February 18 – 20, 2009February 18 – 20, 2009
Charleston Civic Center
Charleston, West Virginia
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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 18
8:00 a.m. Registration
HEALTH & SAFETY SESSION
9 A.M. – 5 P.M.
9 a.m. Mine Safety Update
Ronald Wooten, Director – C. A. Phillips, Deputy Director
WV Office of Miner’s Health, Safety & Training
State Mine Rescue Activities
Danny Spratt – WV Miners’ Health, Safety & Training
WV Board of Coal Mine Health & Safety Update
Joel Watts, Board Administrator
10 a.m. MSHA Mine Safety & Enforcement Program
Bob E. Cornett – MSHA District 3 Manager
Robert Hardman – MSHA District 4 Manager
11 a.m. Federal Mine Communications
David Chirdon – MSHA New Technology Program Manager
11:30 a.m. Proximity Detection Devices
Jim Dean, WV Mine Safety Task Force
12 noon Lunch sponsored by Jackson Kelly
The Honorable John D. Rockefeller, IV
U. S Senate
1: 30 p.m. Respirable Dust Trends
Dr. Michael Attfield, Chief
NIOSH Division of Respiratory Disease Studies
2 p.m. Dust Control Technologies
Jay Colinet, Chief
NIOSH Respiratory Hazards Control Branch
2:30 p.m. Personal Dust Monitor (PDM)
Joe Lamonica, BCOA
3 p.m. State Mine Safety Appeals
Clinton Smith, Chairman
WV Board of Coal Mine Safety Appeals
3:30 p.m. Coal Safety Legal Forum
Mark Heath, Spilman, Thomas & Battle
Dave Hardy, Allen Guthrie McHugh & Thomas
Jeff Phillips, Steptoe & Johnson
Tom Rubenstein, Dinsmore & Shohl
5 p.m. Associate’s Welcoming Reception
ENVIRONMENTAL SESSION
10 A.M. – 5 P.M.
10 a.m. Global Climate Change and Greenhouse Gas
Regulation: Status Update
Stuart Slaven & David Flannery -- Jackson Kelly
10:30 a.m. Fundamentals of Greenhouse Gas
Inventories and Carbon Footprints
Steve Carpenter -- Marshall Miller & Associates
Tom Lane – Bowles Rice McDavid Graff & Love
11 a.m. Carbon: Opportunities and Challenges
Greg Henthorne & Clark Talkington
SCC Americas, LLC
11:30 a.m. An Alternative View of Global Climate Change
Dr. Erkan Esmer -- Esmer & Associates
12 noon Lunch sponsored by Jackson Kelly
The Honorable John D. Rockefeller, IV
U.S. Senate
1:30 p.m. Selenium: Legal & Regulatory Update
Allyn Turner -- Spilman Thomas & Battle
2 p.m. WV DEP Electronic Permitting Overview
Amy Halstead – WV DEP
2:30 p.m. Selenium Treatment Technologies Report
Vic Sprouse – Liberty Hydrologic Systems
3 p.m. ABMet Selenium Removal Systems-Case Studies
Jill Sonstegard – GE Water & Process Technologies
3:30 p.m. OSM Oversight Issues
Roger Calhoun – Charleston Office of Surface Mining
4 p.m. Selenium Research Update
Dr. Paul Ziemkiewicz -- WV Water Research Institute
4:30 p.m. Corps Permitting Update
Ginger Mullins & Mark Taylor -- Huntington District
5 p.m. Associate’s Welcoming Reception
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19
7 a.m. Registration
7:30 a.m. Breakfast sponsored by Dinsmore & Shohl
8:30 a.m. Welcome & Introductions
James O. Bunn -- WVCA Chairman
8:45 a.m. State of the State
Governor Joe Manchin
9:15 a.m. American Energy Securities
Kenneth Nemeth, Executive Director
Southern States Energy Board
9:45 a.m. The Outlook for Coal – A View From Washington
Hall Quinn, President
National Mining Association
10:15 a.m. Break sponsored by Steptoe & Johnson
10:30 a.m. Taking the Case of Coal to the American People
Steve Miller
American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity (ACCCE)
11 a.m. Energy & Economic Effects of NOT Using Coal
Dr. Charles Bayless
12 noon Mountaineer Guardian Luncheon sponsored by
Bowles Rice McDavid Graff & Love
And Marshall Miller & Associates
Awards presentation by WV Office of Miner’s Health,
Safety & Training
2 p.m. Emerging Labor Issues
Anna Dailey -- Dinsmore & Shohl, PLLC
2:30 p.m. Environmental Litigation Update
Bob McLusky -- Jackson Kelly
3 p.m. Break sponsored by Steptoe & Johnson
3:15 p.m. OPEN FORUM – Electric Utility & Coal
Nick Akins, Executive Vice President
American Electric Power
James Martin, Sr. VP – Business Development & Generation
Dominion Energy
Paul R. Newton, Sr. VP – Wholesale Customers & Regulated Commodity Management
Duke Power
5 p.m. Legislative Reception
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20
7 a.m. Registration
7:30 a.m. Breakfast sponsored by BrickStreet Mutual
8:30 a.m. Welcome/Introductions
8:45 a.m. The 111th Congress: Looking Ahead
The Honorable Shelley Moore Capito
2nd District Congresswoman
9:15 a.m. Coal: Energy, the Environment and West Virginia
Rick Remish, Executive Director -- Imagine West Virginia
Tom Heywood – Bowles Rice McDavid Graff & Love
9:45 a.m. WV’s Mining & Reclamation Program
Randy Huffman, Cabinet Secretary
Tom Clarke, Director – Mining & Reclamation
WV Department of Environmental Protection
10:15 a.m. Break sponsored by Steptoe & Johnson
10:30 a.m. Marking Gas Lines
Nick Preservati, Preservati Law
11 a.m. Reviewing Coal Impoundments & Coal Ash Dams
Jimmy Gianato, Director
WV Division of Homeland Security & Emergency Management
11:30 a.m. Mountain Top Mining: A Local Perspective
Art Kirkendoll, President – Logan County Commission
Roger Horton, Director – Citizens for Coal
12 noon Reclamation Awards Luncheon
sponsored by Spilman Thomas & Battle
Awards Presentation by WV DEP