Nov. 25, 2014 – Training is an essential part of the U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration’s (MSHA) mission to keep miners safe and healthy. In order to do a more effective job of delivering its training resources, MSHA has rearranged its web-based presentation of training materials on workplace safety and health. The agency’s website says, “Our goal is to help the mining…
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NSSGA Demands EPA Back Down on Waters Rule
The National Stone, Sand and Gravel Association (NSSGA) urged the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to reconsider its proposal to radically expand the scope of federal authority over water and land uses across the U.S. Aggregates producers argued that the policy change is unjustifiable and the cost to the American taxpayer and industry would…
Read MoreLame Duck Push
Nov. 7, 2014 – Michael W. Johnson, president and CEO of the National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association, has an important message for aggregates producers. It goes like this: “The American people have selected who will represent them during the next Congress, but remember six more weeks of work remain for members of the 113th Congress. Tell them today that their job…
Read MoreMid-Term Election a Wake-Up Call to Legislators
While the Mid-Term elections may have been a referendum on the state of the country and economy, it is less certain what it means for the transportation industry.
Read MoreHouse Demands EPA Stop Waters Rule
By Mark S. Kuhar H.R.5078, the Waters of the United States Regulatory Overreach Protection Act, passed Sept. 9 by a vote of 262 yeas to 152 nays, with more than 30 Democrats supporting the bill. The bill would force the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Army Corps of Engineers to withdraw the proposed rule expanding jurisdiction over Waters of…
Read MoreAGG1 2015 Will Rock Baltimore
Momentum is beginning to build for the 2015 World of Asphalt and AGG1 exhibitions: exhibit space sales are tracking ahead of previous show cycles as leading companies sign on to display their newest equipment, products and technologies for the aggregates, asphalt, pavement maintenance and traffic safety sectors, according to the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM). The shows are industry-owned and…
Read MoreLabor Secretary Holds Aggregates Industry Roundtable
U.S. Labor Secretary Thomas E. Perez invited a select group of aggregates executives for a frank dialogue on the key issues facing the industry. At the Oct. 20 meeting, representatives from the National Stone, Sand and Gravel Association (NSSGA), aggregates producers, and state aggregates associations stressed the need for increased infrastructure investment to grow the economy and create jobs, and…
Read MoreNSSGA Fall Board Meeting Advances Strategic Plan
The National Stone, Sand and Gravel Association’s (NSSGA) recent Fall Board Meeting advanced the association’s Rocks Build America strategic plan with noted association consultant Glenn Tecker who led a two-day, leadership workshop. The purpose of the seminar was to align the goals of membership, the board and association staff to strengthen the aggregates industry, the association said.
Read MoreVideo Emphasizes Role of Aggregates
Oct. 16, 2014 – “The success of the aggregates industry and the success of our nation are undeniably linked,” said Mike Johnson, president and CEO of the National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association (NSSGA), to its board of directors when he previewed the association’s effort to promote the industry via an informational video. The three-minute spot, entitled “If the Aggregates…
Read MoreSand, Gravel Portrait in D.C. Highlights Aggregates
The largest gravel, sand and soil portrait ever commissioned by the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery on the National Mall naturally caught the attention of the National Stone, Sand and Gravel Association (NSSGA). The massive image, stretching over six acres, is the work of Cuban-American artist Jorge Rodríguez-Gerada. His “Facescape” is a composite portrait of more than one hundred people…
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