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Don't let your restroom go ignored. Better yet, let it make you money.
 
Good2Go, CFCA's newest partner, is here to help you get the most out of your station's restroom. Whether you're looking to update your old restroom, modernize the retail experience, or just looking for new and creative sources of revenue for your business, Good2Go is here. 
 
With Good2Go's revolutionary system, you can truly take control of your restroom, all while making the most of those thousands of lost transactions. 
 
Open the door to a new restroom experience. 
CFCA would like to extend a warm welcome to its newest members! Thank you for joining the CFCA family and we look forward to working with you on behalf of our industry! 
 
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This week, CFCA Members were in Washington D.C. as part of the NACS Day on the Hill. 
 
NACS member from around the country traveled to Washington to speak with national elected representatives about the issues most pressing in the convenience industry. as the California arm of NACS, CFCA represented our state and its 12,000 convenience stores, educating our Congressional representaticves on the challeneges we face every day.
 
Of particular importance this week was the recently released proposal from the FDA that would effectively ban gas stations and convenience stores from selling flavored e-cigarette and vapor products other than mint, menthol, or tobacco flavors. Those in attendance urged Congress to reconsider this poorly thought out proposal and advocated on the amazing things being done by convenience stores to stop under-age tobacco use. 
 
Expanding your business? Opening a new store? What's new with your business? 
 
Share it with CFCA!
 
We are always looking out for the latest ongoing with our members and we'd love to tell your story. If you have any news about your business you'd like to share with your fellow CFCA members, please don't hesitate to send your stories and pictures to us at james@cfca.energy. 
 
Our industry community isthe cornerstone of what makes our organization special, and your success is our pride. 
 
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Mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures are all important for any business but can pose a daunting hurdle, especially for small businesses. With 150 years of collective experience in the Downstream Energy business as operators, owners, lenders, and executives, the Corner Capital team has navigated shifting market environments to find optimal solutions for their clients. Whether your company is in growth mode and looking to recapitalize, looking to monetize a lifetime of accomplishments, or you need assistance to negotiate with lenders, Corner Capital has the bench strength to assist you.
 
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The CFCA Memorial Scholarship Fund provides scholarship awards to deserving students attending college or vocational programs at any accredited postsecondary institution. It is publicly supported by generous contributions from CFCA members and their communities.
 
The CFCA Memorial Scholarship Fund provides financial assistance to help children and employees of CFCA members further their education and professional development.
 
You can help send a deserving student to college by donating to the Fund. It's easy and every dollar makes a difference. 
 
  

We all know that California's government has spent millions developing charging infrastructure for electric vehicles. They are becoming seemingly ubiquitous around the state and they are showing no signs of slowing down. 

 

Yet, one thing stands out... there's hardly ever an EV parked at one. CFCA wants your pictures of this excessive taxpayer waste. We want your pictures of EV charging stations throughout the state that sit empty and unkempt, or better yet, used by non-electric vehicles. 

 

Send them directly to CFCA via email, or you can share them to CFCA's social media channels yourself with the hashtags #EVacuated and #dEVoid. 

 

Let's see who can capture the best image of this taxpayer waste!

 

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Since its inception, Trinity Consultants has been committed to providing superior professional training in environmental topics. Our annual schedule includes more than 200 courses, offered at locations around the country, on timely topics for environmental professionals such as environmental permitting, emissions quantification and reporting, air dispersion modeling, greenhouse gas emissions reporting and permitting, stack testing, and CEMS management.

 

In addition to our federally-based regulatory courses, we also offer a large slate of state-specific courses, bringing the added value of information on specific state and local programs and insights gained from our experience working with the local regulatory agencies.

  

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Do you own, operate, or dispatch heavy-duty diesel trucks in or to California? Then you need to know that the California Air Resources Board (CARB) enforces a set of air pollution regulations affecting all types of heavy-duty diesel vehicles operating in the State. If your vehicles are NOT already compliant, you need to know what to do to be compliant for 2019. And if your vehicles ARE compliant, you still may need to report to remain compliant. This course gives you the information you need about how to comply with CARB diesel regulations and how to report to continue operating legally in 2019 and beyond.

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Industry News
  
A proposed law that would phase out diesel trucks in California was introduced Friday in an ongoing effort by state legislators to control pollution and greenhouse gas emissions, but it will likely face major opposition from trucking companies and other businesses that transport products in big rigs.
 
The bill, by state Sen. Nancy Skinner, D-Berkeley, would direct the California Air Resources Board to require a 40 percent reduction in diesel emissions by 2030 and an 80 percent reduction by 2050, cuts that experts say would not be possible without a major overhaul of the trucking industry.
  
Gov. Gavin Newsom is considering overhauling California's regulator of power and water companies as he and other state leaders race to prepare for another wildfire season.
 
Mr. Newsom, a Democrat, discussed the idea at a meeting with legislative leaders and analysts from S&P Global Ratings in his office last week, according to people with knowledge of the meeting.
  
California is enjoying a projected $21.4 billion surplus. Three-quarters of the state believes any new revenue increase should be for voters to decide.
 
By population and percentage of personal income, this state already has the nation's 10th highest tax burden. And the leader of the California Senate, Pro Tem Toni Atkins, has pointedly cautioned against any more levies that take cash out of the pockets of working families.
 
In short, California lawmakers needn't look far for an excuse to avoid raising taxes. Whether Atkins' fellow Democrats got the memo, however, isn't clear.
  
The draft guidance is part of the agency’s commitment to limiting youth access to tobacco products.
 
Yesterday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) effectively banned gas stations and convenience stores from selling most flavored electronic cigarettes under its new draft guidance, “Modifications to Compliance Policy for Certain Deemed Tobacco Products,” the Wall Street Journal reports.
 
First set forth by the agency in November, the directives restrict access to flavored e-cigs that have been popular among minors. “E-cigarette use among kids has become so widespread, so pervasive, and so troubling, that we risk addicting an entire generation of children on nicotine and watching the dramatic gains we’ve made in reducing smoking rates be erased,” said FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, who recently announced his intention to leave the agency.
  
NACS is concerned that the proposals add confusion to an already-transparent market.
 
As previously reported, on Tuesday, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its proposed rule allowing the year-round sale of E15. It coupled the E15 proposal with proposed "reforms" to the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program's renewable identification number (RIN) market. Despite EPA itself stating that it has “no data-based evidence” that manipulation is actually occurring in the market, the agency still proposed a number of "reforms" to the RIN market.
 
In general, most of these proposed reforms are specific to the D6 (ethanol) market. For example, the public disclosure requirement would only occur “if a party’s end-of-day separated D6 RIN holdings exceeded 3% of the total implied conventional biofuel volume requirement.” At that point, the party would trigger a second threshold, requiring it to compare “its end-of-day separated D6 RIN holdings with 130% of its individual implied conventional renewable volume obligation (RVO).”  Should a party exceed the thresholds, EPA would ultimately publish a public list of offenders.
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