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Coal Leadership Advancement Seminar Series

June 26-28 ~ The Magnolia Hotel
Downtown Denver Colorado

ACC Members – watch accevents.org for more information

The latest ACC educational initiative is designed to fill the educational gap between new hires and senior executives. The Coal Leadership Advancement Seminar Series (CLASS) is for mid-career coal industry executives, addressing their interest in:

• Advancing professional career objectives.
• Building and enhancing long-term relationships with industry colleagues.
• Obtaining timely, in-depth and analytical industry knowledge and resources.
• Learning about the operations of and inter-relationship between various sectors of the coal industry ~ coal supply, coal consumption and coal transportation.

The annual seminar brings together coal suppliers and marketers, utility and industrial coal consumers, rail/barge/port transportation management, and coal support service providers. It provides a series of in-depth training seminar sessions on technical, legal, financial and business administration subjects, as well as timely updates on critical marketplace and public policy issues.

ACC Members – watch accevents.org for more information

 

Spring Coal Forum report on Coalblog

Held: March 13-15, 2012
Sandpearl Resort ~ Clearwater, FL

A rousing Spring Coal Forum (SCF) keynote speech, given by Dr. Phil Burgess, the founding Executive Director of the American Coal Council (ACC), encouraged listeners to defend the American electricity consumer and the benefits of electrification around the world. Burgess urged the industry to take a stand, recognizing that the war being waged against coal is, in fact, a war against the American economy, jobs, and well-being.

Click here to read the rest of this SCF 2012 report on Coalblog.

 

Spring Coal Forum Presentations

Spring Coal Forum 2012 attendees should have already received an email with detailed instructions on how to download pdf versions of the conference presentations.

If you attended SCF 2012 and have not been able to download the presentations, please contact Ingrid Abrom (via email or phone 202-756-4540)

Now ACC members can also download five of the presentations from this key industry event. Click here to download these SCF 2012 presentations

 

2012 TLC Project Moving Forward

The 2012 Tomorrow's Leadership Council (TLC) had their first meeting at the 2012 Spring Coal Forum in Clearwater, FL on March 13th.

At this meeting, the group enjoyed a professional development seminar with speaker – Linda Larsen – focusing on Excellence in Leadership – improving the participant's ability to manage themselves and others.

After the seminar, the group dug into planning for the annual project and moved forward with the goal of developing new educational information for the public. This information will focus on the value of the use of coal to provide low-cost, abundant, and reliable energy to the country. The project will also look at several of the coal-related myths being spread throughout the media and then provide a "next steps" outline for the coal industry to use in preparing education and marketing material.

We welcome ACC members, or potential members, to contact us about your enrollment in the TLC group (email or call Jason Hayes @ 202-756-4540) If you have new or up-and-coming executive talent that could benefit from professional development seminars, networking opportunities, and industry-specific training, and project development opportunities, please contact us today.

The ACC's Tomorrow's Leadership Council (TLC) is designed to advance and vest executive talent in the coal industry. The Council provides a meaningful opportunity for up-and-coming executives to enhance their industry knowledge and networks through projects and activities that advance industry-wide objectives as well as professional development goals. The program, which launched in 2009, has "graduated" over 50 executives in three years.

Gellici & Hayes Present TLC Program at Great Ideas Conference

Janet Gellici and Jason Hayes were invited to speak at the American Society for Association Executives (ASAE), Great Ideas Conference ~ March 25, 2012, The Broadmoor, Colorado Springs, CO

At the conference, we presented information on our Tomorrow's Leadership Council (TLC) program, which was "designed to advance and vest executive talent in the coal industry. As we told our session listeners, TLC provides a meaningful opportunity for up-and-coming executives to enhance their industry knowledge and networks through projects and activities that advance industry-wide objectives as well as professional development goals."

The ASAE is the primary national organization for association executives in the U.S.A. "ASAE represents more than 21,000 association executives and industry partners representing 10,000 organizations. ASAE members manage leading trade associations, individual membership societies and voluntary organizations across the United States and in nearly 50 countries around the world."

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If you are interested in publishing an article in American Coal – whether you're editorializing on an issue, preparing a case study, or describing a challenge the industry is facing – we would love to hear from you. Please call Jason Hayes (202-756-4540) or email us with your article ideas.

We're always looking for ways to give you a better and more enjoyable product. Don't hesitate to let us know what you think, send us a letter to the editor, send us an email, or give us a call @ 202-756-4540.

You could be the next featured author in American Coal fall 2012 issue.

Don't forget! You can access all of the content from the latest edition of American Coal magazine in a digital format – online – at www.americancoalonline.com

 

2012 Advertising Opportunities – ACC website, newsletter, calendar, and more

Maximize your ad campaign investment!

Getting accurate and up-to-date information on your company, your products, your services in front of potential customers is essential.

There's no better way to do this than in ACC print and online publications:

• American Coal magazine (print & online)
• The ACC website
• Our monthly newsletters
• The ACC annual calendar
• Membership Directory and Buyers’ Guide (print & online)

Our Media Planner – with full information on ad locations, sizes, and pricing – is available to view online.

