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IN THIS ISSUE... Advertising Rates 2 Emergency Spill Bucket Kits 2 CCAC Emission and State Inspection Classes 4 A $9.50 Minimum Wage by 2022? 7 Important Notice to all Members of PRARA Who own Fuel Storage Tanks 8 Ken Bach for the 58th District 9 IRS Issues Hefty Fines for Failure to Display Dyed Fuel Dispenser Labels 10 Be Aware! Pro-Islamic State Target Gas Stations, Petroleum Trucks, Pipelines for Attacks 11 SSDA-AT Legislative Update 13 Classifieds 14 Member to Member Services 14-15 PRARA NEWS ESTABLISHED 1937 December 2019 2019 OFFICERS PRESIDENT Dennis Budzyneski 1ST VICE PRESIDENT 2ND VICE PRESIDENT Gauttam Patel SECRETARY Kevin Forsythe TREASURER John Listak BOARD OF DIRECTORS Jasbir Bhangal Jeff Decker Dinesh Mittal OFFICE STAFF Office Manager Tammy Combs Secretary Clara Peters 82 YEARS OF SERVICE TO PETROLEUM RETAILERS AND AUTO REPAIR DEALERS IN PENNSYLVANIA Monthly Columns President’s Page 3 Articles of Interest

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PRARA NEWS December 2019

IN THIS ISSUE...

Advertising Rates 2 Emergency Spill Bucket Kits 2

CCAC Emission and State Inspection Classes 4

A $9.50 Minimum Wage by 2022? 7

Important Notice to all Members of PRARA

Who own Fuel Storage Tanks 8

Ken Bach for the 58th District 9

IRS Issues Hefty Fines for Failure to

Display Dyed Fuel Dispenser Labels 10

Be Aware! Pro-Islamic State Target Gas Stations,

Petroleum Trucks, Pipelines for Attacks 11

SSDA-AT Legislative Update 13

Classifieds 14

Member to Member Services 14-15

PRARA NEWS ESTABLISHED 1937 December 2019

2019 OFFICERS PRESIDENT

Dennis Budzyneski

1ST VICE PRESIDENT

2ND VICE PRESIDENT

Gauttam Patel

SECRETARY

Kevin Forsythe

TREASURER

John Listak

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Jasbir Bhangal Jeff Decker

Dinesh Mittal

OFFICE STAFF

Office Manager Tammy Combs

Secretary Clara Peters

82 YEARS OF SERVICE TO PETROLEUM RETAILERS AND AUTO REPAIR DEALERS IN PENNSYLVANIA

Monthly Columns President’s Page 3

Articles of Interest

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WELCOME NEW MEMBERS

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Cleaning Chemicals

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APTAR Industries Gas……………….….………...11

Environmental Service

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Groundwater Environmental Service Inc……...…….5

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Sunoco……………………..………………………...6

Lubricants

Oil Service………………………………………….12

General Contracting

Bolger Brothers, Inc…………………………………5

EMERGENCY

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PRESIDENT’S PAGE BY: DENNIS BUDZYNSKI

Our November board meeting was my first as

the president of PRARA. This meeting was different

from any of the other meetings that I have taken part in.

I made it clear to all of our board members that things

have to change and make this association all about our

members.

Over the next coming months we need your in-

put on what we can do for you. We will be using differ-

ent ways to reach out to you. One of the ways we will

be reaching out to you will be mailing a survey out to

you; the need is to determine how we can make your

membership work better for you. This information is

key, as to how we do our part in making this a better

and more responsive to your needs and concerns. I chal-

lenged my board of directors to tell me what they would

like to see changed.

We are working on c-store security, safety in-

spection meetings and beer sales. We are also looking

to strengthen our association with SSDA-AT and their

powerful lobbying ability; this helps us in Washington

and Harrisburg. To receive SSDA updates, please email

the office requesting updates. The office email is

[email protected]. Please help us make this the most

powerful voice in our industry.

To our members who do SIR, we are making

changes on how the SIR reporting is to be done. Please

see page 8 concerning these changes. The PRARA of-

fice will be contacting the SIR members about these

changes.

