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Webinar to outline transportation bill details
Jack Schenendorf, an attorney with the law firm Covington & Burling LLP and a staff member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, will lead an NSSGA webinar July 30 at 3 p.m. EDT that outlines what’s in the transportation bill for… Keep Reading
Graniterock CEO’s death ruled an accidental drowning
Placer County (Calif.) deputies confirmed earlier this week that Graniterock CEO Bruce Woolpert’s death was an accidental drowning, The Santa Cruz Sentinel reports. Although there were no witnesses, an investigation concluded that while near North Lake Tahoe, Woolpert fell and hit his… Keep Reading
New standard sought to distinguish safe, harmful fines
A proposed ASTM International standard will be used to distinguish between harmful and non-harmful fines in construction aggregate. A test method to rapidly determine the methylene blue value for fine aggregate and mineral filler is being developed by a normal… Keep Reading
Irving Materials purchases competing operation
Irving Materials Inc. has acquired the assets of Rock Industries Inc., The Indianapolis Business Journal reports. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Rock Industries operates quarries in Peru and Plymouth, Ind., producing more than 500,000 tons of stone, sand and gravel… Keep Reading
Main addresses concerns of aggregate associations
MSHA Assistant Secretary of Labor Joe Main outlined a number of initiatives and reforms his agency has undertaken over the last two years in remarks Monday to several Midwest state aggregate associations. He also reflected on the disaster that killed… Keep Reading
Operation fined $80K for emissions violations
New Hampshire-based Plourde Sand and Gravel Inc. has been fined $80,000 for not obtaining proper air emission permits for diesel generators it operated in two different cities. The Concord (N.H.) Monitor reports that Plourde Sand and Gravel has a history of… Keep Reading
Ohio promoting aggregates awareness this week
The Ohio General Assembly has designated this week as Ohio Aggregates and Industrial Minerals Awareness Week. The goal is to educate the public, increase awareness and recognize the important contributions of the state's aggregates and industrial minerals industry to construction and transportation,… Keep Reading
DOL sues mining companies for unpaid penalties
The U.S. Department of Labor, on behalf of MSHA, has filed complaints in U.S. district courts against mining companies in Connecticut, Massachusetts and New Hampshire to collect $267,724 in unpaid civil penalties resulting from federal mine safety violations. The complaints… Keep Reading
House passes bill defining aggregates as strategic, critical
NSSGA reports a bill to speed development on federal lands of strategic and critical minerals, including aggregates, passed the House on Thursday. Development would be sped up by limiting the review duration of drilling permits and requiring concurrent rather than… Keep Reading
