In-Store Skimming on the Rise
Over the past several months, CFCA has heard multiple reports from members across the state, encountering faceplate skimmers on in-store card readers.
Please urge store staff to remain vigilant in checking card readers for any signs of tampering. These thieves are incredibly brazen in their deployment of these devices. Most commonly these will be placed while the counter is unattended, or the thieves will wait until the cashier has turned around to retrieve products kept behind the counter, like tobacco or lottery tickets. In these cases, they will make a large purchase.
Once again, CFCA urges you to advise your employees to remain vigilant in looking out for any signs of tampering and to check card reader faceplates, frequently.
If you encounter any of these devices at your store, contact law enforcement immediately.
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CFCA Memorial Scholarship Fund Applications - NOW OPEN
Originally established with contributions made by industry friends in memory of Ron Ahlport, Fred Bertetta Sr., and Jim Divine, the CIOMA Memorial Scholarship Fund provides financial assistance to help children and employees of CFCA members further their education and professional development.
Applications for the Memorial Scholarship Fund open next month, so please be sure to spread the word to employees, coworkers, and colleagues!
Last year, CFCA was treated to something special, when CMSF winner, Theresa Thompson shared with us the work she is doing with the Duke University Engineering COVID Response Team. Theresa and her team developed a special system for hospitals to use on COVID patients to reduce the spread of the virus and protect medical staff. CFCA is incredibly proud to help support Theresa and students like her in pursuing their dreams.
You can check out the work being done by Theresa and the team at Duke Engineering by clicking, here.
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OAL Approves the Advanced Clean Trucks Regulation - Large Entity One-Time Reporting Due April 1, 2021
- EXTENDED TO MAY 1, 2021
The California Air Resources Board’s Advanced Clean Trucks regulation requires certain entities to report information regarding their California facility locations, and how they and their contractors move freight and perform other services. Additionally the regulation requires large fleet owners to report certain information regarding heavy-duty vehicles (vehicles with a gross vehicle weight rating over 8500 lbs) to CARB by April 1, 2021.
CARB submitted the Advanced Clean Trucks regulation to the Office of Administrative Law (OAL) for review and approval on January 29, 2021, and OAL approved the regulation on March 15, 2021. In light of the relatively short time period between OAL’s approval of the regulation and the April 1, 2021 deadline to report the above mentioned information, CARB is providing affected entities the compliance flexibility to report applicable information through the CARB Large Entity Reporting portal (https://ssl.arb.ca.gov/ler/LER_Upload.php) by May 1, 2021.
Who must report:
Large entities (fleet owners, businesses, government agencies, municipalities, brokers, etc.) will report information about their vehicles over 8,500 lbs. GVWR (hereafter referred to as “vehicle”); if in 2019 they operated a facility in California and meet any of the following criteria:
- Had gross annual revenues greater than $50 million in the U.S. for the 2019 tax year, including revenues from all subsidiaries, subdivisions, or branches, and had one or more vehicles under common ownership or control that were operated in California in 2019; or
- Any fleet owner in the 2019 calendar year that had 50 or more vehicles under common ownership or control; or
- Any broker or entity that dispatched 50 or more vehicles into or throughout California, in the 2019 calendar year; or
- Any California government agency including all state and local municipalities that had one or more vehicles that were operated in California in 2019; or
- Any federal government agency that had one or more vehicles that were operated in California in 2019.
Reporting is not required for K-12 school bus fleets, transit vehicles, military tactical vehicles, vehicles awaiting sale, nor emergency vehicles as defined in section 2012(c) of the regulation.
What information needs to be reported:
Affected entities will need to report general entity information, home-base locations, and information about their vehicles (including off-road yard trucks) and how the vehicles are operated. Vehicle operation includes information about vehicle body types, daily miles traveled, where they are fueled, and other usage characteristics.
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CFCA's Webinar Series brings experts from various fields to provide our members the latest knowledge they need to keep their businesses up to date on California's ever-changing business climate. Whether discussing new COVID regulations and vaccine discussions, the EMV deadline, or general HR topics, CFCA has you covered.
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Cal/OSHA COVID-19 Webinar - Emergency Temporary Standard
To register, please visit our COVID-19 Webinar website to view all available dates and to self-register or view the dates below.
Attendance is limited to 1000 registered participants per Webinar session.
A question and answer session will follow after the presentation.
The intended audience for this webinar is geared towards:
· Business Owners
· Managers
· Supervisors
· Human Resources Staff
· Environmental, Health and Safety Staff
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Attendee Registration for the 2021 Pacific Fuels + Convenience Summit is now open! Don't miss the first live, and in-person industry event in California since the pandemic began!
On April 6, 2021, the State of California announced the official re-opening of all economic and social activity on June 15th, 2021. This re-opening is contingent upon continued high-vaccination and low-hospitalization rates.