PRARA would like to wish a Happy Birthday

to National Guard. The National Guard was established

on December 13, 1636. Thank you to those who have

served and is serving.

We at PRARA are saddened to report that

Marion Campbell has passed away on November 25,

2019. She was the mother of Hugh Campbell and Diane

Rhodes. Hugh was a past president of PRARA and a

current member of the association.

Marion and her late husband, Hugh, opened

their station, Campbell’s Service Center on Clay Pike in

North Huntingdon in 1963. The station opened as a two

bay repair shop with Sinclair gasoline. Hugh grew the

business to 14 pumps, offering full and self-serve with

several bays for repair work.

Marion would attend several of the PRARA

general membership meetings and other social func-

tions. She was very supportive to PRARA. Our

thoughts and prayers go out the Campbell family.

Have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

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General Contracting: C-Store Site work, New construction, Additions

Petroleum Construction: Complete New Installation, Tank top Upgrades, Dispenser Replacement.

Canopy’s, Underground Tank Installation and Removals.

Sales: With a long list of products to meet your every need. Gilbarco, Passport, Veeder Root, OPW,

Franklin Fueling, Husky just to name a few.

Service: Gilbarco, Passport, Veeder Root and Passport

Site Inspections:

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Reggie Barnett

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Bolger Brothers, Inc

1028 Burns Ave.

Altoona , PA 16601

Phone: 814-944-4059

Fax: 814-944-8766

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Pennsylbania Petroleum Association November 25, 2019

For the first time in more than a decade, a Pennsylvania legislative chamber has

voted to increase the state’s minimum wage — this time from the federal mini-mum of $7.25 an hour to $9.50.

The bill, sponsored by Sen. Christine M. Tartaglione, D-

Philadelphia, passed 42-7. Every Democrat and the majority of Republicans supported the bill. All seven “No” votes came from central Pennsylvania Repub-

licans.

“Any increase is a step in the right direction,” Tartaglione said during floor debate, adding: “But as we look to the future, much, much, much, more must be

done.”

The increase will not take place overnight. The wage will increase to $8 an hour on July 1, 2020, and then gradually increase to $9.50 by January 1,

2022.

The increase also will not apply to tipped workers, such as wait staff at restaurants.

Gov. Tom Wolf, a Democrat, made an increase a key priority of his second

term. He found traction with business groups hoping to forestall an overtime regulation, and with the Senate’s Republican majority, who’ve shown a greater

willingness to play ball Wolf.

“The hard part isn’t the actual negotiations,” Senate Majority Leader Jake Cor-man, R-Centre, said of the compromise. “The hard part is then, after you do

have an agreement…saying ‘this is what we agreed to.'”

“Everyone thinks you should have got more.” The $9.50 compromise approved Wednesday falls short of the hike that Wolf

had originally sought. He spent months pushing for an initial increase to $12 an hour that would rise to $15 an hour by 2025.

Wolf meanwhile will hold off on a rule to expand overtime eligibil-

ity that would have bumped up take-home pay for tens of thousands of low-level managers.

The state’s overtime regulations will now match federal rules, which

are increasing, but less dramatically than Wolf proposed. House Republicans have yet to indicate that they’d support the wage hike, how-

ever.

The caucus has some moderate members, especially from the Phila-delphia suburbs, who’d support an increase and like to see the long-running

debate ended. But ideological opposition also runs deep with more conservative

lawmakers. The earliest the proposal could get a final House vote will be next

month.House Democrats cautioned after the Senate vote that for minimum wage

supporters, the fight was still just beginning. “There’s no time to rest,” Rep. Patty Kim, D-Dauphin, said. “There’s no commitment that the House will pass

this, so we gotta go hard.”

House Appropriations Committee Chairman Stan Saylor, R-York, told the Capital-Star that Republicans would likely discuss the matter Thursday.

As of right now, Saylor said the increase could be approved, but Republicans

would want to see more pro-business wins in return before signing off. He added that the current deal, in which Wolf agreed to withdraw the

overtime regulations, seemed like “being blackmailed by the governor.” Democ-

rats have mostly presented a united front supporting any bump in the minimum wage, citing the good to many of a $2.25 raise.

