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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Today (July 11) is 7-Eleven’s 92nd birthday, and to celebrate 7-Eleven Day, participating stores are pouring free small Slurpee drinks for everyone from 11 a.m. until 7 p.m., and no purchase is required.
7-Eleven expects to give away approximately 9 million small Slurpee drinks in North America today.
All 7Rewards members who scan their app, card or phone number with their free small Slurpee drink on 7-Eleven Day will receive a second free Slurpee—any size—to be claimed in the next 30 days.
In addition, the following items are only $1 at participating locations during the birthday festivities:
· $1 Big Bite Hot Dogs
· $1 Hot Pizza Slices
· $1 Limited-Time Cherry Slurpee Cookie
· $1 Nashville Hot Chicken Tenders
As a bonus, customers who place an order July 12 through the 7NOW delivery app will receive a free medium Slurpee drink. For new 7NOW users, delivery is free on the first three orders. 7-Eleven customers can use the 7NOW delivery smartphone app to have their favorite products delivered to their home, workplace or thousands of 7NOW Pins in parks, beaches, entertainment venues and other public locations that may not have traditional addresses.
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This week, CFCA welcomed its Board of Directors to an Open House to see the exciting new home of the California Fuels & Convenience Alliance.
Along with our new name, it was time to welcome a new HQ in order to better serve our members.
CFCA's new location is at 2520 Venture Oaks Way, Suit 100, Sacramento, CA, 95833.
Next time you're in town, feel free to stop by and visit with CFCA in our exciting new location!
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CFCA has received the following notice from Kinder Morgan regarding a new Switch Loading Policy, resulting from the June fire at the Kinder Morgan facility in Carson. Other companies may be doing this as well. CFCA advises all members to carefully read their agreements and handbooks.
Effective Immediately
"Switch loading, or the practice of loading one type of product into a tank or compartment which previously contained a different type of product (without subsequent cleaning), is prohibited at fuel loading racks operated by Kinder Morgan. Switch loading can have negative product quality and/or safety consequences which constitutes a willful failure by the Carrier to comply with the terms of Kinder Morgan's Products Pipelines Carrier Access Agreement and will be considered a negligent act or omission related to the performance of Carrier Access Agreement."
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At Pinnacle EMS, we help our clients reduce the bottom-line impact of petroleum cleanup. Over the last 5 years, we’ve facilitated the reimbursement of over $100 million from the CA UST Cleanup Fund. Our 23 years in business has allowed us to develop the experience and tools to streamline the claims process while providing accurate payment forecasting and recommendations to maximize recovery.
Whether you’re a petroleum marketer who wants to improve your recovery rate and cash flow or a consultant interested in increasing your reimbursement success for you or your clients, if you’re not working with the leader in environmental claim preparation and management, it may be costing you more than you realize.
For more information, please visit PEMSConsult.com/California or send us an email at Contact@pinnacleems.com.
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The CFCA team and all of the fuels and convenience industry throughout California wanted to send a message of support to those that may have been impacted by the recent earthquakes in Southern California. We are all a family in this business and know that natural disasters impact everyone. We are often called upon in these scenarios to be on the front lines of trying to help our communities through food, fuel, and other essential goods.
If there is anything that we can do to help, messages that we can send, resources that we can locate, etc., please feel free to reach out to us.
Your CFCA team, Board of Directors, and all other marketers, transporters, and c-store owner/operators are here to lend a hand and support one another.
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At this year's California Unified Program Agencies (CUPA) conference, CUPA and PG&E announced the formation of the Industry Technical Advisory Group (iTAG). CFCA has joined the iTAG, as well as the UST Subcommittee. This group was formed to provide industry input in order to streamline and clarify problems with CUPA.
The Industry Technical Advisory Group (iTAG) is scheduling a meeting with Laura Fisher of SWRCB to discuss the following issues:
- UST - Lack of violation closure in CERS
- Inconsistent CUPA requirements for when a permit is needed for overfill prevention systems or other UST component repair/replacements
- Specificity requirements for CERS data (e.g. TLS-350 plus model requires "+")
Additionally, we are hoping to discuss the B20 rulemaking, especially the certification of components and fittings. If you have an issue you would like CFCA to address, please contact Sam Bayless (bayless@cfca.energy).
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Applications for the CIOMA Memorial Scholarship Fund are now closed. Thank you to everyone that submitted an application and to the member companies that make the Fund possible. Winners will be announced in the coming months!
The CFCA Memorial Scholarship Fund provides financial assistance to help children and employees of CFCA members further their education and professional development.
