VRB Newsletter
January 25, 2023 Archives
 
Features
 
 
2023 Spring Smoke Schools Registration Open
The VTCA Smoke Schools are designed to produce qualified observers who can make plume opacity determinations that are accurate and minimally affected by variable field conditions.
 
The schools will be held:
 
Richmond, VA – March 7
Roanoke, VA – March 8
Abingdon, VA – March 11
 
General Assembly Update
We are fully into the second full week of the legislature. This past Friday was the last day to introduce legislation. We are tracking over 2,000 bills this general assembly session.  
 
 
Crumpler Plastic Pipe, Inc.
Gentry Locke Rakes & Moore, LLP
 
Member News
 
 
Luck Companies Celebrates 100 Years of Powering Possibilities
In 1923, Charles Luck, Jr. opened a crushed stone operation, Sunnyside Granite Company, in Richmond, VA. One hundred years later in 2023, Luck Companies is the nation’s largest and fastest-growing family owned and operated producer of crushed stone, aggregates and environmental performance products.  
 
VTCA Conducts Work-Based Learning Information Meeting
On January 10, VTCA staff and members conducted a meeting in Roanoke with representatives from local High Schools, DOLI Registered Apprenticeships, and Community Colleges.
 
 
Concrete Pipe and Precast, LLC
McPeak Supply, LLC
 
Industry News
 
Build America, Buy America Materials Division Memorandum
VDOT’s Materials Division has updated Memorandum MD 458-22 to reflect recent Federal changes to domestic material use because of the new Build America, Buy America program. 
VDOT Announces New Asphalt Program Manager
Mourad Bouhajja, P.E. has been named as VDOT’s Asphalt Program Manager in VDOT's Central Office Materials Division. 
Director of Virginia Energy Retires
The Virginia Department of Energy’s (Virginia Energy) Director, John Warren, announced he will retire. Warren returned to the agency in 2015 upon appointment into the role. He had previously served Virginia Energy as Director of the State Energy Office 2000-2007. 
MSHA Submits Silica Rule
MSHA’s proposed silica rule has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and is now under review. 
2022 Wetland Rule - WOTUS, POTUS and SCOTUS
VTCA Aggregate Environmental Committee Chair John Brooks with Groundwater & Environmental Services, Inc. takes us through the revised rule on the definition of Waters of the United States issued December 30, 2022.