ACAA Fall Meeting Details Now Available
Kansas City here we come. The American Coal Ash Association Fall Meeting will be held October 18-19, 2012, at the Sheraton Kansas City at Crown Center. Meeting registration is now open on the ACAA website.
ACAA committee meetings are held on the first day of ACAA’s two-day meetings. All are invited and encouraged to participate in committee meetings. ACAA’s Women’s Leadership Forum also hosts a luncheon on the first day. Finally, a welcome reception for all attendees will be held the evening of the first day.
Presentations by industry, government and academic speakers are held on the second day of the meetings. Details will be posted to the ACAA website as they become available.
Discounted hotel reservations are available by following a link from the meeting registration webpage or by calling 800-325-3535 and requesting the ACAA 2012 Fall Membership Meeting group block.
Deadlines Approach for Two Big Coal Ash Technical Events
Plan now to attend the new coal ash “Practical Workshop” and don’t forget that the deadline for World of Coal Ash abstracts is looming.
- “Coal Combustion Products Utilization and Management: A Practical Workshop” is the new event co-sponsored by the American Coal Ash Association and University of Kentucky Center for Applied Energy Research. The Workshop will be held October 9-10, 2012, at the Hilton Lexington Downtown Hotel in Lexington, Kentucky.
Professional Development Hours will be available to Workshop attendees. The recently announced speakers list includes Bob Jewell, CAER; Don Fuller II, Stantec Consulting Services; Bob Rathbone, Boral Industries; Tom Robl, CAER; John Gaynor, U.S. Gypsum; Ron Chamberlain, Beneficial Reuse Management; Ken Ladwig, EPRI; Lisa Bradley, AECOM; Tom Adams, ACAA; and Henk Nugteren, Delft University of Technology. For more information, including a detailed agenda, registration and accommodations, click here.
- World of Coal Ash deadline reminder: Abstracts are due by November 1, 2012. The World of Coal Ash symposium will be held April 22-25, 2013, in Lexington, Kentucky. Visit the World of Coal Ash website for all of the details.
ACAA Joins American High Performance Buildings Coalition
The American Coal Ash Association has joined the new American High-Performance Buildings Coalition, which includes more than two dozen major business and building products industries.
The American High-Performance Buildings Coalition is comprised of leading organizations representing a range of products and materials relevant to the building and construction industry who are committed to promoting performance-based energy efficiency and sustainable building standards. The organization supports the development of green building standards through consensus-based processes derived from data and performance-driven criteria.
Magazine Publisher Falsely Implies ACAA Endorsement
Several ACAA members have reported that they have been contacted by Martonick Publications regarding advertising in “a new journal.” Martonick says that advertising in this publication will reach four coal associations, including the American Coal Ash Association.
ACAA has no business relationship or affiliation with Martonick or its new journal and in no way endorses or supports the publication. Martonick also has not been provided access to any mailing lists from the ACAA.
ASH at Work remains the American Coal Ash Association’s flagship publication with distribution to approximately 10,000 people inside and outside of ACAA who are interested in Coal Combustion Products. Advertising in ASH at Work provides critical funding for ACAA programs and activities while simultaneously providing advertisers access to the most comprehensive list of coal ash readers available.
Coal Ash in the News
The online edition of Forbes magazine ran an article recapping the coal ash regulatory scene and quoting ACAA Executive Director Tom Adams.
The West Virginia Coal Association posted a lengthy examination of “Coal Ash, Congress and Common Sense.”
Xcel Energy is constructing a 41-acre public park atop its closed coal ash landfill in Oak Park Heights, Minnesota.
A Tennessee Court has ruled that the Tennessee Valley Authority was responsible for the 2008 coal ash impoundment failure at its Kingston Power Plant. Meanwhile, another newspaper story and a radio report have pointed out that dredging the coal ash that remains in the river near Kingston may be more dangerous than leaving it there because dredging could expose legacy pollution from nearby nuclear weapons manufacturing.
Jacques Cousteau’s daughter made waves with a nautical expedition to the Emory River – site of the Kingston spill – to promote her film “Clean Coal: Water Pollution at the Light Switch." (She found two fish with the kinds of problems fish get all the time everywhere.)
Another utility has announced plans to close coal ash impoundments. SCE&G agreed to settle a lawsuit with environmental groups by closing impoundments at its Wateree power plant and removing about 2.4 million tons of coal ash over eight years. Stories are here and here.
Another long story was published about the S.S. Badger – the coal fueled Lake Michigan car ferry seeking an extension of its permit to dispose of coal ash directly into the lake
On the international front: A Canadian utility has invested $21 million on infrastructure to support increasing beneficial use of its coal ash. News from China suggests that research is being conducted into the use of coal ash-derived zeolite to remove ammonium from aqueous solutions. Cement companies are moving to lock up coal ash supplies in the Philippines.
Coal (and Cement) in the News
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia struck down the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s recently enacted Cross State Air Pollution Rule. EPA was ordered to enforce its previous Clean Air Interstate Rule while it comes up with a new plan. See stories here and here.
The Portland Cement Association announced a leadership shift designed to increase its emphasis on Washington DC regulatory affairs.
ACAA Members in the News
ACAA members CETCO and Geosyntec are offering a complimentary one-hour webinar on “Design Considerations for Coal Combustion Residual Landfills” on September 14 at 10:00 a.m. Central time. Registration information is here.
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