Pit & Quarry, November 2017

PITANDQUARRY COM An Inside Look it Quarrys staff made some educational stops on the road over the last couple of months We attended InterDrone in Las Vegas see our September edition for coverage and Intergeo in Berlin where we captured the latest P on the UAV front as it relates to the aggregate industry An Ontario Stone Sand Gravel Association operations tour in Ottawa Canada took us inside Lafarge and R W Tomlinson aggregate sites see page 36 and a Shell Rotella briefing in Santa Barbara California enlightened us on field tests of American Petroleum Institute CK 4 and FA 4 diesel engine oils see page 48 In addition we took part in the National Stone Sand Gravel Associations NSSGA inaugural Legislative Policy Forum which brought the industry together in Washington for meetings with legislators on Capitol Hill The Capitol Hill experience was a positive one for Pit Quarry whose office is based in Cleveland We joined Pat Jacomet executive director of the Ohio Aggregates Industrial Minerals Association for five meetings on the Hill with Ohio legislators Highway funding was at the top of our priorities list in those meetings But as we learned from several congressmen who spoke at the NSSGA event a highway bill is unlikely to pass through Congress before legislators move on tax reform In fact some legislators say the two issues are linked and that infrastructure development could be a byproduct of tax reform While most of our Capitol Hill meetings were with congressional staffers Rep Jim Kevin Yanik EDITOR IN CHIEF Renacci R Ohio visited briefly with us in his office to discuss industry issues including the burdens placed on those affected by the Mine Safety Health Administrations workplace exams rule and the Environmental Protection Agencys EPA Waters of the United States rule On highway funding Renacci expressed doubt about President Donald Trumps goal of injecting 1 trillion into U S infrastructure Renacci who has been a strong proponent of infrastructure reform introduced legislation two years ago that would increase the nations gas tax and index it to inflation In addition to Renacci our trip to Washington afforded us the opportunity to hear from other government officials including EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt and Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke see page 53 Reps Bradley Byrne R Alabama Mario Díaz Balart R Florida Bill Huizenga R Michigan Bill Shuster R Pennsylvania and others also visited with the industry For a first time event we were tremendously impressed with the slate of speakers and educational opportunities NSSGA provided Chris Upp vice president and general manager at Conco Quarries had some positive takeaways from the forum as well Upp whos featured in this months P Q Profile on page 74 touches on his forum takeaways and more in an exclusive interview at www pitandquarry com chrisupp P Q North Coast Media LLC 1360 E Ninth St Suite 1070 Cleveland OH 44114 Phone 216 706 3700 Fax 216 706 3711 EDITOR IN CHIEF Kevin Yanik 216 706 3724 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