Pit & Quarry, February 2019
re proposed Waters of the United States WOTUS rule This new rule essentially would replace a 2015 WOTUS rule that was far too vaguely written to be effective at keeping water clean In fact it could have cost operations millions of dollars to mitigate dry land and creek beds on their property The Mine Safety Health Administration MSHA now has a full year under the purview of Assistant Secretary David Zatezalo Have you noticed any changes in the agency over the last 12 months Do you expect significant changes to take place in the year ahead Safety is the top priority at our company and I believe that to be true of any NSSGA member company I would hope MSHA continues to improve their understanding of the aggregates industry this year and see that we are willing partners when it comes to making sure that people go home safely to their families and friends every day What other issues will you be focusing on as NSSGA chairman Almost one fifth of Congress is new to Washington D C this year There are new chairs and members of congressional committees that have oversight of regulatory agencies or control the funding for infrastructure and NSSGA and member companies plan to educate them on the value of our industry to rebuild our aging infrastructure and improve the U S economy I would like to see each aggregates operation bring their member of Congress out to the quarry or pit for a tour Showing them how aggregates are produced is a great step toward building a good relationship with our elected officials who can then truly appreciate and support bills that allow our industry to grow by investing in our nations infrastructure More importantly our industry continued to be active at industry meetings and on Capitol Hill NSSGAs AGG1 Academy Expo broke records last year and we are already on track to have the most exhibitors and most education sessions ever at the 2019 AGG1 in Indianapolis We also saw about 300 people come to Washington for Septembers Legislative Policy Forum to meet with their representatives and senators So Im very encouraged by the participation at our industry events and our advocacy efforts on Capitol Hill P Q FRAC SAND ND WEVE GOT YOU COVE CAUSTIC CO COMBUSTIBLE CONTAMINANTS COVERED OVERED SILICA DUST RAPAT ENCLOSED CONVEYOR SYSTEMS Containing dust Transporting combustible materials Protecting workers and communities from potential contaminants For over 40 years Rapat has been providing customized industrial duty enclosed conveyor systems to solve all of these challenges If you need a safer material handling solution weve got you covered www rapat com pitandquarry com February 2019 PIT QUARRY 27
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