According to estimates from the progressive Economic Policy Institute, the

increase will impact 609,000 workers directly and indirectly, and increase in-comes by nearly $500 million.

But unions had expressed some disappointment that Wolf didn’t

negotiate for more. One top priority, cited by Pennsylvania AFL-CIO chief Rick Bloom-

ingdale, was ending the state’s preemption of municipalities passing their own

minimum wage hikes. Such a measure was added to the last bill minimum wage increase to pass the General Assembly in 2006.

Others have placed the blame squarely on the Republican majorities Wolf was negotiating with — and promised to take further action if Democrats

win a legislative majority in 2020.

“Should it pass, this deal cannot be an excuse for the General Assem-bly to go another 13 years without lifting wages for Pennsylvanians,” the state

council of the Service Employees International Union said in a statement this

week. “We know that the only way to achieve victory is to elect a legislature that stands on the side of working people.”

A $9.50 minimum wage by 2022? The Pa. Senate just passed it. Now it’s up to the House.

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Important notice to all members of PRARA who own fuel storage tanks. Hopefully all of our members have been alerted to the new regulations being enforced by the DEP.

Tank owners now must have their leak detection compliance results from a third party back within the month

of monitoring. Said another way a definitive result of pass or fail that identifies the tanks leak status is required

within the 30 day monitoring period. Of course our current way of doing SIR is impossible to accomplish this

requirement.

The EPA has changed requirements for SIR reporting Federal Resister/Vol 80 No.135 Wednesday, July 15,

2015/ Rules and Regulations . DEP is now enforcing this law.

We at PRARA have been seeking and have found a supplier of SIR reports that satisfy the above Regs. one

way to accomplish this goal is to do two reports per month which obviously is more labor intense and will be

more costly. We have entered into an agreement with TotalSIR of North Carolina to satisfy DEP and only do

the process once monthly. Better yet the cost to our members will remain the same.

Changes: PRARA members will be doing business with TotalSIR directly and entering your data on their

website (we have looked at it and found it to be easy and intuitive to use). To get set up members will simply

call TotalSIR at 800-533-2481 IDENTIFY yourself as a PRARA member to receive the discounted pricing.

They will assist us in making the transition.

If circumstances are such that you cannot comply with the web based system there are alternatives at a higher

cost. Of course, we at PRARA will help in any way with this change for our members . Don`t hesitate to call

the office 412-241-2380. We look forward to making this change as easy as possible.

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Hello PRARA Members,

My name is Ken Bach. 12 years ago, I left the board of PRARA which I had been on for 10

years to become a school board member at Yough School District. During that time, I have

worked within the system in place to help the students at Yough in a fiscally responsible man-

ner. Well this current system has become ever increasingly difficult to be successful in. The

teacher pension plan has and continues to put such a stress on the funding for public schools

that someone needs to do something about it. My state representative Justin Walsh ran for

Judge and won so there will now be a special election for his seat. I am running for this seat.

Reducing the funding if not eliminating the funding of schools from property taxes and finding

a solution to the pension system that doesn’t include massive payments to it from taxpayers is

my main agenda. With that said I also have a strong understanding of the issues we face as

Auto repair shop owners and our friends the petroleum retailers. I ask for your support in this

pursuit and promise to listen and help on issues that affect our industries as Representative of

the 58th District if successful. Funding for my campaign is at a grass roots level so I need word

of mouth support. Please talk to your friends and family over the holidays and ask them to

give me their support.

Ken Bach

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IRS Issues Hefty Fines For Failure To Display Dyed Fuel Dispenser Labels

Pennsylvania Petroleum Association November 18, 2019

PMAA is continuing to receive calls about ongoing IRS enforcement of dispenser labeling requirements.

The IRS requires all dyed diesel and dyed kerosene dispensers to have a specific label indicating that the

fuel is for nontaxable use only. The labeling requirement has been in place for diesel and dyed diesel dispensers

since 1993 and for dyed and clear kerosene dispensers since 1998.

The IRS has recently stepped up enforcement of the dispenser label requirements. Some petroleum mar-

keters are under the mistaken belief that the EPA’s LSD and ULSD dispenser labels – which also provide notice

on nontaxable uses of these fuels – are a replacement for the IRS labels.

