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	2006 Weekly Reports
	Click a date to view the headlines for the report. 12/25/06 (View Report) SIGMA Comments on EPA's Inspection Provisions EPA Stage II System Removal SIGMA Committee Meetings President Bush Compromises On Minimum Wage RFG Rule Extension: IL Area Final Boutique Fuels List WRI 110th Congressional Predictions: Renewables Updates Requested For 2007 Membership Directory Bush Signed Tax Legislation Canada Goes Renewable 2007 Executive Leadership Conference: Aspen, CO House Speaker Pelosi Names New House Leaders SIGMA'S Truck Automation Share Group: March 21-22 12/18/06 (View Report) EPA Issues Final SPCC Rule SIGMA Spring Convention -- Watch Your Mail Congress Passes Tax Legislation: Includes LUST New Democratic Committee Assignments Made 12/11/06 (View Report) Lame Duck Action LUST Fund Reminer: ULSD Labeling Join a SIGMA Committee Today! Boxer's Agenda 2007 SIGMA Planning Action Requested: 2007 Membership Directory Always In Session: The 110th Senate Schedule Winter Committee Meetings 2007 Executive Leadership Conference EPA Draft Paper Outlines NAAQS Annual Meeting Survey 12/4/06 (View Report) UST Regulations Supreme Court Hears CO2 Case Annual Meeting Survey ULSD Labeling Concerns Join a SIGMA Committee 2007 SIGMA Planning Who Will Own The Roadways? Unfair Credit Card Practices Investigation Winter Committee Meetings Congress Taking Care Of Business In December E & C Committee Organizes California Court MTBE Ruling Deals Blow To Industry 11/20/06 (View Report) Congress Organizes Chicago: A Record Breaker Tax Bill To Next Session CO2 Litigation Update FDIC Risk Guidelines New Senate EPW Committee Secondary Containment ULSD Questions Minimum Wage Bill 11/13/06 (View Report) 110th Congress Organizes VISA Chargeback Info New Excise Tax System? SIGMA Files RFS Comments Alternative Fuels Task Force 11/6/06 (View Report) EPA Proposes Rule To Regulate HAP Emissions Stage II/Widespread Use PHMSA Registration Fee Raises Question Tobacco Companies Can Still Sell Light Cigarettes You're Invited! Blues Night Out With Buddy Guy! SIGMA Legislative Meeting SIGMA/NPN/OPIS Executive Leadership Conference Biofuels Share Group Wyden Blocks Martella Nomination for Benzene Advertising and Sales Position open at SIGMA 10/30/06 (View Report) Minimum Wage Issues In November Bodman Wants Ethanol Subsidies Reviewed SIGMA/NPN/OPIS Executive Leadership Conference Exploring House Rules Label Your Diesel Pumps DST Expansion Ozone Air Quality Standard 10/23/06 (View Report) ULSD Conversion Deemed Success VISA Publishes Interchange Rates Quiet On The Hill UL Suspends Listings For E85 Dispensers Annual Meeting Hotels 10/16/06 (View Report) SIGMA at RFS Hearing Emergency Shutoff Devices ULSD Rollout Fears Ease Annual Awards Luncheon L.A. Gives Plan To Attain Ozone, PM Standards Annual Meeting Hotels 10/9/06 (View Report) Fuel Research Bill Passes DOE Revised Alternative Fuel Goal Supreme Court Sets Date: Global Warming Case SIGMA To Comment At RFS Hearing BP & Shell To Pay Fines Jazz Late Night Reception SIGMA Nominates Board of Directors SIGMA To Launch Members Only Website The Ethanol Stimuls Act 10/2/06 (View Report) House Approves LUST Bill Fuels Research Bill Back On Floor Washington Post Writer To Speak At SIGMA Meeting Finding Vehicles For Legislation Difficult California Governor Signs Law To Curb GHG Emissions Illinois Seeks RFG Extension Alternate Hotels In