Reception
sponsored by Steptoe & Johnson
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2011
7:00 a.m. Registration
7:30 a.m. Dinsmore & Shohl and Walker Machinery Breakfast
8:30 a.m. Welcome & Introductions
Gary G. White, WVCA Chairman
8:45 a.m. State of the State
Governor Earl Ray Tomblin
9:30 a.m. Congressional Activity Relating to Coal
Congresswoman Shelley Moore Capito
10:15 a.m. Break sponsored by Wells Fargo Insurance Services
10:30 a.m. Coal Is The Cornerstone of Our Energy Future
Bart J. Hyita, CONSOL Energy
11:15 a.m. State of Coal-Fired Power Generation
James L. Laurita, MEPCO
12 noon Mountaineer Guardian Luncheon sponsored by
Bowles, Rice, McDavid, Graff & Love and
Marshall Miller & Associates
Awards Presentation by C. A. Phillips, Director
WV Office of Miners’ Health, Safety & Training
2 p.m. Congress Thorough New Eyes
Congressman David L. McKinley
2:45 p.m. Extended Face Mining
Gary Hartsog, Alpha Engineering
3:15 p.m. Break sponsored by Wells Fargo Insurance Services
3:30 p.m. WV Energy & Renewal Portfolio Act
Jeff Herholdt, WV Division of Energy
4:00 p.m. Mountaintop Development & Sustainability
Jeff Woods, WV Office of Coalfield Development
5:30 p.m. Legislative Reception
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2011
7:00 a.m. Registration
7:30 a.m. Enterprise Fleet Breakfast
8:30 a.m. Welcome/Introductions
8:45 a.m. State of the Environmental 2011
Randy Huffman, WV DEP
9:15 a.m. WV v. EPA and Lisa Jackson
Ben Bailey, Bailey & Glasser
10:00 a.m. The 112th Congress: Looking Ahead
Congressman Nick Joe Rahall
10:30 a.m. Environmental Litigation Update
Bob McLusky, Jackson Kelly
11:00 a.m. WV’s Mining & Reclamation Program
Tom Clarke, Division of Mining & Reclamation
11:30 A.M. Reclamation Awards Luncheon
Sponsored by Spilman, Thomas & Battle and Potesta & Associates
SPEAKER: Senator John D. Rockefeller, IV
Awards Presentation: Randy Huffman, WVDEP
38TH ANNUAL WV MINING SYMPOSIUM ADJOURNED