| Dear PEI Member: Here are some last-minute notes
regarding the PEI Convention at the NACS Show, October 1-4, in Chicago.
Registration. If you haven't registered for the PEI convention,
you can save money by registering no later than Friday, September 23. This
is the one time a year that you can attend educational
sessions dealing with the industry's biggest issues and opportunities, visit
over 500 petroleum equipment and services-related exhibit booths, and network with
your peers from around the world. For
more information or to register, click
here.
Badges.
All badges for the convention were mailed Monday, September 12, to those
in the United States who registered by August 31. All members located
outside the United States and others who registered after August 31 can pick up credentials beginning Saturday, October 1, at
7:30 a.m. at McCormick Place. Contact Sondra Sutton (ssutton@pei.org)
if you registered by August 31 and have not yet received your badge.
PEI 1-on-1. PEI is providing an opportunity for members to meet
with industry experts and/or PEI staff in an informal setting conducive to
getting answers on a variety of topics. Five time slots a day; one
hour for each topic. Got a question on tax planning or social media? Want to
talk with Mark Barolo from EPA's Office of Underground Storage Tanks?
Interested in meeting with the person who will conduct the PEI Safety Audit
(see below)? Have questions about electric vehicles, the PEI Journal,
volunteering for a committee or anything about the industry? We'll see you
at the PEI 1-on-1 pavilion right next to the PEI registration area. Visit
our website for a
complete schedule.
EPA STAGE II VAPOR RECOVERY COMMENT PERIOD ENDS
More than two dozen organizations―including air quality
control districts, petroleum marketing groups and PEI members―filed comments
on the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) July 15, 2011 proposed rule
entitled "Widespread Use for Onboard Refueling Vapor Recovery and Stage II
Waiver" (see
7/15/11 TL). While almost all those submitting comments
expressed support for EPA's efforts to determine the date of widespread use
of onboard refueling vapor recovery (ORVR) throughout the motor vehicle
fleet and to provide a waiver of the Stage II requirements―thereby allowing
states the option of removing their Stage II program requirements―many
organizations pointed out that the rule could limit the elimination of Stage
II requirements in certain areas and delay its implementation in others.
Here are the main issues raised by many of the comments: |
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Stage II Vapor Recovery Comments Filed
Update: PEI UST Component Compatibility Library
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- EPA guidance regarding the implementation of
the rule throughout the Ozone Transport Region (OTR). Under Section
184(b)(2) of the Clean Air Act, all areas in the OTR, which stretches from
Virginia to Maine and includes approximately 15,937 retail fuel
outlets, must adopt (or maintain) Stage II controls or achieve emission
reductions "comparable" to those achieved by the Stage II program. EPA has
indicated through a prior interpretation that in calculating comparable
reductions, states cannot count federally mandated programs such as the ORVR program. Therefore, commenters suggest, OTR states may not be granted
any relief from Stage II requirements under this proposal and remain
subject to redundant regulatory requirements. In their comments to EPA,
most organizations urge the agency to revisit and revise its
interpretation to allow ORVR to be considered comparable to Stage II in
the OTR. (EPA has indicated that it will issue new guidance to the OTR
upon promulgation of the rule. Commenters urged EPA to release its
guidance prior to the promulgation of the Widespread Use Rule and to
provide
an opportunity to comment before it is finalized.)
- Revision of State Implementation Plans (SIPs).
Under EPA's July 15, 2011 proposal, EPA would require individual states to
submit State Implementation Plan (SIP) revisions to the EPA in order for
the Stage II waiver to take effect. In their comments, petroleum marketer
groups urged EPA to make the waiver self-effective, so that the Stage II
requirements would be eliminated automatically on June 30, 2013―the date
EPA proposed to find ORVR systems to be in widespread use.
- New fuel outlets built from issuance of the
final rule through June 30, 2013. Petroleum marketer groups asked EPA
to exempt newly constructed sites from being required to install Stage II
equipment since its mandatory use would be unnecessary after June 30,
2013.
Industry observers expect EPA to issue its final rule either at the end
of this year or at the beginning of 2012. I think it likely will be issued
near the end of the first quarter of 2012.
UST COMPONENT COMPATIBILITY LIBRARY
PEI's UST Component Compatibility Library now has letters from nine
manufacturers. The library was created to provide UST
owners, equipment distributors, fire marshals and UST systems installers
with a central place to review manufacturers' statements of compatibility
(>E10 and/or >B20).