Chicago Renewable Fuel Standard Implementation Hearing Approved ULSD Testing Sites Annual Meeting Tours Bush Supports Domestic Ethanol Production Program For Real Energy Security Act 9/25/06 (View Report) House LUST Bill Introduced Washington Post Writer To Speak At SIGMA Meeting California Attorney General Sues Automakers Over Emissions Combat METH Act Reserve Your Room Today EPA Issued Final Rule 9/18/06 (View Report) ULSD Rule Deadline Extension Debate Heats Up ULSD Comments Sought House Democrats Call For Minimum Wage Vote Letter to EPA on Diesel Fuel Supply Trifecta Bill Strategies RFS Rule Biofuels Share Group 9/11/06 (View Report) Mastercard Will Cap Interchange Rates On Fuel ULSD Testing Consortium House Democrats Call For Minimum Wage Vote Senate Will Vote On Tax Extensions Soon EPA Signs RFS Rule Trucking Industry Voiced Disdain For Tolling House Pushes On With Lobby Reform Bill State File Climate Change Lawsuit Connecticut Oil Company Faces Fines Former FHWA Chief Nominated for DOT Secretary December Share Group SIGMA Masters: The High Performing Family Firm SIGMA Annual Meeting 9/4/06 (View Report) Combat Meth Act NY Applies Alternative Fuel Tax Breaks September 1st ULSD Labels In California RFA Lobbying Disclosure Reports Heat Compensation Article Attention! Closely Held Business Owners 8/28/06 (View Report) Senate Committee Schedules RFS Hearing NY Governor Allows Sale Of Untaxed Cigarettes Verleger To Speak At Winter Meeting 2006 Pay It Forward Scholarship Recipients SIGMA MASTERS: The High Performing Family Firm New Education Announced 8/21/06 (View Report) Increase in HAZMAT Fee Registration Proposed Political Analyst To Speak At Awards Luncheon EPA Releases Information On ULSD Sampling Owner Responsible For Contamination BP Is Official Sponsor Of Annual Meeting 8/14/06 (View Report) EPA Releases UST Guidelines Report: Good Programs To Cut Fuel Use SIGMA Provides Comments On Boutique Fuels List Judge Orders EPA To Issue Emissions Standards DHS Require Fast Cards For Some HAZMAT Drivers Political Analyst To Speak At Awards Luncheon Annual Meeting Education 8/7/06 (View Report) Minimum Wage Bill Rejected By Senate GAO Releases Toll Road Report SIGMA's Annual Meeting ULSD Comments Needed New York Governor Signs Renewable Fuel Legislation The Industry's Premier Networking Event 7/31/06 (View Report) Illinois Fuel Waivers Participation In CO2 Litigation Effort SIGMA Briefs House Committee On ULSD Program Bill To Double Ethanol Infrastructure Passes EPA Releases Comments on UST Program The Progress Act Minimum Wage Package In House OPIS Site Valuation Michigan Governor Signs Bill To Fund Tank Cleanups October Share Group SIGMA/NPN/OPIS Executive Leadership Conference Reminder: Legislative Report Forms Annual Meeting Education 7/24/06 (View Report) SIGMA's Successful Day On The Hill Credit Card Hearing Canada Aligns ULSD Rule With U.S. 7/17/06 (View Report) House Passed Internet Gambling Bill (H.R. 4411) Amidst Minimum Wage Debate Legislation Could Require Bitterness In Antifreeze RFGSA'S ULSD Testing Program Information MTBE Ruling Sets Poor Precedent For Industry State Attorneys General Reaches Lorillard Tobacco PA Governor Vetoes Bill Expanding UST Payouts SIGMA Urges Senate To Vote No On Schumer Amendment EPA Official Weighs In On Refinery Bill In Senate Senate Finance Committee To Take Up Energy Legislation 2006 House Schedule: Early Recess & Lame Duck New Jersey Levies Tax On Luxury And/Or Gas