The 2019 OPMCA Fall Outing will be held on Sept. 9-10 at the Shangri-La Golf Club, Resort and Marina. Guests will enjoy two days of golfing, a yacht cruise, a Luau themed dinner and more! We hope to see you in September!

A message from our friend Jerry Compton:

September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month and St. Jude is hosting a Walk/Run Event in Tulsa to raise money for the kids of St. Jude, where families never receive a bill for anything.

The event will be held on Saturday, September 21st at ONEOK Field in downtown Tulsa, and is gearing up to be a ton of fun and celebration in continuing the efforts to kick childhood cancers butt!

Some of the highlights of the event are:

Participants can register in teams and/or individual registration. The participation of each individual's contribution will go %100 towards St. Jude's cause. St. Jude has set a goal of raising $125,000 for this event. Help them reach their goal and end childhood cancer, together!

 

For registration and additional information, please visit: www.stjude.org/walktulsa

Below you will find the attached copies of the Accepted Permanent Rule Documents for Chapter 15, Fuel Inspection; Chapter 16, Antifreeze; Chapter 25, Underground Storage Tanks; Chapter 26, Aboveground Storage Tanks; Chapter 27, Indemnity Fund; and Chapter 29, Corrective Action of Petroleum Storage Tank Releases. These were filed in the Oklahoma Corporation Commission's Court Clerk's Office this afternoon and will be placed on the OCC website at http://www.occeweb.com .

The permanent rules will be published in the July 15th edition of The Oklahoma Register and will become effective on August 1, 2019. 

This is a reminder that you must send your Statement of Objections postmarked no later than July 23, 2019 regarding the pending $6.24 billion settlement in the consolidated payment card interchange fee class action case (In Re Payment Card Interchange Fee and Merchant Discount Antitrust Litigation, MDL-1720). The settlement class is comprised of all merchants that accepted Visa and Mastercard payment cards from Jan. 1, 2004 to Jan. 25, 2019. The settlement fund is designed to compensate class members for the interchange fees they paid, which were allegedly inflated as a result of certain violations of the antitrust laws by Visa and Mastercard and their participating banks.

PMAA General Counsel advises that all branded marketers and branded c-store operators object to the proposed settlement. Please understand that objecting to the settlement is different from opting out of the settlement.  PMAA DOES NOT recommend opting out of the class.  If you do so, you will not be able to participate in the settlement. If you do nothing, you will remain in the class (if you are, in fact, a member of the class) and if, and when, the settlement is finally approved in November 2019, you will be sent a claim form to fill out. If you object to the settlement (which is what we recommend), you will remain in the settlement class and receive a claim form if and when the settlement is finally approved. There are no adverse consequences associated with objecting. Click HERE to view the template (word doc) that PMAA General Counsel prepared for PMAA members who wish to object to the proposed settlement. If you read the template PMAA prepared as well as the class notice (pdf), you will be advised of the basis for objecting. Finally, PMAA has no reason to recommend that unbranded motor fuel marketers, heating fuels marketers, or unbranded c-store operators object to the proposed settlement.

Last December, PMAA filed objections to the settlement over concerns that branded marketers would not receive notice or payment because their major oil company suppliers are the only entity known to credit card processors. Although Judge Brodie of the US District Court for the Eastern District of New York addressed this issue by saying, "Class Counsel assured the court that Branded operators would in fact receive notice,” PMAA does not count on Visa and MasterCard sending settlement notices to branded jobbers even though jobbers ultimately paid the excessive interchange fees that will fund the settlement. A Court hearing will be held on Nov. 7, 2019 to decide whether to approve the settlement. PMAA plans to file another objection to the settlement before the July 23 ^rd deadline.

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The U.S. DOT’s Pipeline and Hazardous Material Safety Administration (PHMSA) requires hazardous material transporters to register and pay a fee each year in return for a certificate of operation. PHMSA began mailing the 2019-2020 registration information to HAZMAT transporters in April. Only those with expiring DOT PHMSA HAZMAT registration certificates must re-register before July 1, 2019 or risk losing authority to operate and pay substantial civil penalty. 

 

Petroleum Marketers should check their HAZMAT certificate for the expiration date as multiple year reservations are offered and 2019 may not be your expiration date. The validity of HAZMAT registration certificates is checked at roadside inspections. 

Click here to view the compliance bulletin.

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Risk Management Corner

Mobile Device Distraction Is Not Just a Road Problem

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HR Question of the Month

Use and Reverify I-9 for Rehire?

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It's Your Life

Who Knows What to Do in Your Absence?

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Federated Insurance is offering complimentary risk management training for petroleum marketers on September 11-13, 2019. Through this valuable session, you will discover methods you can use immediately to help protect profits by reducing risk at your business.

Companies that are the most successful at controlling losses and protecting profits have integrated risk management into their overall company culture. Many have designated a key person as their risk manager. This person is supported by top management and is both responsible and accountable for identifying loss exposures and implementing risk management solutions.

This seminar’s objective is to help your risk manager learn the exposures specific to the petroleum industry, connect with peers from across the country and apply these best practices within your business.

“Attending this training is one of the best investments you can make to help protect your business and its bottom line!” 2018 RMA Attendee

You can learn more by viewing a brief video about the Risk Management Academy. To reserve your spot in the upcoming session or for more information, please contact Royetta Spurgeon or (800)533-0472 Ext. 455-5604 or visit Federated's website.