H.R. 5663 Update - The aggregates industry removed from provisions of new Miner Safety Bill.
At a full House Education and Labor Committee markup of proposed mine safety legislation, surface and underground aggregates mines were excluded from potentially devastating provisions that were designed to prevent reoccurrences of disasters like the Upper Big Branch coal mine tragedy in West Virginia in April. For more details, please click here.
NRMCA Testifies on Fly Ash Disposal.
NRMCA President Robert Garbini testified before the House Small Business Subcommittee on Rural Development, Entrepreneurship and Trade, and addressed the adverse impact of the EPA proposed rule. For more information, please click here.