A coalition of fuel retailers that represent the overwhelming majority of diesel fuel retailers and biodiesel blenders in the state of Missouri urged state lawmakers to oppose legislation (SB 568/HB […]
02-27-2020 With the Trump Administration considering a $1 trillion infrastructure package that relies heavily on private dollars, governors, legislatures and transportation officials across the country already are laying the groundwork for new tolls.
03-28-2017 Bob and Nick Wollenman, Deluxe Truck Stop, St. Joseph, Mo. hosted Sen. Roy Blunt (R – Missouri) at their facility on August 12, 2014.
08-14-2014 House Small Business Committee Chairman Sam Graves (R-Mo.) has asked the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to withdraw its proposed rule on underground storage tanks (UST) arguing that due to methodological flaws the agency has inappropriately certified the proposed rule as not having a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities.
08-05-2013 Despite protests from a host of petroleum marketers including NATSO, Enterprise TEPPCO is expected to halt interstate ULSD on its pipeline in late July, according to OPIS.
07-08-2013 The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has declined to intervene in Enterprise TEPPCO’s decision to eliminate ULSD and jet fuel shipments in their pipeline effective July 1, 2013.
In addition to 黑料社区and four other petroleum marketing associations, a wide range of interests participated in the protest, including airlines, trucking companies, associations, terminal operators and agricultural cooperative. Members of Congress and the Arkansas Attorney General also weighed in with the commission.
06-10-2013 The Missouri House of Representatives last week voted to put a 1-cent transportation sales tax on the ballot for public vote.
05-20-2013 The Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) announced last week that it will convert two rest areas at Halltown on Interstate 44 into truck-parking only facilities rather than spend funds to meet Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) upgrades to the water and sewer systems. The rest areas currently offer parking for 37 trucks, which MoDot said it plans to expand.
05-13-2013 The number of states seeking to generate transportation revenues by increasing sales taxes or state motor fuel taxes is growing, with lawmakers in Missouri and Washington marking the latest to introduce such legislation.
03-18-2013 As state legislative sessions opened up last week, tolling continues to be an issue in several states despite widespread opposition.
01-14-2013 U.S. Senator Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) last week introduced S. 3574, the Common Sense Nutrition Disclosure Act of 2012.
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