2002 Weekly Reports

12-23-02 (View Report) 

Lott Resignation Likely to Affect Pace and Agenda

Jockeying for Position

SPCC Delay: 1 Year or More

Dresser Wayne & Tokheim

Low-Sulfur Diesel

Resume on File

Remember Colorado!

No Issue Next Week

12-16-02 (View Report) 

House Committee Chairman Pushing Gas Tax Increase

HAZMAT Fees

Diesel Workshop Materials

Truck Fleet Listings

SPCC Deadline and Workshops

Tribal Issues

12-09-02 (View Report) 

Justice Seeking Views on Dresser Wayne Bid for Tokheim

New Congress and Energy

Tax Audits

Fuels Registration

Diesel Sulfur

SPCC Rules Delayed

NYC Sued over USTs

Industry Leadership Meeting

Convention Winners

Winter Meetings

Miscellaneous News Items

11-25-02 (View Report) 

Old Energy Bill Dead; New Energy Bill Gestating

Elections Still in Doubt

New Source Review

Diesel Workshop

SPCC - Request for Delay

Hit the Ground Running

Adam Charles Ports

No Issue Next Week

11-18-02 (View Report) 

Energy Bill Appears Dead as Lame-Duck Session Limps On

The New Congress

Non-Attainment Areas

Excise Tax Evasion

SIGMA Adopts Positions

Other SIGMA News

Diesel Sulfur Workshop

11-11-02 (View Report) 

Election Impact on Marketers Somewhat Hard to Predict

SIGMA in Convention

Off-Road Diesel

11-04-02 (View Report) 

Legislative Actions Await Election Results

What to Watch for on Election Night

Legislative Committee

Business Census

Low Sulfur Diesel

SIGMA Annual Meeting

10-28-02 (View Report) 

SIGMA Joins Call to EPA:  Allow Co-Mingling of Oxygenates

Senator Wellstone Dies

Energy Bill

Miscellaneous

Diesel Developments

10-21-02 (View Report) 

Congress Goes Home but Doesn't Adjourn or Recess

SIGMA in Chicago

HAZMAT Fees to Drop?

Low-Sulfur Diesel

State Developments

Resume on File

10-14-02 (View Report) 

Energy Bill: The Prognosis Changes Daily

Be a SIGMA Mentor!!!

Nominating Committee

Miscellaneous

SPCC Rule Interpretations

Diesel Workshop in Houston

10-07-02 (View Report) 

Conflicting Reports on Energy Bill; Some Say It's Dead

Will They Ever Go Home?

EPA Drops Chemical Security

Tribal Tax Issues

Tank Legislation

SIGMA Meeting Deadlines!!!

09-30-02 (View Report) 

House Makes Offer on Ethanol Provisions for Energy Bill

Winter Management Conference

Canopy Depreciation

Diesel FACA Concludes

New CDL Rules

Indian Tribal Issues

Stop Static Campaign

Paid Family Leave

Congressional Schedule

09-23-02 (View Report) 

Energy Bill Coming Down to the Wire; Some Movement

Tax Proposal Postponed

Low-Sulfur Diesel

Superfund & LUST Taxes

Tribal Taxes

Ducks Already Acting Lame

Off-Road Fuel Issues

Miscellaneous Notes

09-16-02 (View Report) 

Energy Conferees Meet; Deadline of 9/30 to Finish Work

Diesel: EPA Workshop

Election Results

Appropriations Bills

Minimum Wage

Zero Emission Vehicles

Meeting Reminders

Position Available

09-09-02 (View Report) 

September 11 - One Year Later

SIGMA Opposes Ethanol Mandate; Suggests Changes

Diesel Developments

NFPA30 and NFPA30A Revisions

Canopy Depreciation

Chemical and Hazmat Security

States Want to Keep Power

SIGMA Convention Items

End Notes

09-02-02 (View Report)

Phillips Merger with Conoco Approved, with Divestitures

HAZMAT Transport Security

New SIGMA Staffers

SPCC Clarification Coming

Security Concerns

Congress to Return

South Carolina UST Program

Coming to Vail?

08-26-02 (View Report) 

Summer Recess Almost Over; Little Action in D.C.

Canopy Depreciation

EPA Meeting Scheduled

SIGMA Meetings

08-19-02 (View Report) 

FTC Attacks New York's Pending Below-Cost Sales Act

Small Business Relief

Truck Tire Checks

New Source Review

Election Results

SIGMA Insurance Program

Annual Meeting Deadline!!!

