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Insurance Committee. This committee monitors the association's
insurance programs and legislation that impacts the insurance needs of PEI
members.
J. Stephen Hieber, PWIinc, New Oxford, PA, chairman
Ed Ettl, BadgerOEqp, Milwaukee, WI
Larry Gentry, GentryCo, Lafayette, IN
John T. Hardin, Hardin’s, Winston-Salem, NC
Fred W. Jones, WestechEqp, Salt Lake City, UT
Mark Leak, LeakPtrEqp, DeWitt, MI
William Mascott III, MascottEqp, Portland, OR
Membership Committee. Encourages application for membership in PEI
from qualified companies.
Susan Maples, RBMCo, Knoxville, TN
Mike Panyard, PtrParts, Ft. Wayne, IN
Chris Santy, Patriot, Atlanta, GA
Safety Committee. Plans programs and publications (SafetyLetter, Safe
Practices, Dos and Don'ts, safety posters, etc.) for use by members to
enhance public and workplace safety.
Archie Muckenfuss, SoPmpTnkNC, Charlotte, NC, chairman
Mark Barron, PtrSolutns, McAllen, TX
Brian Derge, Tanknology, Austin, TX
Norman Hobson, Dale’s, Boise, ID
Doug Hurt, Neumayer, St. Louis, MO
Martin Meyer, MMSerEqp, Silver Grove, KY
Chris Monroe, Monroe, Arlington, TX
Steven Radvak, ComplMgmt, Phoenix, AZ
Drew Tyo, JonesFrank, Raleigh, NC
Strategic Long Range Planning Committee. Established by the
PEI Constitution, this six-person committee is composed of the president,
vice president, treasurer, and the three immediate past presidents. It
develops long range plans and objectives, and serves as an advisory group to
the PEI Board of Directors.
Calvin Bishop, D&HPumpSer, El Paso, TX, chairman
Bruce F. Larson, OWLarsonCo, Clarkston, MI
Blair D. Shwedo, SEPSinc, Charlotte, NC
J. Stephen Hieber, PWIinc, New Oxford, PA
Kirk N. Mercer, MercerCo, Jackson, MI
Jim O'Day, ODayEpCo, Fargo, ND
Young Executives Committee. The committee establishes and develops
programs for members of the PEI Young Executives Committee.
Bradley F. Baker, HuskyCorp, Pacific, MO, chairman
Butch Armstrong, RBMCo, Knoxville, TN
Alvaro Coronado, IntlAvios, Guadalajara, Mexico
Sherrie Keller, MMSerEqp, Silver Grove, KY
Shawn Kiefer, DixonPumps, Billings, MT
Jodi McDonald, OilEqpWI, Madison, WI
Bryan Newcomb, PetMarCo., Oklahoma City, OK
Alan Phipps, Cim-Tek, Bement, IL
Jeff Schmidt, WalshLong, Wayland, MI
Christopher M. Tiso, ATSEnvSer, Sparta, NJ
Aboveground Tank Installation Committee. Responsible for PEI’s
Recommended Practices for Installation of Aboveground Storage Systems for
Motor-Vehicle Fueling (RP200) and for monitoring technical developments
related to the installation of these systems.
Kirk N. Mercer, MercerCo, Jackson, MI, chairman
Steve Bernstein, JonesFrank, Charlotte, NC
Robert E. Bonnewell, BTCSer, Blair, WI
Mark Hinderliter, Hinderlitr, Evansville, IN
Mike Raymond, MascottEqp, Seattle, WA
Mark Sisco, EastCstAsc, Roseland, NJ
George H. Watkins, emeritus member, Fayetteville, GA
Bill R White, WhitesPump, Lubbock, TX
Timothy K. Woofter, Stanwade, Hartford, OH
AST Overfill Protection Committee. Responsible for developing and
writing PEI's Recommended Practices on the Proper Installation,
Inspection, Testing and Maintenance of Overfill Protection Devices for
Shop-Fabricated Aboveground Storage Tanks (RP600).
