Please join us for the 2019 OPMCA Annual Business Meeting held on Wednesday, June 19, 2019 at The Press. The Luncheon will take place from 11am to 1pm with legislative and financial updates, a new slate of officers, as well as proposed OPMCA Bylaws changes.

The 2019 OPMCA Fall Outing will be held on Sept. 9-10 at the Shangri-La Golf Club, Resort and Marina. Additional information and registration to come soon, mark your calendars in the meantime!

Domino Equipment has relocated their Oklahoma City Office in the wake of growth and expanded services. 

The new location is only 3 miles from the original Oklahoma City office and will benefit customers by offering larger inventory and room for growth in the future. All key personnel and contacts will remain the same. 

“Domino has been a growing stable company that has provided industry leading service, construction, sales of petroleum and vehicle wash equipment in Oklahoma for over 30 years. In order to continue offering high level service we had to move to accommodate our growth.” owner Barry Brodersen. 

To Learn more, Visit http://www.dominoequipment.com/

Call 800-807-PUMP

Domino was founded in 1988 in response to the growing need for qualified and professional firms offering petroleum equipment construction and service. Domino Equipment Company has 55 employees with 26 licensed people in the states of Oklahoma. Domino Equipment employees have over 300 years of combined construction and service experience.  

SYSTEM SERVICES

• UST Installation / Removal

• AST Installation / Removal

• Petroleum Equipment Repairs and Installations

• Lubrication Equipment Repairs and Installations

• UST Tank, Line Testing, and Helium Testing

• Car Wash Equipment Automatics, Self Serves, Tunnels, and Chemicals

• CNG Install and Service

The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance’s (CVSA) Roadcheck 2019 nationwide roadside inspection blitz will take place June 4-6. Over the 72-hour period, commercial motor vehicle inspectors in jurisdictions throughout the country will conduct roadside inspections on commercial motor vehicles and drivers. Although roadside inspections will be thorough and cover many driver and vehicle compliance requirements, special emphasis this year will be on steering and suspension systems.

Click HERE to read the full PMAA Regulatory Alert.

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The U. S. Department of Transportation (DOT) recently clarified the agency’s drug and alcohol policy concerning the legalized use under state laws of CBD oil and marijuana by CDL drivers. The policy is important to petroleum marketers because it addresses how the legalized use of CBD oil and marijuana for medical and recreation purposes under state law is treated under U.S. DOT drug testing requirements for CDL drivers (49 CFR Part 40).

Click HERE to read the full PMAA Regulatory Alert.

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Last week, Rep. Crawford (R-AR), along with several other GOP lawmakers, sent a letter to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) to consider additional changes to hours of service modifications designed to increase driver availability and scheduling efficiency for petroleum marketers. Specifically, Crawford’s letter urges FMCSA to extend the 100-mile radius short haul driver exception to 150 miles to reflect the maximum distance most CDL drivers in the petroleum industry travel to load supply. Extending the short haul exception would also exempt CDL drivers from the electronic logging device (ELD) mandate if they stay within 150 air miles. PMAA fully supported Rep. Crawford’s letter and made this an important issue during PMAA’s DC Conference and “Day on the Hill.” Click here to read the letter.

Last year, FMCSA issued an advanced notice of proposed rulemaking which included several proposals to reduce compliance cost burdens on the regulated community and could alleviate the driver shortage.  

Specifically, PMAA strongly supported FMCSA’s considerations to:

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Last Monday, the EPA sent its proposed RFS reset rule for 2020-2022 renewable volume obligations (RVOs) for cellulosic, advanced and total renewable fuels to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review. Once OMB completes its review, it will be sent back to the EPA and then released for public comment. Given that EPA missed specific requirements for biofuel blending by 20 percent or more for two years in a row, the agency can set requirements without reference to the law next year which is known as the reset provision. Under the statutory provisions governing the RFS program, EPA is required to modify, or “reset” the applicable annual volume targets specified in the statute for future years if waivers of those volumes in past years met certain specified thresholds. As a result, EPA is likely to propose a rulemaking that will modify the applicable volumes targets for cellulosic biofuel, advanced biofuel, and total renewable fuel for the years 2020 - 2022. 

Corn ethanol proponents have urged the EPA to account for the biofuel gallons lost due to small refinery waivers by increasing the ethanol mandate as part of the upcoming reset of the RFS. Biofuel groups have argued that the numerous refinery waivers from 2016-2017 have indirectly reduced the ethanol mandate which have driven down RIN values and, therefore, weakened the market for E15. This week Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) asked the EPA’s Office of Inspector General to investigate why the agency vastly expanded its use of waivers to exempt small refineries from the nation’s biofuel law.

Meanwhile, 15 GOP Senators have urged the EPA to use its reset authority to reduce the corn ethanol mandate to 14.2 billion gallons to reflect current market realities. When the RFS was signed into law in 2007, EIA projected that gasoline consumption would rise to over 170 billion

gallons in 2020. Consequently, gasoline consumption has remained around 140 billion gallons which has led to an unlevel playing field in the motor fuels marketplace.  

The RFS reset proposed rule serves as an opening to reduce RVO corn ethanol requirements for future years and PMAA will be submitting comments to that regard. The EPA aims to have the RFS reset rule finalized by the end of the year. 

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Risk Management Corner:

Emphasize Safety with Regular Meetings

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HR Question of the Month:

Required to Provide Application?

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It's Your Life:

Could You Afford a Permanent Vacation?

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