Manufacturers with statements posted through September 19 include Acterra,
Ameron International, Bravo Systems, Containment Solutions, Metal Products
Company, Mid-South Steel, Modern Welding, Service Welding and Vaporless
Manufacturing.
If you do not see a statement from a certain manufacturer on our website,
do not call PEI; contact the manufacturer directly. We post the statements
shortly after they are received. Email your statements to PEI at
compliance@pei.org.
JUST LAUNCHED: PEI SAFETY AUDIT SERVICES
Nothing is more important than building a safe
work environment. And yet, few distributors can afford a full-time safety
manager or keep up to date on every new wrinkle and requirement.
As an industry service, PEI is now offering confidential
safety audit services to help distributors in the United States evaluate—and
improve—their safety programs and performance. Each safety program audit
includes a written review of company health and safety philosophies,
training programs and facilities, as well as written corporate safety
policies, chemical inventory sheets and various forms required by
the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). The audit will take
approximately two weeks to complete. Distributors of all sizes are invited
to participate.
The safety audits are conducted by
PEI Business Advisory Group member Art Sodermark,
training director and lead instructor for Clermont, Florida-based Platinum
Engineering & Safety. Thanks to partial underwriting by PEI, the cost to PEI
distributor members is only $400. For nonmembers, the cost is $745.
U.S. distributors who would like more information or are
ready to initiate a safety audit may
click here. Further questions about
the program can be directed to Chris Bouldin at (918) 236-3964 or
cbouldin@pei.org.
PERSONNEL MOVES
SouthEastern Petroleum Systems, based in Charlotte, North Carolina,
has hired Jon Collins as an inside contact to support its field sales
department. He has worked eight years in the industry as a service
technician, installer, purchasing agent, and with inside and outside sales.
Tanknology Inc., headquartered in Austin, Texas, has announced that
Cord Lomauro has joined Tanknology as sales manager for the company's
southeast region. Based in Tanknology's Atlanta-area office, Lomauro will
oversee customer relationships in the southeastern United States.
OPW Fueling Components, a Dover Company, Cincinnati, Ohio, has
announced that Phil Carlin will take over responsibility for OPW Latin
America. Carlin will do this in addition to fulfilling his current role as
general manager of OPW's Fuel Management Systems business unit in
Hodgkins, Illinois.
SENECA PURCHASES MIDSOUTH PETROLEUM
Seneca Companies, based in Des Moines, Iowa, has acquired petroleum
service provider MidSouth Petroleum, LLC, of Tulsa, Oklahoma. Chris
Haggard will serve as branch manager. Seneca Companies currently has
locations in Des Moines and Davenport, Iowa; Denver, Colorado; Oreana,
Illinois; Kansas City, Missouri; South Sioux City, Nebraska; and Baldwyn,
Mississippi.
MEMBERSHIP APPLICATIONS
Michigan manufacturers representative. T. L. Stinson Associates LLC, 18
Barbour Lane, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan 48304, has applied for affiliate
division membership. Terry L. Stinson is president of the firm, which was
established in 1999. The company is a manufacturers representative in
Michigan, Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky. Sponsored for PEI membership by Kirk
N. Mercer, MercerCo, Jackson, MI.
Ohio service and construction firm. Refuel Environmental Services,
LLC, 4280 Groves Road, Columbus, Ohio 43232, has applied for service and
construction division membership. Ted Green is the manager of the firm,
which was established in 2005. The company cleans USTs and ASTs for service
stations and petroleum construction companies. Sponsored for PEI membership
by Steve Thickstun, AdvFuelOH, Columbus, OH.
www.refuel.com
Pennsylvania service station equipment installation and service company.
B & D Petroleum Service, 210 Matthew Drive, New Oxford, Pennsylvania 17350,
has applied for service and construction division membership. Steven Shelley
is the owner of the firm, which was established in 2009. The company builds
service stations and installs equipment. Sponsored for PEI membership by
Jeff Brooks, SpiglerEqp, Hagerstown, MD.
ADMITTED TO PEI
- AET Compliance LLC, Dothan, AL (aff)
- Vanpek Enterprises Beijing Inc., Beijing, China (aff)
- Beebe Fuel Systems, Inc., Livonia, MI (S&C)
- Trinidad Tank & Fuel Services Limited, Chaguaramas, Trinidad (S&C)
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