Sonny Underwood, MidSouth, Cape Girardeau, MO, chairman
John Albert, MDA, Jefferson City, MO
Tracy Barth, MFAOil, Columbia, MO
Terry Cooper, PtrEqp&Ser, Marion, IA
Brad Holmes, ClayBailey, Kansas City, MO
Sam Lillard, VaDEQ, Richmond, VA
Phil Myers, Chevron, San Ramon, CA
Alfred Reid, BrowardEPA, Fort Lauderdale, FL
Dana Schmidt, STI, Lake Zurich, IL
Amy Wessel, Morrison, Dubuque, IA
Bulk Plant Construction Committee. Responsible for developing and
writing Recommended Practices for the Construction of Petroleum Bulk
Plants (RP800).
Terry Cooper, PtrEqp&Ser, Marion, IA, chairman
Georges Boyazis, IPP, St. Augustine, FL
A. Roy Creley, LakesReg, Belmont, NH
Wayne Geyer, STI, Lake Zurich, IL
Douglas L. Jones, PumpMaster, Tyler, TX
Mark Lipa, Neumayer, St. Louis, MO
Dave Mac Donald, PrvntSpill, Huntington, IN
Bill Morgan, CollinsEqp, Cleveland, OH
Charlene Numrych, LqdCntrols, Lake Bluff, IL
Brian Savage, SavageAscs, Berkeley Heights, NJ
John Steward, Blackmer, Grand Rapids, MI
Rick Zillig, Morrison, Dubuque, IA
Electrical Continuity Testing Committee. Responsible for
writing PEI’s Recommended Procedure for Testing Electrical Continuity of
Fuel-Dispensing Hanging Hardware (RP400).
Blair D. Shwedo, SEPSinc, Charlotte, NC, chairman
Richard Benscoter, HuskyCorp, Pacific, MO
Don Birdwell, PetMarCo, Oklahoma City, OK
Craig Boche, Goodyear, Norfolk, NE
Bruce Bragg, Catlow, Tipp City, OH
Clark Conklin, NebrStFM, Lincoln, NE
Mike Conner, QuikTrip, Tulsa, OK
Brent Erekson, CochisePtr, Phoenix, AZ
Fuel Dispensing Equipment Committee. Responsible for writing PEI’s
Recommended Practices for Inspection and Maintenance of Motor Fuel
Dispensing Equipment (RP500).
Joey D. Batchelor, Guardian, Jacksonville, FL, chairman
Dick Basham, IRPCOinc, Poca, WV
Bruce Bragg, Catlow, Tipp City, OH
A. Roy Creley, LakesReg, Belmont, NH
Bobby Dutcher, AtlPtrEqp, Tucker, GA
Jim Howard, Hess, Woodbridge, NJ
Gordon Johnson, Gilbarco, Greensboro, NC
Joseph Laschke, HuskyCorp, Pacific, MO
Glen Mulder, DRWService, Chicago Heights, IL
Virgil A. Musil, Kroger, Denver, CO
Gary E. Stewart, QualityAZ, Burbank, CA
Charley Sunderhaus, OPW-FC, Cincinnati, OH
Pneumatic & Hydraulic System Installation Committee. Responsible for
developing and writing Recommended Practices on the Proper Selection,
Sizing and Installation of Pneumatic and Hydraulic Transmission Systems for
the Lubrication Industry (RP700).
Phil Parker, Samson, Swannanoa, NC, chairman
Harrell “Doc” Blair, McKinney, Mobile, AL
Bruce Doughty, SyTexInc, Las Vegas, NV
John C. Miller, OrangePtEq, Orange, CA
Mike Moe, Graco, Minneapolis, MN
Fred Mowczan, Coilhose, East Brunswick, NJ
Bill Parker, Lincoln, St. Louis, MO
Don Smith, Balcrank, Marietta, GA
Stephen Spiros, SuperiorEq, St. Louis, MO
Charles Stookey, RelHydra, Smyrna, GA
Tank Installation Committee. Responsible for PEI’s
Recommended Practices for Installation of Underground Liquid Storage Systems
(RP100).
