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CEMA
The CEMA Golf Outing is the premier energy industry golf outing in Connecticut. While we have averaged some 120 players per year, last year we had 132 players at Foxwood's Lake of Isles and the year before we had 138 players at TPC River Highlands in Cromwell. Our goal is to choose top courses around the state, that members want to play.
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CEMA
Republicans in the Connecticut General Assembly have been pitching an alternative plan to fund transportation projects without implementing tolls. The plan has been named "Prioritize Progress" and utilizes general obligation bonds to be used solely for transportation and to preserve special tax obligation bonds that are in place to fund infrastructure projects.
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CEMA
Part I: "Predictive Analytics — Using Your Data to Stay One Step Ahead of Your Customer" — Danny Silverman, Angus Energy According to Google, "in 2019, the most successful marketers will begin to predict what people want." We must prepare ourselves to meet the expectations of our customers in order to maintain and grow our fuel business. Data are key to your company's future.
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From PMAA/CEMA
PMAA's annual Washington Conference and Day on the Hill will be held in our nation's capital of Washington, DC, from May 8-10. Our industry continues to have dozens of important legislative and regulatory issues to discuss and the Day on the Hill continues to be the primary focus of this conference. Please make your final plans to attend this important and productive forum to meet with your members of Congress and network with other marketers from across the country!
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CEMA
CEMA will be holding Awareness and Operations certification seminars in May and June. These are required for any employee coming into contact with hazardous materials, or who transport hazardous materials. Employees whose job function includes containing small spills (dam, dike or divert) need the Operations certification. We offer two classes providing Operations re-certification on May 29 and June 5, and one 8-hour class on June 4 that upgrades employees from Awareness to Operations.
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CEMA
NEFI's Expo, branded this year as HEAT Show 2019, has gone live for exhibitor and sponsor registration. The show will run from Sunday, September 15 to Wednesday, September 18 at the Rhode Island Convention Center in Providence, RI. The website here has tabs for exhibitors, sponsors, attendees (registration forthcoming), hotel reservations and NEFI's Legends Dinner (registration forthcoming). The tradeshow itself will be held on September 17-18.
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From PMAA
The Federal Motor Carrier Administration (FMCSA) is establishing the Commercial Driver's License (CDL) Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse (Clearinghouse). This new database will contain information pertaining to violations of the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) controlled substances (drug) and alcohol testing program for CDL drivers. Congress required the FMCSA to create the Clearinghouse in Section 32402 of the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21).
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From PMAA
The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) announced recently that it intends to propose a rule that would change federal hours of service (HOS) regulations for CDL drivers.
This is important news for petroleum marketers because PMAA is working closely with the FMCSA administrator and his staff on regulatory reforms that are important to the industry.
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CEMA
It must be spring, since we've gotten two questions recently regarding diesel sales to marinas. A new law went into effect less than a year ago, on July 1, 2018, exempting the motor fuels tax (i.e. diesel excise tax) from diesel sold to a marina which sells the product directly into boats. The regulation can be viewed ...
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From Federated
The unexpected loss of an owner is a big shock to a business. The sudden change can cause a ripple effect that threatens the entire organization. Some forethought might help avoid uncertainty in business succession while satisfying the owner's wishes.
Take the following example.
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Foley
Have you updated your annual UCR yet? If not, you still have a little time thanks to a last-minute extension by the UCR Board. With many motor carriers still not compliant as the April 1 deadline neared, the UCR Board recommended that enforcement officials give carriers an additional month to register before enforcement begins. This was the second time the deadline was extended for the 2019 registration year.
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CNBC
The Trump administration will sharply accelerate its goal of driving Iran's oil exports to zero, ending sanctions exemptions that it previously granted to some of the Islamic Republic's biggest customers.
President Donald Trump unilaterally withdrew from a 2015 nuclear accord with Iran last May and restored wide-ranging sanctions on the Iranian economy in November.
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CT News Junkie
A coalition of organizations invested in the future of Connecticut's roads has launched a paid media campaign, including a television ad that supports adding tolls to Connecticut's highways.
The Connecticut Construction Industries Association, the New England Regional Council of Carpenters, the CT Laborers' District Council and the CT Ready-Mixed Concrete Association are all members of Move CT Forward, the entity that purchased the ads.
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CT News Junkie
On their own time, Department of Labor employees delivered a petition to Gov. Ned Lamont's office asking him not to privatize any part of any Paid Family and Medical Leave program that's approved by the General Assembly.
The petition was signed by about 300 of their colleagues.
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CT News Junkie
On his 100th day in office, Gov. Ned Lamont, a former cable executive, tackled the issue that may define his time in office: electronic highway tolls.
"How do I speed up Metro-North? How do I end the gridlock on 84 and 95? And what a difference that makes in terms of jobs and opportunity," Lamont said. "I've come up with a solution. It's not a popular solution, but it's a real solution."
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Fortune
Not too hot and definitely not too cold — that's when electric car batteries work best.
"Batteries are like humans," Anna Stefanopoulou, director of the University of Michigan's Energy Institute told Wired: they do best at temperatures between 40°F and 115°F.
In results that are unlikely to shock the many frustrated EV owners who vented on social media during the polar vortex, Stefanopoulou's claim is backed up by the results of a new AAA study.
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Hartford Courant
With only six weeks left in the legislative session, lawmakers are battling over whether to approve a new tax on sugary drinks, including soda.
Some Democrats say it's necessary for health reasons, while some Republicans who are opposed to any tax increases say there should not be an extra charge on sugar-sweetened beverages.
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Hartford Courant
Connecticut has some of the worst ozone air pollution in the eastern United States and particle pollution in Hartford County increased in the past year, according to the American Lung Association's latest "State of the Air" report.
Fairfield County had the highest level of ozone pollution in the New York City metro area, while the Hartford-East Hartford area was ranked 23rd in the nation in terms of ozone pollution, the report said.
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