Guzzling Cars Groups Call To Action 7/10/06 (View Report) SIGMA Supports Rep. Blunt's Boutique Fuels Legislation Democrats Plan To Block Pay Raise For Congress Mark Your Calendars -- Executive Leadership Conference SIGMA's Summer Legislative Meeting: July 18-19, 2006 SIGMA Opposes Gambling Bill H.R. 4411 7/3/06 (View Report) Blunt Introduces Boutique Fuels Bill Legislation To Reduce Oil Consumption Minimum Wage Battle Fuels Research Bill EPA Seeks Comments on RFG Use in Atlanta, GA Real Estate Masters Program With Overstreet EPA Budget Amendments Introduced Supreme Court To Review CO2 Case Indian Affairs Committee Makes Recommendations Federal Court Rules Against Chevron SIGMA/NPN/OPIS Executive Leadership Conference 6/26/06 (View Report) Comments On Draft Boutique Fuels Report Legislation To Reduce Oil Consumption House Committee Approved 5 Energy Bills SIGMA Supports H.R. 5868 Roy Blunt To Address SIGMA Members in D.C. SIGMA/NPN/OPIS Executive Leadership Conference House Committee Approved Safe Truckers Act SIGMA PAC Fundraisers And Congressional Reception Senate Defeats Minimum Wage Amendment Hearings Next Week OPIS Site Evaluation 6/19/06 (View Report) Senate Hearing On Credit Card Fees EPA Releases UST Program Draft Guidelines You Need To Be In D.C. In July Some M.Y. 2007 Trucks May Not Require ULSD Deadline For ULSD Testing Consortium House GOP Pull Labor Bill Governor Bush Signed Bill To Help Fund UST Cleanup ULSD DVD Now Available Louisiana Governor Signs Alternate Fuel Standards Real Estate Masters Program With Overstreet Gasoline Suppliers Not Liable For Spills In New York Speakers Named For Annual Meeting In Chicago SIGMA Winter Meeting 6/12/06 (View Report) SIGMA Testified At House Hearing On Boutique Fuels House Passed Refinery Permit Bill DOT Withdrew The Wetline Rule: A Marketer Victory! ULSD DVD Now Available SIGMA's Legislative Meeting Greenspan Weighs In On Alternative Fuels Real Estate Masters Program With Overstreet Environmental Defense Report On Toll Roads EPA Clairifes Kerosene Labeling Issues With Q & A SUNCOR Energy USA, Inc.'s Mike Ashar To Speak At 2006 Annual Meeting In Chicago 6/5/06 (View Report) SIGMA To Testify At House Hearing On Boutique Fuels EPA Seeks Comment On Additional UST Guidelines EPA Releases Boutique Fuel List Proposal SIGMA Objects To EPA Ethanol Proposal SOT Filing Reminder House Plans Vote On Refiner Permit Bill State Legislation News From Colorado, Iowa, & Delaware Enforcement Discretion In Alaska ULSD DVD Now Available ULSD Deadline Here Summer Legislative Meeting Real Estate Masters Program With Overstreet 5/29/06 (View Report) FTC Releases Report On Price Gouging EPA Seeks Comment On UST Guidelines ULSD Memo Clarification ULSD Testing Consortium Clinton & Obama Announce Alternative Fuels Legislation ULSD DVD Now Available Meetings On Hazardous Air Pollutant Emissions Coal-Into-Liquid-Petroleum Bill Refinery Construction Bill Sierra Club Sues Over CAFE Standards House Considers Internet Gambling Legislation States & Lower Gas Taxes Alternative Fuel Tax Deduction In Indiana NY State Sales Tax Cap House Approved ANWR Legislation Summers Masters Program 5/22/06 (View Report) Governors' Task Force On Boutique Fuels House To Address Energy Issues Before Recess EPA Regulates Portable Liquid Fuel Containers House Unlikely To Address Ethanol Tariff States Struggle With Ethanol & Air Pollution ULSD: A Marketer's Checklist DVD Now Available Lugar & Harkin Introduce