Leland M. Freeman, PtrSolutns, Victoria, TX, chairman
Blake Bammer, GuardTech, Jacksonville, FL
Jack Carmitcheal, DoublCheck, Kansas City, MO
Michael W. Farmer, FarmerCo, South Williamsport, PA
Duane Grippe, ODayEqpCo, Fargo, ND
Maurice J. Hubbard, JMPSoltns, Fort Myers, FL
G. Douglas Mets, WesternPmp, San Diego, CA
Jim O’Day, ODayEqpCo, Fargo, ND
Tim Smith, USEPA, Washington, DC
Greg Thomas, CEThomasCo, Gardena, CA
Bill R White, WhitesPump, Lubbock, TX
UST System Inspection and Maintenance Committee. Responsible for
developing and writing Recommended Practices for Inspection and
Maintenance of Underground Storage Tank System Equipment (RP900).
Brad Hoffman, Tanknology, Austin, TX, chairman
Scott C. Boorse, Wawa, Wawa, PA
John Burwell, Xerxes, Minneapolis, MN
Laura Chaddock, SWRCB, Sacramento, CA
Peter Cochefski, OPW-FMS, Hodgkins, IL
Glenn Farmer, D&HPumpSer, Amarillo, TX
Duane Grippe, ODayEqpCo, Fargo, ND
Ann Hines, AOMA, Little Rock, AR
Jim Howard, Hess, Woodbridge, NJ
Ed Rachins, MutualOil, Brockton, MA
Steven J. Radvak, ComplMgmt, Phoenix, AZ
Joyce Rizzo, JD2Env, West Chester, PA
John Scandurra, Conklin, Newburgh, NY
Sonny Underwood, MidSouth, Cape Girardeau, MO
Brian Wiegert, RoundsAsc, Waukee, IA
Vapor Recovery Installation Committee. Responsible for writing
PEI’s Recommended Practices for Installation and Testing of
Vapor-Recovery Systems at Vehicle-Fueling Sites (RP300).
B. J. Benton, UntdPumpGA, Suwanee, GA, chairman
Victor Ayala, D&HPumpSer, El Paso, TX
Scott C. Boorse, Wawa, Wawa, PA
John W. Bracknell, AAATank, Braselton, GA
Pete Delderfield, DeltaPtrFL, West Palm Beach, FL
Larry R. Gregory, ExxonMobil, Fairfax, VA
Stephen A. Purpora, Protanic, Saukville, WI
Dennis Rethmeier, WesternPmp, San Diego, CA
James A. Spiros, SuperiorEq, St. Louis, MO
Jeffrey Underland, PtrSersMD, Baltimore, MD
UPDATE ON EPA'S FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY GUIDANCE
We understand that EPA's final grant guidelines covering financial
responsibility requirements for manufacturers and installers of underground
storage tank equipment have been prepared and will be released soon. In
the meantime, we will catch you up on where we believe the states stand with
the regard to the choice they will soon make between requiring secondarily
contained UST systems near water supplies or requiring financial responsibility for
tank manufacturers/installers.
- We wrote in the November 28, 2006, TulsaLetter, that we knew of
two states that were strongly considering the financial responsibility
option: Missouri and Idaho. While Missouri is still working on their
financial responsibility regulations, Idaho's proposed underground storage
tank act now requires secondary containment, not financial responsibility.
- Randy Carlson of the Kansas Department of Health and Environment,
Bureau of Environmental Remediation, Storage Tanks Section, notified us
last month that Kansas is planning to implement the financial
responsibility options of the Energy Policy Act, rather than secondary
containment.
- We hear from three Midwestern states that while the state UST
regulators are heavily committed to secondary containment, the petroleum
marketers are pushing financial responsibility and want to make sure that
option gets a fair hearing.
INTERNET SEMINAR FOR TANK MANUFACTURERS AND INSTALLERS DOING BUSINESS IN
MISSOURI
The Missouri Department of Agriculture will sponsor an Internet seminar
for tank manufacturers and installers doing business in Missouri from 10:00
a.m. to 11:30 a.m. on Wednesday, January 17. The purpose of the seminar is
to provide information and give participants an opportunity to ask questions about Missouri's financial
responsibility requirements.
To participate, you need a telephone and computer with an internet
connection. Although there is no cost to participate in the seminar, you need to
pre-register by January 10. Email Kerry.Kaullen@mda.mo.gov with your name, company, mailing address
and telephone number. Registered participants will receive email
confirmation no later than Friday, January 12, with the web site address and
toll-free number necessary to participate in the seminar.
