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MSHA Spring Thaw 2012 – Safety Seminar

Please join us on March 8th, 2012 to cover topics of critical importance to aggregate miners, supervisors and safety professionals in Maine. The seminar is FREE and topics will include: MSHA documentation, crusher safety, blasting safety, electrical safety and much more. See attachment for details.

Annual Meeting

19th Annual Meeting to be held on April 25th, 2012 at the Italian Heritage Center, Portland. Details coming soon.

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18th Annual Meeting to be held on April 27th, 2011 at Italian Heritage Center, Portland

All members are encouraged to come to the 18th Annual Membership Meeting. We will start the afternoon off with a free Mine Safety & Health (MSHA) Workshop at 2PM to discuss inspections, compliance expectations and how to avoid fines. At 3:30, the Board of Directors will have their regularly scheduled meeting prior to the attitude adjustment hour - ALL MEMBERS ARE WELCOME. At 5PM, the social hour will begin and at 6:30PM, the new Commissioner of the Maine DEP, Darryl Brown will be giving an overview of what he and the new administration seek to achieve in the coming years. As always, we will review legislative bills that effect our industry, hear from Mark Stebbins and Christina Stacey with the Maine DEP Mining Unit on their thoughts and concerns and then close the evening off with some entertainment from The Comedy Connection in Portland. Hope to see you there!

Maine Aggregate Will Present a Stormwater Seminar with U.S. EPA and ME DEP - DEC. 8, 2010

The Maine Aggregate Association along with the Maine Department of Environmental Protection and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency are presenting a FREE Stormwater Compliance Workshop for the Aggregate, Ready-Mix Concrete and Stone, Sand & Gravel Industries on December8, 2010. The workshop is Co-Hosted by the Norhtern New England Concrete Promotion Association, AGC Maine, ACEC or Maine and the Maine Section of of ASCE.

The workshop is on December 8th at the Ramada Conference Center in Lewiston, Maine (490 Pleasant Street). It will begin at 8:30 and finsih by 3PM - lunch is provided. Special thanks to our sponsors to defray the cost: American Concrete Industries, Ferguson Waterworks and ADS, Inc.

The workshop will be an informative and interactive session on Multi-Sector General Permit Stormwater compliance. Topics will include: most common violations, stormwater Best Management Practices and new technologies for stormwater pollution control.

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