This is incorrect. Both the IRS and EPA labels are required despite their apparent redundancy.

The following IRS labels must be posted on any retail dispenser or other delivery facility (skid tank, consumer

dispensers at bulk plants or card locks) where dyed diesel fuel and/or dyed kerosene are dispensed for use by a

purchaser/consumer:

“DYED DIESEL FUEL, NONTAXABLE USE ONLY, PENALTY FOR TAXABLE USE” or,

“DYED KEROSENE, NONTAXABLE USE ONLY, PENA+LTY FOR TAXABLE USE”.

In addition, the following label must be posted on all blocked pumps that sell clear, untaxed kerosene:

“UNDYED UNTAXED KEROSENE, NONTAXABLE USE ONLY”.

The labels must be affixed to the dispenser in a conspicuous place within easy sight of the person dis-

pensing the fuel either on the face of the dispenser (on both sides) or on the side of the dispenser just above the

nozzle housing.

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Pennsylvania Petroleum Association

November 26, 2019

Provided for your situational awareness from the U.S. Depart-

ment of Transportation,here is a graphic produced by the Pro-

Islamic State Al-Quraysh Media Foundation titled “Gas Sta-

tion Plan Less and New Target.”

This graphic appears to be an attempt by the group to incite

attacks against gas stations, oil pipelines, and oil/gas transport

trucks.

DOT analysis found that the attack methods proposed would

lend to the assessment that the group doesn’t fully understand

the ecosystem in which they suggest targeting– or they were

just throwing out random ideas to “see what may stick.”

Further, no picture within this graphic appears to be inher-

ently American and all images are easily accessed via the

internet, indicating no pre-operational surveillance was con-

ducted before suggesting any attack method.

Methods of attack mentioned:

— “Target oil and gas transport trucks with accidental

accident that causes the truck to overturn” (DOT analytical

comment: trucking crashes involving heavy vehicles carrying

petroleum products happen every day – and very rarely have

they ever exploded upon impact with another vehicle or ob-

ject.)

— “Target gas stations by throwing a cigarette to look like

an accident” (DOT comment: A cigarette has the potential to

light a pool of gasoline but doesn’t have enough sustained

heat. Gasoline ignites between 500 °F and 540 °F, a cigarette

at its hottest is between 450 °F and 500 °F but only when it

was actually being smoked or ignited. Additionally, the igni-

tion of a whole “gas station” using a cigarette is very improb-

able as fuel tanks are typically below ground and oxygen lev-

els are kept to a minimum).

— “Do a search for the presence of oil pipelines, and burn

them” (DOT comment: due to the heavy materials used in the

construction of an oil pipeline (presumably an above ground

pipeline in this instance), simply “finding it and lighting it on

fire” is not plausible.)

Analysis of the graphic noted the following information on

the pictures used:

— Masked armed combatant (DOT comment: this graphic

has been used in previous publications by Al-Quraysh and

does not appear “tailored” for the attack methods mentioned –

lack of lit cigarette, anything to do with arson, etc.).

— Gas station (DOT comment: the gas station photo is of a

“Bonjour” brand station and was originally published in

2012).

— Oil pipeline valve (DOT comment: the pipeline graphic is

a generic stock graphic).

— Petroleum tanker transport truck (DOT comment: this

is a stock photograph – name of the company on the side of

the truck was not able to be discovered).

PMAA urges everyone to review their security plans and to

remain vigilant.

Be Aware! Pro-Islamic State Targets Gas Stations, Petroleum Trucks, Pipelines For Attacks

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SSDA-AT has remained active in discussions centered around

safety inspections and working to preserve the programs left in

the United States. This year there were 23 bills around the coun-

try introduced to eliminate safety inspections. Luckily, they were all defeated. Thanks to our grassroots efforts

and partnering with other state associations. In Texas, 5 bills were introduced to alter or elimi-nate the pro-

gram. In Hawaii, 8 bills were intro-duced and the only one that

ended up passing was the one that called for a study to be done

on the impact of safety inspections. Hawaii plans to model the

Texas study. And California for the first time in a long time, is now consider-

ing adding a safety inspection. There is question in the state

right now over who would have the authority to run the pro-

gram. It is clear that in most cases, safety inspections remain

under attack as only a handful of states even have a program

left. SSDA-AT has advocated for na-tional safety inspections

and we plan to explore this topic for our 2020 lobby day. Recently, SSDA-AT participated in an SBLC (Small Business