You can always help support the fund by following the link below!
The California Community Colleges invests in the state’s economic growth and global competitiveness through industry-specific education, training and services that contribute to a highly skilled and productive workforce. With over a $1 billion in investments in career and technical education and workforce development, the California Community Colleges is providing our state with a strong and well-prepared workforce to help our economy prosper.
Are you interested in learning more about the programs that are important to your industry? You can join as a public supporter of the California Community Colleges Doing What MATTERS for Jobs and the Economy and its Strong Workforce Program. There are many opportunities for your business including:
· Provide work-based learning experiences to give youth exposure to your company.
· Learn more about internship programs specific to your business/industry.
· Provide our faculty information on innovations and technologies important to your industry.
· Help shape and develop curriculum and programs important for your industry.
Attached is the employer engagement form that outlines multiple ways your business can engage with the California Community Colleges Doing What MATTERS for Jobs and the Economy and its Strong Workforce Program.
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The California Energy Commission (CEC) is requesting emergency contacts who can provide assistance concerning supply and logistics information for each on site refinery and bulk storage facility in the event of an emergency.
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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.
Free CARB Regulatory Training in Your Area!
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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2019 Annual Conference
November 4-6
Austin Fairmont - Austin, TX
Motiva - Marquis Sponsor
2020 ELC
February 2-4
Talisa Hotel - Vail, CO
2020 Spring Conference
April 27-29
Hotel Del Coronado - San Diego, CA
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There is an opportunity for all of us to act now and start down a path toward a sustainable and low-carbon future. Fuel solutions exist today that you can easily incorporate into your daily operations that would allow you to transition to cleaner energy seamlessly. The only obstacle in your way is understanding how you can get the fuel you need when and where you need it. That’s where we can help!
World Energy invites you to join the National Biodiesel Board for a free one-day seminar designed to educate diesel fuel distributors and ends-users on the benefits and opportunities of low-carbon fuel.
The seminar is open to anyone who wants to drive positive change by transitioning to a cleaner, sustainable fuel while improving air quality and your fleet’s bottom line.
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What would it take to motivate more California drivers to buy electric cars the next time they go to the dealer?
A California lawmaker who in the past has proposed banning sales of new gas-powered cars wants to find out.
Assemblyman Phil Ting, D-San Francisco, is carrying a bill that would increase state-funded electric car rebates up to as much as $7,500, rising from today's top rebate of $2,500.
Over time, Ting's bill would reduce the value of the rebates, giving car buyers an incentive to move faster in switching to electric vehicles.
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California will inject $2.7 billion into its upcoming budget by tackling climate change through a cap-and-trade program. The money will provide funding for a variety of projects, from a bullet train to housing near mass transit hubs.
State law mandates the revenues go toward efforts that shrink greenhouse gas emissions. In most cases, they do. About $500 million, for example, will be spent on transportation projects that could lower emissions. Rebates for drivers who buy electric cars account for almost half of that pool.
But lawmakers also want to use $100 million annually for clean water projects. Critics say that won't stop temperatures from rising. But supporters suggest that emissions could fall by reducing the number of trucks that ship bottled water to rural areas with contaminated drinking water.
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California and New York have recently set some of the world's most ambitious climate targets, aiming to slash their net emissions of planet-warming greenhouse gases down to nearly zero in just three short decades.
Now the race is on to see if either state can pull off this feat - something that no major economy in the world has yet achieved. For now, neither state has a clear advantage, and both must overcome unique obstacles to clean up their power plants, cars and buildings. New York has the lowest per-person emissions of any state in the nation, but California is close behind.
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Citing climate-damaging tailpipe emissions, 23 U.S. governors signed a pledge Tuesday backing California leaders in their showdown with the Trump administration over its plans to relax vehicle mileage standards.
The pledge by leaders of states and Puerto Rico, most of them Democrats, comes as the administration moves to block tougher mileage standards laid out by then-President Obama as part of his efforts against climate change. Legal challenges to Trump's policy proposal threaten to disrupt the auto industry for years, and an influential auto industry trade group is renewing its appeal for a compromise.
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After maintaining an adversarial front toward industry and citizenry alike for decades, the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) finally acquiesced, by a narrow margin, to give up one fight. All California residents got something from the SCAQMD vote on Saturday June 26th that they seldom get from the 1,000 or so bills that get signed into law each year - a WIN for ALL 40 million residents of the State - when the SCAQMD Air quality committee rejected a ban on an acid used in South Bay refineries. Yes, all residents win on this one.
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