Bad Corn Crop

Bush Blocks Security Dollars

Anti-Terrorism Report

Miscellaneous Tidbits

08-12-02 (View Report) 

Congress Out of Session; Washington Enjoys "Dog Days"

Chemical Security

Commercial Drivers

Cincinnati Air Rules

SIGMA Comments on Tax Rule

NAFTA Rejects MTBE Claim

SIGMA Meetings

08-05-02 (View Report) 

Senate Recesses; Congress Out Until After Labor Day

Accounting Rules

Automakers: Ban MMT

Proposed Trucking Rules

MTBE Developments

Commercial Driver Licenses

Diesel FACA Meets

Allies on Energy Bill?

Miscellaneous Tidbits

07-29-02 (View Report) 

SIGMA Marketers Win Victory as Tank Bill Passes Committee

Energy Bill

Lame-Duck Session?

Low-Sulfur Diesel

Fuels & Fuel Additives

Senate: "NO" to RSPA

Legal Memos Available

Terrorism Prevention

07-22-02 (View Report) 

SIGMA Legislative Committee Meets with NPRA Committee

New SPCC Rule Finalized

Heidi Prange to Leave SIGMA

Environmental Results Program

VISA/MasterCard

FDA and Tobacco

Off-Road Diesel

Tribal Taxes

Minimum Wage and SOT

NTSB and Fuel Deliveries

07-15-02 (View Report) 

SIGMA Continues to Battle Proposed Ethanol Mandate

New Rule on HAZMAT Papers

Low-Sulfur Diesel

Anti-Money Laundering

Tank Enforcement Meeting

DOT Security Regs

Final SPCC Reglations

Miscellaneous Tidbits

07-08-02 (View Report) 

Congress Concludes Recess; Back to Work Tomorrow

Truck Parking Adequate

Lawsuit on Hazmat Fees

Hazmat Security Rules

California "Greenhouse Gases"

Alternative Fuels

Miscellaneous Items

07-01-02 (View Report) 

Energy Conference Committee Begins; Issues "Sorted"

Related Developments

Diesel FACA Meets

More on Diesel Sulfur

Legislative Appointments

06-24-02 (View Report) 

Energy Conference Gets Chairman; First Meeting Set

Ultra-Low Sulfur Diesel

Tank Legislation

SPCC Rule Revisions

Ergonomics Rules

SIGMA Staff Change

Summer SIGMA Meetings

06-17-02 (View Report) 

Energy Bill to Forefront as House Conferees Named

"New Source Review"

Off-Road Diesel

VISA/MasterCard Lawsuit

Ergonomics Guidelines

Superfund Taxes

Gasoline Sulfur Testing

"Creating Wealth..."

06-10-02 (View Report) 

A Variety of Environmental Developments Form Pattern

The Energy Bill -- Waiting

Coming Benzene Regulation?

Changes to RFG Rules

Taxes on "Off-Road" Fuels

SOT Repeal & Minimum Wage

ATTN:  Colorado, Montana, and South Dakota Marketers

SIGMA Meeting Deadlines

06-03-02 (View Report) 

Senate Energy Chairman Wants to Limit Boutique Fuels

Non-Attainment Area Suit

Terrorism & Trucks

Ethanol Briefing

Congress Ends Recess

New Staff Member

FinCEN Pilot Program

05-27-02 (View Report) 

Tank Legislation Gets Push at MTBE Hearing

Hazmat Security Plans

Diesel Tax Liability

Clean Diesel Review Panel

Summer RFG Transition

Diesel Lawsuit

Succession Planning

Environmental Tidbits

SIGMA Meetings

05-20-02 (View Report) 

Energy Bill Conference Committee delayed

Hazmat Security Rules

Tax-or-Dye Proposed Rules

MTBE Hearing This Week

Petroleum Exclusion from Superfund

Money Orders Help Sales $

Hazmat Loading/Unloading

Low-Sulfur Diesel

Miscellaneous Tidbits

Summer Leadership Meeting

05-13-02 (View Report) 

SIGMA Testifies on Tanks; Meets Senator RE: Rest Areas

FTC to Track Gas Prices

SIGMA Masters Deadline

Ethanol Developments

Bio-diesel Incentives

Convention Sports Winners

05-06-02 (View Report)

Senate Committee Told Private Branders Important

Staff Report on Volatility Available

GAO Study of Markets Underway

Hawaii Hoopla

SIGMA Loses Lawsuit

Tank Testimony This Week

Below Cost Selling

Senate Energy Conferees

Trucking Security

04-29-02 (View Report) 

Senate Passes Energy Bill 88-11; Defeats Key Amendments

SIGMA Addresses Market Issues

Tribal Tax Issues

FTC Study of Gasoline

Phillips/Conoco Merger

Minimum Wage Call to Action

RFG Summer Transition

Petroleum Import Fees

Abandoned Money Orders

Convention Underway

04-22-02 (View Report) 

Senate Acts on Energy Amendments; Final Vote This Week?