Biofuels Bill Summer Masters Programs Senate Democrats Announce Clean Edge Act Enforcement Discretion In Louisiana Spring Convention Survey 5/15/06 (View Report) Reid Testifies Before House E & C Committee House Appropriations Committee Approves EPA Budget House Marks Up CAFE Bill Ethanol Tariff Repeal Debates Begin Colorado's Ethanol Mandate Awaites Governor's Approval South Carolina House Approves Gas Tax Relief Spring Convention Survey Strategic Refinery Reserve Proposed June Share Group: Data! Summer Masters Programs 5/8/06 (View Report) House Approves Price Gouging Legislation RFG OXY Requirement Repealed SIGMA Meets With EPA Officials House Passes Lobby Bill EPA Launches Boutique Fuels Task Force DHS: Preparedness Issues Groups To EPA: Rquire Stricter Reductions State Alternative Fuel Mandates Spring Convention Survey GOP Pushes CAFE Rules Modification Bill IRS Nonconventional Source Fuel Credit MD Requests RFG Waiver 5/1/06 (View Report) Government Focuses On Energy Issues SIGMA's Day On The Hill 2006 Pennsylvania Governor Recommends RFG Fuel Waiver Senate Committee Approved Wehrum Nomination Inhofe Rifinery Bill Connecticut Senate Addresses Zone Pricing 4/24/06 (View Report) Supply Issues In Mid-Atlantic States Energy Issues Will Be On Congressional Radar Reformers Oppose Lobbying Bills EPA Cites Century Oil For UST Violations ULSD Direct Final Rule SIGMA's Day On The Hill 2006 Tank Carrier Workshops Jerry Jeff Walker "Theme Dinner" Tickets Going Fast June Masters Program 4/17/06 (View Report) U.S. District Court Orders Air Toxics Emissions Caps California Seeks To Amend SIP Michigan Lowers Gasoline Vapor Pressure Highway Trust Fund Not Likely Scaled Back RFG Oxygenate Repeal Dates In Question Iowa Approves Renewable Fuels Tax Credit EIA: Higher Prices In 2006 Clean Diesel Website SIGMA's Day On The Hill 2006 Thune & Obama Introduce Refueling System Act ULSD Labeling Reminder EPA Developing Voluntary Alternative Fuel Program 4/10/06 (View Report) Senator Specter Introduces Oil Merger Antitrust Bill New House Boutique Fuels Bill Introduced IRS Form 720 Error Letter Sent To Request LUST Program Funding EPA Likely To Deny California GHG Emissions Waiver Westin La Cantera Rooms OPIS Lists Oil Spill Tax Line-Item Suppliers SIGMA's Theme Dinner - Buy Your Tickets Today EPA Issued A Final Rule On Vehicle Inspection Progam SIGMA's Summer Legislation Meeting, July 18-19, 2006 The CFTC's Comissioner Debunks Price-Drive Myth June Share Group: Data! Kansas Governor Signs Ethanol Tax Reduction Bill 4/3/06 (View Report) Senate EPW Hearing On Elimination of MTBE Inhofe Re-Introduces MTBE Liability Protection Senate Passes Lobbying Reform Bill EPA Touted State UST Practices Energy Policy Before Congress Adjourns? New CAFE Standards Require 24 MPG by 2011 Letter On E85 Mandates SIGMA's Day On The Hill 2006 SIGMA's Boot-Stompin Theme Dinner ULSD Memorandum LUST Fund Appropriation Washington State Alternative Fuel Mandate 3/27/06 (View Report) Senate EPW Hearing Equipment Replacement Rule Invalidated DOE Under Pressure To Issue Ruling RFG Notification Rules Masters Program Lobbying Reform Measure Back On Deck Florida Could Mandate Generators States Get Creative With Ethanol Legislation SIGMA's Boot-Stompin Theme Dinner June Share Group Regular Convention Registration Rates To Expire Westin La Cantera Rooms at a Premium 3/20/06 (View Report) Lobbying Reform Update Specter Bill: Antitrust Laws & The Oil industry