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September 8, 2022 | QUICK LINKS

Save The Date for the 2022 Fall Conference

The Ohio Grocers Association continues its education series with our 2022 Fall Conference. This year, for the first time, our annual event will be a hybrid, with both online and in-person attendance options. Mark your calendars for October 26^th as we will cover industry topics that affect the well-being of your business AND its employees.

For those attending in-person, the 2022 Fall Conference will be held at the Grandview Yard Market District Giant Eagle.

Join us for an informative collection of presentations and education sessions from industry experts! Registration will open soon. Sponsorships are available! If you would like to be a sponsor of this year’s Fall Conference, contact Kristin Mullins.

LIFO Coalition Letter to the Senate

Information from the LIFO Coalition: OGA is an active member.

First, there is no current general threat to LIFO on Capitol Hill. As we anticipated, a proposal to repeal LIFO for the oil and gas industry has been introduced. The Coalition has always and consistently opposed repeal or modification of LIFO under any and all circumstances, including repeal targeted at specific industries. We have therefore sent a letter to all members of the Senate opposing the repeal provision included in the energy bill. We must never let down our guard in the mission to keep LIFO in the tax code. Click here to read the letter.

September 2022 SNAP EA and PEBT

ODJFS is planning to issue PEBT benefits September 20 , 2022 for children eligible for the benefit for the current school year. Additionally there will be a second file issued on September 22, 2022 for corrections or errors from previous files. If the school data matched the children’s demographic to an existing SNAP case, the PEBT benefit will be deposited into the existing EBT account. Children who are not matched to an existing SNAP case or are Non-SNAP recipients will receive their P-EBT card within 7-10 days. It will be one card per child, siblings were not grouped together. In previous issuances we have included children in child care but issuance to that population is on hold at this time while FNS drafts additional guidance.

Ohio has been approved for emergency allotments for September to bring all assistance groups (AG) up to the maximum allotments for the AG size. The SNAP emergency allotments are scheduled to be issued September 29, 2022. Clients will be able to access benefits September 30, 2022. Future emergency allotments are dependent on FNS approval during a public health emergency and details will be shared as they are available.

Ohio EPA September Webinars and Upcoming Compliance Conference

Join OEPA for their upcoming FREE webinars and conferences. The first is the “In Your Community” webinar “Dumping of Solid Waste and Scrap Tires” be held on September 13th. Participants will learn about how to recognize and address these nuisance waste situations, as well as tools that are available through Ohio EPA to help. The second webinar will be on September 20th, “NPDES Permitting New & Proposed Rules and Policies.” This webinar will cover new and proposed rules, policies, in-process, and upcoming regulations that could impact non-stormwater National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit. Both of these events will include CEU opportunities.

Please click here to learn more.

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Updated September 7, 2022

UPCOMING EVENTS:

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