Underground Tanks

Interstate Rest Areas

Gas With MTBE "Defective"

Tribal Taxes

Truck Driver Licenses

Car Driver Licenses

Superfund Tax

SIGMA Meetings

Legislative Committee Meets

04-15-02 (View Report) 

Ethanol Interests Win First Test Vote in Senate

Underground Tank Bill

Reactions to Volatility

Superfund Tax

Corrections and Additions

04-08-02 (View Report) 

Congress Back from Recess; Energy & Budget Up Next

Supply & Price Volatility . . .

. . . And the Government

Ergonomics Guidelines

Anti-Terrorism: Trucking

Import Fees?

More Convention Notes

On the Internet...

04-01-02 (View Report) 

Energy Bill Generates Controversy; Call Senators!

Ozone/PM Rule Upheld

Tank Leak Expenses Denied

Convention Registration

California MTBE Ban

Cost/Benefit of Rules

Below Cost Selling

SIGMA Nominating Committee

Farewell to Jeff Leiter

03-25-02 (View Report) 

Congress in Recess; Talk to Your Senator About RFS

Tank Developments

Market Structure

Small Refiner Tax Incentives

SBA to Work with OIRA

SIGMA Statistical Report

USTfields Made Permanent

Watch Your Mail for . . .

03-18-02 (View Report) 

Energy Bill Still Before Senate

California MTBE Ban Delayed

HAZMAT Transporter Fee

Market Structure Review

Tax Court Rules on Rent

Money Order Trends

Other Industry News

SIGMA Tidbits

03-11-02 (View Report) 

Senate Energy Bill Finally Introduced; Many Fuels Items

"Renewable Fuel Program"

More on Energy Bill

Economic "Stimulus"

Simon Appointed to NPC

Miscellaneous

SIGMA Items

Urgent Call to Action!

03-04-02 (View Report) 

Call to Action on Energy Bill - Renewables Mandate

Testimony on Tanks

Arguments on Diesel Sulfur

Below-Cost Sales

Correction RE: NPRA

California Waiver

SIGMA Meeting News

Miscellaneous Items

Draft Letter to Senators Regarding Ethanol Mandate

02-25-02 (View Report) 

Ethanol & MTBE Key Issues in California & In Energy Bill

UST Developments

Below-Cost Selling

HAZMAT Transport

SIGMA Mailings

Drivers Licenses

Miscellaneous

02-18-02 (View Report) 

RFG Winter-to-Summer Rules Finalized

Energy Tax Bill Moves

Call to Action on Ethanol

Strategic Business Alliance

SIGMA to Testify on USTs

Static Electricity Fires

Trucking Safety Issues

Miscellaneous Tidbits

02-11-02 (View Report) 

Federal Below-Cost Selling Bill Now "On the Table"

Underground Tank Issues

Action in the Senate

Money-Saving and Money-Making Programs

Money Orders

Mergers and Acquisitions

Bush Budget

Other News

02-04-02 (View Report) 

Winter-to-Summer RFG Transition Rules Still Pending

Boutique Fuels

Diesel Advisory Panel

Important SIGMA Mailings

Action in Congress

SOT Tax Repeal

HAZMAT Drivers

Miscellaneous Tidbits

01-28-02 (View Report) 

Yearly "Unfunded Mandate" of Energy Bill about $1 Billion

EPA Tank Meetings

Winter/Summer RFG Transition

Additive Rules

Insurance Tips

01-21-02 (View Report) 

SIGMA's Legislative Committee Recommends 3 Positions

RFG Transition Issues

Congress to Reconvene

FinCEN "Suspicious Activity" Reports

Tank Legislation

Terrorism Insurance

Phillips-Conoco Merger

SIGMA Annual Meeting

01-14-02 (View Report)

Industry Developing Strategy to Pass Tank Bill

Call to Action on Taxes!!!

Legislative Committee

Energy Bill to Move?

State Issues

Fuel Cell Vehicles

Other Fuel News

Disability Rules

01-07-02 (View Report) 

EPA May Be Rethinking RFG Transition Proposal

"Smiley Faces" Illegal!

FinCEN Rules & Training

Congress in Recess

Diesel Sulfur "FACA"

OMB to Review Rules

Cigarette Floor Stocks Tax

Valero-UDS Merger Final

MasterCard/Visa Lawsuit

SIGMA Discount to NATSO

State Actions ... Miscellaneous ...