A year has passed since the Supreme Court limited the extent of federal jurisdiction under the Clean Water Act, but recent EPA and Army Corps memos and member experiences are telling a different story. Join Civil & Environmental Consultants' Robert Geho and NSSGA's Emily Coyner for this webinar covering the current state of obtaining jurisdictional determinations and permits a year after the landmark Sackett decision.
This webinar focused on how Small Producers can improve their operations for long-term success. The featured guest was Dr. Erik Westman, a professor of mining and minerals engineering at Virginia Tech.
This Safety Month webinar focused on Total Worker Health® (TWH). TWH is a holistic approach to growing the well-being of workers with proven solutions that create better opportunities for health and safety. In this webinar, Josh Ierna with Tilcon Connecticut (A CRH company) shared their company’s story, highlighting successes and lessons learned.
Risk comes in almost infinite forms. In this presentation, Mark Savit of MSHAWise will outline the main categories of risk and describe how to identify and measure risks. It will also explore practical frameworks for prioritizing risks based on their potential impact and likelihood. Attendees will gain insight into common pitfalls in risk assessment and gain a clearer understanding of how to proactively manage risk in both organizational and everyday contexts.
The Biden Administration final WOTUS rule purports to be a formal withdrawal of the stayed 2020 Trump Administration WOTUS rule, but actually expands jurisdiction. This is likely to add to the confusion in permitting, because the Supreme Court is still working on a decision in the Sackett case, which could end or limit significant nexus as a means to determine jurisdiction under the Clean Water Act.
NSSGA hosted a Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) Briefing with Taft partners Ian Arnold and Jason Covert on Tuesday, June 25. The CTA was enacted by Congress on January 1, 2021 to combat financial crimes, including money laundering, terrorist financing and tax evasion. Pursuant to the Department of the Treasury's rules, effective January 1, 2024, with limited exceptions, any entity formed in the U.S. or any foreign entity qualified to do business in the U.S. will be responsible for compliance with the CTA.
We are pleased to announce our next NSSGA Policy Briefing, scheduled for Wednesday, July 1 at 1:00 p.m. ET. This briefing will feature a special guest speaker, Emily Ackerman, Floor Director for the House Majority Whip. Ms. Ackerman will provide exclusive insights into the current legislative landscape on Capitol Hill, share key priorities for the House Majority and discuss what’s ahead on key issues like surface transportation reauthorization, government funding and permitting reform.
NSSGA is pleased to present Part 2 of an interactive webinar series on medical surveillance programs for workers with silica dust exposures. Part 2 of the webinar series will be presented by Andy O’Brien, M.S., CIH, CSP, Vice President of Health and Safety at Covia, the largest producer of industrial sand in North America. Andy will discuss the lessons learned from managing a medical surveillance program for decades, and he will share insights into the day-to-day issues that may arise in running a medical surveillance program and ideas on how to address them.
The new MSHA silica rule will require aggregates and sand & gravel mine operators to conduct exposure monitoring for crystalline silica, dust sampling and medical surveillance. The compliance date for the rule is April 8, 2026, but NSSGA members should begin preparations to comply with the rule now. NSSGA is pleased to offer a series of three webinars, presented by Vulcan Materials, Luck Stone and P.W. Gillibrand.
NSSGA presented the PM2.5 Rule & Permitting Impacts webinar on Wednesday, May 17. The webinar featured presentations by Cindy Langworthy, Counsel at Hunton Andrews Kurth, LLP; and Leah Blinn, Principal at CEC. Langworthy and Kurth discussed the recent EPA proposal to reduce the PM2.5 standard, which could make future permitting efforts by aggregate producers much more difficult and expensive in many parts of the U.S.