Local Focus

CEMEX’s 474 Sand Mine Illustrates How An International Operator Can Build Relationships By Focusing On Local Communities. By Therese Dunphy Adaptation has been the key to success for recent industry community relations programs. This is particularly true at CEMEX’s 474 Sand Mine, which was recognized as a Platinum Community Relations Award winner during the National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association’s…

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NSSGA Urges Producers to Embrace Infrastructure Week

The National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association (NSSGA) announced its participation in Infrastructure Week, which will take place from May 15-19. Businesses, labor organizations, elected officials and people around the country participate in this national advocacy and educational event to spread the message that it is #TimeToBuild America’s infrastructure.

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NSSGA to File Amicus Brief

The National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association (NSSGA) will file an amicus brief in support of Mingo Logan’s certiorari petition for the Supreme Court to hear Mingo Logan v. EPA. In July, the D.C. Court of Appeals denied Mingo Logan Coal Company’s petition to rehear en banc its recent decision upholding the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Water Act authority…

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NSSGA Commends House on WRRDA Bill

The National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association (NSSGA) applauded the U.S. House of Representatives for passing the Water Resources Reform & Development Act of 2013 on an overwhelmingly favorable vote of 417 to 3. House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee Chairman Bill Shuster (R-Pa.), ranking committee member Nick Joe Rahall (D-W.Va.) with Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee Chairman Bob Gibbs (R-Ohio)…

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