BRIEFLY NOTED
Emco Wheaton Retail Corporation, Wilson, North Carolina, has hired Mark
Wickman as district manager for Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Arkansas,
Louisiana and Mississippi.
Alimentation Couche-Tard, Inc., Laval, Quebec, has purchased 13 Groovin'
Noovin convenience stores in Florida from Richcor Inc.
Armada Oil & Gas Co., Dearborn, Michigan, has acquired 30 BP stations
in the Toledo/northwest Ohio area.
ETHANOL AND BIODIESEL
A $590,000 federal grant is available to fuel station owners in North
Carolina to pay roughly half the cost of dispensers, storage tanks and
other infrastructure necessary to market ethanol and biodiesel in the state.
New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson signed an executive order last
week creating a state government implementation team that is tasked with
proposing a one-time tax credit of up to 40 percent for the purchase,
construction or retrofitting of alternative fuel filling stations.
The Canadian federal government announced plans last week to require
the use of renewable fuels like ethanol and biodiesel in the country's
energy supply. Environment Minister Rona Ambrose and Agriculture Minister
Chuck Strahl said the renewable fuels standard would require 5 percent
renewable content in gasoline by 2010 and a 2 percent renewable content in
diesel and home heating oil by 2012.
Iowa ethanol refineries will produce a record 1.5 billion gallons of
ethanol in 2006, according to the Iowa Renewable Fuels Association. The
refineries produced 1.1 billion gallons in 2005. Iowa leads the nation in
ethanol production and has the greatest number (26) of operational
refineries.
EPA ALLOWS REMOVAL OF STAGE II VAPOR RECOVERY IN SOME SITUATIONS
The federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has provided guidance
to States concerning the removal of Stage II vapor recovery systems from a
State's Implementation Plan (SIP). This can happen where States demonstrate to EPA that
widespread use of onboard refueling vapor recovery (ORVR) has occurred in
specific portions of the motor vehicle fleet in three limited circumstances:
- Initial fueling of new vehicles at automobile assembly plants
- Refueling of rental cars at rental car facilities
- Refueling of flexible fuel vehicles (FFVs) at E85 dispensers
EPA concluded in the guidance letter that if 95 percent of the vehicles in a
fleet of new vehicles at an automobile assembly plant or 95 percent of the
rental cars at a rental car facility have ORVR, then widespread use will
likely have been demonstrated. For E85 locations, if the State could
demonstrate that any increase in emissions caused by operating E85 fueling
stations without Stage II controls is so small as to clearly not interfere
with attainment of the ozone standard, then EPA could find that ORVR is in
widespread use for FFVs when refueling at E85 facilities. These facilities
could then allow E85 facilities to operate without Stage II controls.
EPA warns that this guidance is only for these three "special
sectors" and would not necessarily apply to widespread use determinations
for the general motor vehicle fleet. EPA concludes its memorandum by saying
that it "is still considering the possible criteria for determining
widespread use for the general fleet." The entire memo is available at
www.pei.org/frd.
EPA POSITION ON ETHANOL SALES
The sale and use of gasoline containing ethanol amounts greater than E10
in a gasoline-only vehicle could cause emissions from the vehicle to
increase and is prohibited under the Clean Air Act, said Margo Oge, director
of the U.S. Office of Transportation and Air Quality. It is legal to sell
gasoline containing up to 10 percent ethanol (E10) for use in any
gasoline-fueled vehicle in the United States. Gasoline containing between 10
percent and 85 percent ethanol may only be sold for use in flexible-fueled
vehicles that are certified to meet emission standards on E85, Oge said.
PETROLEUM MARKETERS POST RECORD YEAR FOR GASOLINE MARGINS
Retail regular gasoline margins posted their fourth record year in a
row, reaching 11.2˘ per gallon in 2006,
according to the Lundberg Letter. Margins were highest on the East
and Gulf Coasts, and hovered around the 10˘ per gallon range in the Midwest,
Rockies and West Coast. "All five regions of the United States had higher
average margins in 2006 than they had during the 2002-2005 combined period,"
reported the Lundberg editors.
