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Financial THE TIMES RECORDER SUN. JULY 16, 1989 OMRA Gives Awards To Coal Producers Sands Hill Coal Wellston was elected secretary; and Richard James Jr. of James Brothers Coal at Magnolia, was reelected treasurer. Other board members reelected include: Jack P. Apel, Southern Ohio Coal Co.

Thomas Belville, Bel-vile Mining Phil Bowman, R.A. Eberts; Abe Bryan, Boich Mining Co. Lee Conway, Bennoc Phil Eberhart, Eberhart Coal Co. John Grisham, Buckeye-Industrial Coal Hugh H. Lucas, Central Ohio Coal Co.

Tom McCartney, Empire Coal John McNab, Ohio Edison George Nicolozakes, Marietta Coal Michael Puskar-ich, Cravat Coal Co. COLUMBUS Richard James Jr. of Shaddy Valley has been named Coal Man of the Year by Ohio Mining and Reclamation Association. James literally grew up in the coal mining business. Along with his brother, Ker-mit, James operates James Brothers Coal Co.

and Hillcrest Coal in Magnolia. Coal mining is a business they learned from their father, Richard Sr. and his brother, Samuel, who started the company. James was honored by members of Ohio coal industry trade group at their annual meeting held in Columbus. Currently, James Brothers and Hillcrest operate mines in Stark, Tuscarawas and Carroll counties.

years and president for six yedars, A graduate of Mount Union College with a bachelor of science in chemistry, James' early mining career was as a mine engineer surveying underground coalmines. He and his wife, Marjorie, are parents of three children and grandparents of six. Reclaimer Of Year Johm Ramos of Buckeye-Industrial Mining Co. of Lisbon, was named Reclaimer of the Year by OMRA. Ramos is involved in the reclamation of bver 250 acres annualy by Buckeye-Industrial.

The coal producing company operates in Carroll, Columbiana, Tuscarawas and Stark counties. It has consistently achieved Will The Clean Coal Requirements Work For several years they have received awards from OMRA for outstanding achievements in mined land reclamation. James Brothers Coal Co. has been a member of OMRA since 1946. James was president in 1956 and 1957 and has served as its treasurer since 1974.

He hasb een a member of its board since 1950. Richard James Jr. was recognized for community service as well as service to the mining industry. He has been an active board member of Copeland Oaks Retirement Home in Sandy Valley since its formation and served as its president for several terms. He was a member of Stark County Board of Education for 16 clean coal program, said in writ ten testimony prepared for the panel that industrial coal customers must be given more time to meet tougher pollution deadlines if they are to make use of new technologies.

Wampler and Disbrow were among the witnesses appearing before the Subcommittee on Energy Research and Development as it reviewed funding proposals for various government fossil fuel research programs, including the clean coal technology venture. The hearing preceded House debate scheduled later this week on an $11 billion Interior spending bill that includes $1.2 billion over two years for the clean coal program a plan denounced by a-senior New England Republican on the House Appropriations Committee as fiscally irresponsible. The clean coal technology Dr. Fernando Scbiappa, Ohio Coal and Construction Ryan Tew, Pea body Coal and Stephen G. Young, Consolidation Coal Co.

Chris Chengelis of Lisbon is an honorary board member. Associate member representatives to the board are Charles Gooding, Ohio Seed and William Spiker, Eagle Fuels Inc. Neal S. Tostenson is president and chief operating officer of Ohio Mining and Reclamation Association. Achievement Awards OMRA recognized peers for outstanding achievement in land reclamation in the past year.

Tostenson, OMRA president, presented the awards to representatives of the following companies: Black Gold award for overall achievement Coal Co. of Cadiz. Presidential award for experimental tree system project Central Ohio Coal Co. of Cumberland. Charles V.

Riley award for environmental improvement At Coal Dexter City and honorable mention to Marietta Coal Co. of St. Clairsville. Greening of the lands awards in various acreage categories James Brothers Coal Magnolia and Myers Mining, Carroll-ton, under 25 acres. Marietta Coal Co.

of St. Clairsville, Blum Coal Co. of Carroll-ton; Commercial Minerals, North Lima and Eberhart Coal of Dover, 25 to 50 acres. Cravat Coal Co. of Cadiz and Coal Brook Mining, Columbiana, 50 to 100 acres.