California Air Emissions Standards Model Lugar Bill: Energy Security & More Mandates Upcoming ULSD Session "Responsible Retailer" Code Discussed In California SIGMA Masters Program Hardesty Joins SIGMA Staff SIGMA'S Day On The Hill 2006 Westin La Cantera Rooms June Share Group Hearing On Oil Prices 3/13/06 (View Report) Lobbying Reform Debate SIGMA in San Antonio 2006 ULSD Labeling Reminder Bush To Sign Patriot Act Lead Air Quality Standard DOE To Rethink Alternative Fuels Companies And States Get Credit CRS Report Cites Limited Ethanol Benefits Brazilian Ethanol Tariffs May SIGMA Share Group SIGMA's Day On The Hill 2006 3/6/06 (View Report) Call To Action: Native American Campaign Finance Amendment Clean Water Budget Cuts EPCA Extended Sulfur Deadline For Marinas Greenhouse Gas Case SIGMA In San Antonio 2006 EPA Reduces Toxic Benzene Content Colonial Pipeline Keeps MTBE In System Until Spring Ethanol Transition Raises Concerns Wehrum Nominated Patriot Act Renewal Passes Senate Master's Programs Dates SIGMA's Day On The Hill 2006 2/27/06 (View Report) Ethanol May Increase Price Gasoline Sulfur Deadline RFG Mandate Memo New York May Delay Indian Cigarette Tax Collection Bush May Nominate Wehrum New SIGMA Staff Member 2/20/06 (View Report) Interchange Fees Hearing SPCC Deadline Extended RFG Mandate Eliminated Anti-Meth Regulations Westfall and Klesse To Speak at SIGMA Meeting 2/13/06 (View Report) FY 2007 EPA Budget Hearing Gasoline Sulfur Deadline Hearing On Interchange Fees Funding For 2007 HAZMAT Programs FinCEN Proposes Anti-Money Laundering Rules Ohio's Controversy: Clean Air Act Requirement May SIGMA Share Group ENVIRO Groups Support E10 Mandate in Wisconsin EPA Released Air Quality Standards Midwest Ethanol Corridor SIGMA in San Antonio 2006 2/6/06 (View Report) House GOP Elects Boehner As New Majority Leader President Bush Unveiled Energy Agenda In His Address Patriot Act Extended Bill To Close Indian Tribe Contribution Loophole NRDC Sues EPA Spring Rate To Expire, February 9th Cavaney Gets Call From Speaker Of The House Take The ELC Survey Today Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing On Petroleum Industry Consolidation US Automakers Introduce New Flex Fuel Vehicles Scholarships Available 1/30/06 (View Report) TRB Makes Recommendations New York City Settles UST Lawsuit Hydrogen Powered Vehicles By 2020 Philip Morris Teams Up With State AGs Lobbying Reform Energy Focus In 2006 Spring Rate To Expire, February 9th Opening The Door For Campaign Reform Conference Survey Scholarships Available 1/23/06 (View Report) Lobbying Reform EPA Responds to UST Letter OEHHA Releases Study Oil Shale Project February Share Group Spring Rate To Expire 1/16/06 (View Report) Gasoline Sulfur Program EPA Reaches UST Cleanup Goal For 2005 EPA Changes Methods To Measure Mileage "Year Of The Fuel Spec" French Find Alternate Fuel Power In Atoms Save The Date! For SIGMA's Annual Meeting Latest News: Breckenridge Colorado Mountain Express from DI A Scholarships Available Trucking: Hot Job In 2006 SIGMA Spring Convention Thank You SIGMA Sponsors 1/9/06 (View Report) Congress On Recess Form 8849 Revisions Scholarships Available ULSD Outreach Initiative SIGMA Committees To Meet In Denver Lift Ticket Update 1/2/06 (View Report) EPA Reveals Plans to Implement RFS Scholarships Available In Memoriam: James W. Emison Education On Tap In Breckenridge Rooms Still Available

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