REGULATORY BRIEFS
Maryland. The Maryland Oil Control Program is seeking pre-proposal
comments on draft underground storage tank (UST) regulation language that it
intends to formally propose by March 2007. The draft language indicates that
the Program will propose substantial changes to the state's regulations,
including requiring an upgrade from single-wall to double-wall piping for 90
facilities with existing USTs in the High Risk Groundwater Use Areas in five
counties. The draft also requires all new, upgraded or replaced UST systems
to have secondarily contained USTs; includes a clarification where
fiberglass and flexible piping systems cannot be installed or used; requires
a testing schedule of overfill prevention equipment to verify it is
operational; prohibits internal lining from being used unless written
approval is received from the state; and eliminates vapor monitoring as an
acceptable method of release detection. The 13-page draft amendments and a
3-page proposed regulation summary are available at
www.pei.org/frd. Comments can be
emailed to
gsonberg@mde.state.md.us.
REFUELING FIRES IN SOUTH AMERICA
For the past seven years, PEI has been conducting a safety campaign
intended to increase public awareness of the potential danger posed by the
discharge of static electricity during the refueling process. In the classic
example, motorists start to pump gasoline and then get back in the
vehicle. They return to the fueling port and discharge the static
electricity they have generated/accumulated when they get close to the
nozzle. A fire then ensues. For a complete description and supporting
material, see www.pei.org/static.
We have recently been notified by the health and safety manager of a large
petroleum marketer in Chile that they experienced two refueling fires in 2006. Both
involved automobiles that had a plastic fill pipe between the gas cap and
gas tank. The cars involved, a Citroen and Peugeot, are both models not
marketed in the United States. Readers
are reminded that fires caused by static discharge at the fuel dispenser are
not necessarily limited to static discharge from the motorist to the nozzle,
but that they may occur inside the vehicle's fuel storage system.
DEATHS
Keith Crowe, a partner in Williams, Beck & Hess Inc., West Newton,
Indiana, died November 19, 2006, at the age of 54. He spent 25 years in our
industry and was well respected for his expertise in petroleum handling
applications. He is survived by his wife of 38 years, Billie; a son, Keith;
and a daughter, Dawn Geisler.
MEMBERSHIP APPLICATIONS
Massachusetts testing and compliance firm. Comprehensive Compliance
Management, Inc., 31 West State Street, Granby, Massachusetts 01033, has
applied for affiliate division membership. Thomas Presnal is president of
the firm, which was established in 2003. The company provides full-service
testing and compliance management. Nominated for PEI membership by William
H. Ensign, EnsignEqCo, Norwalk, CT.
Minnesota graphic and overlay printer. Lakeland Graphics, Inc., 6850
Shingle Creek Parkway, Suite 165, Brooklyn Center, Minnesota 55430, has
applied for affiliate division membership. Mark S. Johnson is president of
the firm, which was established in 1986. The company provides screen printed
graphics for warning signs, decals and other signage. Nominated for
PEI membership by John Confer, AIR-serv, Mendota Heights, MN.
Ohio engineering firm. Wellert Corporation, 5136 Beach Road, Medina,
Ohio 44256, has applied for affiliate division membership. Kenneth A. Letz
is senior project manager for the firm, which was established in 1980.
Wellert Corporation provides engineering, environmental, permitting and
surveying services. Nominated for PEI membership by Willard C. Able,
PetroSysOH, Akron, OH.
Washington manufacturer's representative. SERVNORTHWEST Sales, 126
S.W. 148th Street, Suite C100 PMB29, Seattle, Washington 98166, has applied
for affiliate division membership. Jim Norman is the owner of the agency,
which was established in 2006. The company represents Catlow, CNIMfg, CPI
and Whiteway in Alaska, Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Montana. Nominated for
PEI membership by Bill Longstroth, IDPtrEqp, Boise, ID.
Admitted
to PEI
- Grupo Petroum S.A. de C.V., Monterrey, N.L., Mexico (dis)
- GAMAJET Cleaning Systems, Inc., Devault, PA (mfr)
- QT Technologies, Boulder, CO (mfr)
- Zervas Industrial Petroleum Co., Inc., Saginaw, MN (aff)
- Bovis Lend Lease, New Castle, PA (aff)
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