Buckeye-Industrial Mining Co. of Lisbon; Waterlool Coal Co. of Jackson and Holmes Limestone Co. of Berlin, 100 to 200 acres. Addington Inc.

of Ironton, 200 to 500 acres. Central Ohio Coal Cumberland, 500 to 1.000 acres. In Time? under way and negotiations are continuing on an additional 21. The $1.2 billion sought by the Bush administration would be used to support other projects, Wampler said. Sen.

Jay Rockefeller, a supporter of the program, said he believes more emphasis should be put on getting clean coal programs off the drawing board and into commercial use. "I think it is time to get out of the research part and get into deployment," he said. Meanwhile, Rep. Silvio Conte, R-Mass. and the top Republican on the House Appropriations Committee, said he opposes additional funding for the clean coal program because the Energy Department has left much of the money earmarked for the effort unspent.

Conte, in remarks contained in the committee report on the Interior appropriations bill, said the Energy Department has spent only $76 million of the $1.5 billion Congress has set aside for the program. "Billions of dollars have been appropriated with nothing to show for it," Conte said in his remarks. "No further funding should be approved until the program has been adequately tested and evaluated." Gounff Erogram envisions spending $5 illion on developing experimental technology that would drastically reduce pollutants from coal, with half that money coming from the private sector. Earlier this year, the Bush administration proposed revising the Clean Air Act to include tougher emissions standards for coal-fired power plants linked to acid rain. The tougher standards would take effect, at the latest, by the year 2003.

In an attempt to meet objections from the coal industry and its major customers, the Bush administration granted various deadline extensions to users of clean coal technology and softened its pollution standards. Although he expects various incentives will be added to Clean Air legislation, Wampler said he believes most of the experimental technologies developed under other clay roofing tile in the country. CertainTeed plans to build on this reputation and support the growth of this business," says Dachowski. Compagnie de Saint-Gobain, CertainTeed's parent, has completed major acquisitions in the clay tile and facing brick industry in France, Italy and Brazil, which together with its stake in the concrete tile business, make Saint-Gobain one of the major manufacturers in this field. According to Ed Ryser, president of Ludowici-Celadon, ''Producing the finest clay roofing tile has always been our company's top priority.

"And now with the strength CertainTeed Purchases Assets Of Tile Maker, Ludowici-Celadon By BOB MITCHELL TR Washington Bureau WASHINGTON Bush administration officials and major coal users differ on whether the clean coal technology program will produce results in time to meet tougher proposed pollution standards. J. Allen Wampler, assistant energy secretary for fossil fuels, told a Senate subcommittee last week that administration officials believe most projects funded under the program will be ready by the end of this century. But R.E. Disbrow, president of an Ohio electric company and the chairman of a coalition of coal customers that support the U.S.

Farmland Values Record 6 Gain In '83 TR Washington Bureau WASHINGTON Reflecting improved economic conditions in the farm belt, the value of America's farmland rose six percent last year, the Agriculture Department announced. It was the second year in a row that farmland prices showed an increase, reversing the long slide that began after farm prices peaked in 1980. Based on the prices paid for farmland sold last year, USDA forecasters said they expect farmland prices to continue to increase about six percent during the coming year. Despite two years of increases in farmland prices, the real value of U.S. farms, when adjusted for inflation, is 47 percent below the record level reached in 1980, according to the USDA.

Farmland prices rose last year in every part of the nation except the Southern Plains, where prices dropped two percent. The Northeast registered the biggest gain of 13 percent, led by farmland prices in Pennsylvania which soared 21 percent. About 87 percent of farmland sold last year will remain in agricultural use, according to USDA records. Foreigners acquired another 99,000 acres of American farmland last year, raising total foreign ownership to 12.5 million acres. This represents less than one percent of all U.S.

farmland. excellent reclamation, according to OMRA's citation. Those results start with pre-mine planning, he said and Ramos involvement in Buckeye-Industrial's operation shows in the drainage controls, grading and excellent vegetation. Ramos, an engineer, is a graduate of Penn State University and has been with Buckeye-Industrial since 1982. He and his wife, Janice, reside in Salem and have a year-old daughter.

Board Elected OMRA has elected Tom Mack-all of East Fairfield Coal Co. of North Lima, chairman of the board for the coming year. Jack Cox of Coal Co. of Cadiz, was elected vice chairman: Bonnv Arthur-Huffman, the program will be ready by the year 2000. In his testimony, Disbrow, president of American Electric Power Service Corp.

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