The Pacific Fuels and Convenience Summit had been anticipating such an announcement, and this marks the official confirmation from the State that our conference will be live and in-person this September. PFCS will be following all state and local health and safety guidelines during the conference. Guidelines and expectations of vendors and attendees will be made available as it released by state and local jurisdictions.
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Day at the Capitol is just around the corner, and this year, we are going virtual! Just because it may look a little different this year, it is more important than ever to help represent our industry and speak out on behalf of your business. If you have any questions about issues we will be discussing at this year's event, you can contact Sam Bayless at bayless@cfca.energy.
Day at the Capitol is also a great way to show the industry that your business is just as committed as you are.
Join California Fuels and Convenience as we discuss key issues with our legislators. With over 2,300 bills introduced this year, CFCA is tracking an unusually large percentage. Stemming from Governor Newsom’s executive order banning new Internal Combustion Engine (ICE) vehicles, $1.5 billion dollars in the budget will be allocated to zero emission transportation initiatives. The fuels and convenience industry must be included in the plan if the state would like to reach its climate goals, as well as fulfill the promise of a “just transition.” As a continued supporter of CFCA, we wanted to share with you the opportunity to sponsor our upcoming Virtual Day at the Capitol Event.
DATC 2021 Key Issues, but not limited to:
- Labor and post-COVID employment bills
- Environment, ensuring the continued success of industry with liquid fuels and supporting alternatives where appropriate for fuel marketers and gas stations. Supporting hydrogen deployment and cleaning up local permitting problems for alternative fuels.
- Protecting membership’s ability to safely sell products and deliver the necessary customer service when providing fuel, food, beverages, and other items.
Without your continued support, this would not be possible. Please consider taking a stand with us and sponsoring this great event. If you are interested in sponsoring, and would like to know more, contact Amber Palmer at palmer@cfca.energy.
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Toxic Tap Water: California Needs $4.6 Billion to Fix Failing Infrastructure
April 14, 2021
A new state analysis estimates a $4.6 billion funding gap for water system infrastructure needed to ensure Californians have access to safe and affordable drinking water.
The State Water Resources Control Board this month released the first-ever drinking water needs assessment, showing that approximately 620 public water systems and 80,000 domestic wells are at-risk of failing to provide a sufficient amount of drinking water that meets basic health standards.
The highest concentrations of at-risk systems are in schools and communities in the San Joaquin Valley, Los Angeles Basin and the Central Coast, according to the principal investigator on the project, Greg Pierce of UCLA.
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White House Issues Reports on States’ Infrastructure Needs
April 12, 2021
President Biden wants Congress to know he’s sincere about cutting a deal on infrastructure, but Republican lawmakers have deep-seated doubts about the scope of his proposed package, its tax increases and Biden’s premise that this is an inflection point for the U.S. as a world power.
Biden met Monday afternoon with a bipartisan group of lawmakers and tried to assure them that the Oval Office gathering was not “window dressing.” One of the core disputes is over what counts as infrastructure in his $2.3 trillion proposal.
“I’m prepared to negotiate as to the extent of my infrastructure project, as well as how we pay for it,” Biden said. “It’s going to get down to what we call ‘infrastructure.’”
Republican Sen. Roger Wicker of Mississippi indicated after the meeting that he was willing to negotiate with Biden and called it a “good discussion.” But a more fundamental disagreement also emerged about whether the United States is losing its status atop the global economy because of its deteriorating infrastructure.
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Tensions Rise in Water Battle Along Oregon-California Line
April 12, 2021
One of the worst droughts in memory in a massive agricultural region straddling the California-Oregon border could mean steep cuts to irrigation water for hundreds of farmers this summer to sustain endangered fish species critical to local tribes.
The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, which oversees water allocations in the federally owned Klamath Project, is expected to announce this week how the season’s water will be divvied up after delaying the decision a month.
For the first time in 20 years, it’s possible that the 1,400 irrigators who have farmed for generations on 225,000 acres (91,000 hectares) of reclaimed farmland will get no water at all — or so little that farming wouldn’t be worth it. Several tribes in Oregon and California are equally desperate for water to sustain threatened and endangered species of fish central to their heritage.
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A California County, Despite the State’s Climate Goals, Further Embraces Fossil Fuels
April 10, 2021
The long shadows cast here in the San Joaquin Valley come from oil derricks, not palm trees.
Two hours inland from the Pacific Ocean, the arid terrain is peppered with petroleum and gas wells. The black gold that lies underground became the region’s lifeblood after it was discovered in 1899, and Kern County is still responsible for more than 70 percent of oil and 80 percent of natural gas produced in California.
“We are very proud of our oil industry and our contribution to national security,” said Dave Noerr, the mayor of Taft, a city of 9,400 in the southwest foothills. “We’re just a bunch of hard-working, America-loving good ol' boys.”
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