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.
In NSSGA’s latest Policy Briefing webinar, our Government and Regulatory Affairs staff discussed the Move America Forward Act on the House floor, the current expectations for the next relief package and the success of Sen. Rounds’ bipartisan Dear Colleague Letter.
This webinar is a post-election wrap-up. We will discuss the election results and how our NSSGA team is preparing for what the policy agenda will look like next year. BIPAC Senior Political Analyst Jim Ellison will join NSSGA’s Government Affairs team to provide post-election insights, along with what these election results mean for the future.
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.
NSSGA hosted a Policy Briefing webinar featuring Vice President and Deputy General Counsel of NAM Patrick Hedren. There were also policy updates from our Government and Regulatory Affairs staff. This webinar is provided exclusively for NSSGA members and is closed press.
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.
NSSGA hosts a webinar with Jim Nuccio and Matthew Parker with Atlas – a company that provides specialized services in safety planning, exposure pathway assessments, cleaning protocol development, and decontamination oversights. Nuccio and Parker address creating plans for employees who test positive or are symptomatic; developing boots-on-the-ground strategies to minimize employee exposure risks; effective cleaning and sanitation; how to manage contractors; and more.
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.