We are also happy to answer any other questions that you might have. Please contact Jason Hayes, ACC Communications Director at 602-769-3872 or jhayes@americancoalcouncil.org.

 

Women’s Mining Coalition 2012 Fly-In Event

The Women's Mining Coalition (WMC) has scheduled its 20th annual Fly-In to Washington D.C. for May 6-11, 2012. Since 1993, WMC has been conducting their annual Fly-In to educate our nation's leaders about the importance of a healthy domestic mining industry, helping them to better understand the issues facing the industry and encouraging them to develop fair regulations accordingly.

WMC was formed in 1993 by three female geologists, Ruth Carraher, Kathy Benedetto and Debra Struhsacker. Over coffee, the three friends worked out the details of a coalition composed of women who worked in mining, having been encouraged by the 1992 election of multiple congresswomen. WMC's initial thrust was to reform the Mining Law of 1872. The group successfully guided it through the Senate and House, but President Clinton vetoed it. Even though WMC lost in their effort, the group gained recognition and called attention to an issue of importance to the mining industry.

Today, WMC works closely with organizations such as the National Mining Association, the American Coal Council, and the Northwest Mining Association to define each year's issues of importance to the mining industry. WMC has brought varied coal and hardrock mining-related issues to the attention of legislators in Washington during each Fly-In. Past issues have included permitting delays, EPA overregulation, the Clean Water Act as it relates to mountaintop mining and Section 4 permits, critical minerals reliance, greenhouse gas regulation, the importance of coal-fired power plants, mine safety, higher education in sciences and engineering and jobs creation.

During the 2012 Fly-In, essential issues will be discussed with legislators, including critical strategic minerals legislation, the "dirt tax", EPA's proposed financial assurance bonding, permitting delays, the possible listing of the sage grouse as an endangered species, the utility MACT rule, and, as always, jobs creation.

Mining is one of only two industries that have added jobs during the recent economic downturn, alongside the healthcare industry. The mining industry is proud of its contributions to the American economy and the jobs it provides. Each participant in the Fly-In can speak personally of how the mining industry has created employment. All the participants work within the hardrock and coal mining industries, at coal-fired power plants, or for mining-related vendors, suppliers, and manufacturers. Approximately 45 women are scheduled to attend the Fly-In this year, and it is anticipated that over four days, they will meet with more than 170 Congressional offices on both the Senate and House sides.

More information about the Women's Mining Coalition, its goals and mission, and the upcoming and past Fly-Ins is available on the organization's website, www.wmc-usa.org

 

Morrow Pacific Project – Files Permits for West Coast Coal Export Terminal

The Morrow Pacific project is being developed to provide a coal export route through Oregon to U.S. trade allies in Asia. Ambre Energy, the project developer, will ship the low-sulfur PRB coal by train to Eastern Oregon at the Port of Morrow. From there, barges will move the coal down the Columbia River. The coal will be transferred downriver at the Port of St. Helens directly from the barges to oceangoing vessels bound for Japan, South Korea or Taiwan.

The project has secured option agreements with both Oregon ports and has filed permits with the Army Corps of Engineers and the Oregon Department of State Lands. The timeline puts the project operational as soon as mid-2013. The Army Corps has invited public comment on the permit in the months of March and April.

"This project will bring jobs and economic benefits to the Northwest," said Clark Moseley, CEO of the Morrow Pacific project. The project will create over 100 family-wage jobs, and contribute significant port and tax revenues.

Click here for more information on the project and to join the list of supporters: http://morrowpacific.com/support

 

Action Request for Proposed Four Rivers Terminal Facility

SCH Services, LLC, a leading developer and operator of coal terminal facilities, is pleased to be making significant progress in its effort to develop a new coal terminal (Four Rivers Terminal) on the Ohio River (mile 943) in western Kentucky.  The planned facility will offer unparalleled flexibility with access to multiple rail carriers and convenient access to four major rivers (Ohio, Mississippi, Tennessee, and Cumberland).  It is anticipated that Four Rivers Terminal will help link producers and consumers of coal and develop into a strategic partner for many in the industry.

Four Rivers Terminal will complement the other terminal facilities managed by SCH Services, LLC, including Calvert City Terminal, Havana Dock and Pride Terminal.  Together, these facilities will provide customers with redundant capacity and increased flexibility, reducing risk associated with the transportation and storage of coal.

Project Status:
The Four Rivers Terminal project is currently in the Public Notice phase of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers permit process.  During this phase, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is soliciting comments from the public regarding the project.  SCH Services, LLC would greatly appreciate if ACC members would provide a short letter to the Corps of Engineers indicating support for the project.  A few points that would be helpful, among others, are as follows:

• SCH Services, LLC maintains a record as a safe and efficient operator.
• The appropriateness and need for a terminal facility in this area.
• The need for the regulatory process to be completed as expeditiously as possible.

Support letters can be sent to the Corps either through direct mail or through email with a submission deadline of April 19, 2012.   

Directions for Submitting Comments

If you are interested in supporting this project, please contact Mike Fitz at mfitz@sch-ces.com or 270-643-8111 for information on how to submit a comment to the Corps.  Additional information on the project is also available at www.sch-ces.com.

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