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Friday, February 3rd (7:30 a.m.) – Buffet Breakfast sponsored by Steptoe & Johnson
8:30 a.m. Welcome/Introductions
Presenting
Steven McGowan, Steptoe & Johson - Topic: BSA Bechtel Summit
Bill Wilmoth, Steptoe & Johnson - Topic:  Criminal Liability (Where Are We Now Post UBB & Stover Cases)

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1,
8:45 a.m. West Virginia Mine Safety Update
C.A. Phillips, Director
West Virginia Miners’ Health Safety & Training

WV Board of Coal Mine Health & Safety Update
Joel Watts, Administrator

9:15: a.m. MSHA Mine Safety and Enforcement Programs
Kevin Stricklin, MSHA Administrator
Bob E. Cornett, MSHA District 3 Manager
Charles Carpenter, MSHA District 4 Manager
Timothy Watkins, MSHA District 12 Manager

10:00 a.m. Proposed Federal Mine Safety Legislation
Mark Heath, Spilman, Thomas & Battle

10:30 a.m. BREAK

10: 40 a.m. Office of Surface Mining Update
Roger Calhoun, OSM

11:05 a.m. US Army Corps of Engineers Regulatory Review
Ginger Mullins

11:30 a.m. Environmental Litigation Update
Shane Harvey, Jackson Kelly

12:00 p.m. Lunch sponsored by Jackson Kelly

1–1:40 p.m. Proximity Detection Devices
Brian Thompson, Joy Global (Underground Application)
David Edwards, Caterpillar (Surface Application)

1:40--2 p.m. Mine Rescue Operation Fund
Bill Maloney, Drill Leader, LLC

2:30 p.m. BREAK

2:45 p.m. Division of Mining Reclamation Update
Tom Clarke, Department of Environmental Protection

3:15 p.m. SEC Now Security Exchange Rules
Dave Hardy, Guthrie & Thomas

3:45 p.m. Federal Safety & Health Review Commission
Bob Beatty, Dinsmore & Shohl

4:15 p.m. Criminal Liability (Where Are We Now Post UBB & Stover Cases)
Bill Wilmoth, Steptoe & Johnson

4:45 p.m. Adjournment

5 p.m. Welcoming Reception

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2
7 a.m. Registration

7:30 a.m. Dinsmore & Shohl and Walker Machinery Breakfast

8:45 a.m. Welcome & Introductions
Gary White, WVCA Chairman

9:00 a.m. Change Is Upon Us
Mark Schuerger, Alpha Natural Resources

9:30 a.m. State of the State – “West Virginia First”
Governor Earl Ray Tomblin

10:00 a.m. Break

10:15 a.m. AEP’s Commitment to West Virginia
Charles Patton, American Electric Power

10:45 a.m. Changing of the Guard – WV Senate
Jeff Kessler, Senate President

11:15 a.m. Post-Mine Use and The Military
General Hoyer, WV National Guard

12 noon Mountaineer Guardian Luncheon sponsored by
BrickStreet Insurance and Bowles Rice McDavid Graff & Love
Awards presentation: C.A. Phillips, Director
WV Office of Miner’s Health, Safety & Training

2:00 p.m. MSHA 2012 “Rules are Rules”
Joe Main, Assistant Secretary, MSHA, USDOL

2:30 p.m. Extended Face Mining
Gary Hartsog, Alpha Engineering

3:00 p.m. BioFuels
Gov Graney & Steve Hiatt, Maxum Petroleum

3:30 p.m. West Virginia Mining Inventory & Reserves
Peter Lawson, Marshall Miller & Associates

4:00 p.m. Adjournment

5 p.m. Legislative Reception

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3
7 a.m. Registration

7:30 a.m. Steptoe & Johnson Breakfast

8:30 a.m. Welcome/Introductions

8:45 a.m. U.S. Senate Today
Senator Joe Manchin

9:30 a.m. West Virginia Coal Use
Jeff Herholdt, WV Division of Energy
Post Mine Land Utilization
Rachel Lester, Coalfield Development Office

10:00 a.m. Appalachian Research Initiative for Environmental Sciences
John Craynon, Virginia Tech

10:30 a.m. Break

10:45 a.m. Obama’s No Job Zone – A Panel Discussion
George Ellis, Pennsyvania Coal Association
Mike Carey, Ohio Coal Association
Bill Bissett, Kentucky Coal Association
Bill Bledsoe, Virginia Mining Association

11:30 a.m. WV’s Mining & Reclamation Program
Randy Huffman,WV Department of Environmental Protection

12 noon Reclamation Awards Luncheon sponsored by
Spilman, Thomas & Battle and Potesta & Associates
Awards Presentation by Randy Huffman,
Cabinet Secretary, WV DEP

1:30 p.m. Adjournment