Legislative Council) meeting. There was lengthy discussion on

Online Sales Simplicity and Small Business Act with Robert

Henson, Economic Legislative Assistant to Sena-tor Jeanne

Shaheen (D-NH). This bill prohibits states from imposing a

sales tax collection duty on certain remote sellers. A "remote

seller" is a person without a physical presence in a state who

makes a sale in the state. A state may impose a sales tax collec-

tion duty on a remote seller only for a sale that occurs after

January 1, 2019. In the case of a small business remote seller (no more than $10

million in gross annual receipts in the United States), a state

may not impose a sales tax collection duty on any person other

than the purchaser if the sale is made (1) on or after June 21,

2018; and (2) before the date that is 30 days after the states de-

velop and Congress approves an interstate compact, applicable

to the state and sale, governing the imposition of tax collection

duties on remote sellers. We are currently gather-ing feedback

from members on this proposal. Please share with us your

thoughts. Last month, SSDA-AT also attended a Family Business coali-

tion meeting. At the meeting we discussed the latest with the

estate tax, tax ex-tenders, technical corrections, tax proposals

put forward by Congressional Democrats, and wealth taxes.

Bernie Sanders has called for an 8% wealth tax on the richest

Americans. SSDA-AT was one of 151 groups that signed the Family Busi-

ness Coalition letter supporting the Death Tax Repeal Act. The

House legislation (H.R. 218) now has 116 cosponsors including

2 Democrats and the Senate bill (S. 215) has 33 cosponsors. We also participated in an SBLC webinar titled “Understanding

the Newest Final Overtime Reg-ulations.” We plan to share the

information pro-vided in the webinar to you as you prepare to

comply with the new rules which will take effect on January 1,

2020. In October, Senators Richard Burr (R-NC) and Joe Manchin (D-

WV) introduced S. 2602, Recog-nizing the Protection of Mo-

torsports (RPM) Act, which preserves American motorsports by

stop-ping regulatory overreach by the federal govern-ment. Senators Richard Burr (R-NC) and Joe Manchin (D-WV) today

introduced S. 2602, Recognizing the Protection of Motorsports

(RPM) Act, which preserves American motorsports by stopping

reg-ulatory overreach by the federal government.

American motorsports began with amateur racers converting

regular vehicles into racecars, a lega-cy that continues to this

day. In 2015, however, the Obama Administration proposed a

rule that would let the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

fine amateur motorsports enthusiasts for converting their per-

sonal vehicles into racecars. The rule ran counter to nearly half a

century of Congressional intent under the Clean Air Act. While

the EPA removed this problematic lan-guage from its final rule-

making, the agency still maintains that vehicle modification for

motor-sports is unlawful. “American racing runs on traditions,” said Sena-tor Burr. “For

more than 50 years, motorsports enthusiasts have purchased cars

and modified them to race, off of public roads. However, this

tradition was threatened when the Obama EPA attempted to

make these modifications illegal. This legislation upholds Con-

gress’ intent of the Clean Air Act and protects motorsports, for

pro-fessionals and amateurs alike, for years to come. I’m proud

to work with my colleagues on this bipartisan legislation, and I

look forward to see-ing it move through the Senate.” “A big part of the fun of motorsports is the tradi-tion of modify-

ing regular cars into racecars,” said Senator Manchin. “This

legislation upholds amendments to the Clean Air Act that ex-

empt modified vehicles and racecars from certain envi-

ronmental regulations, protecting motorsports for years to come.

I am proud to be a part of this bi-partisan bill and look forward

to the boost it will give to motorsports.” Background:

In 1965, Congress passed the Motor Vehicle Air Pollution Con-

trol Act, which defined the term “motor vehicle” as “any self-

propelled vehicle designed for transporting persons or property

on a street or highway.” In 1970, Congress clarified that the

Clean Air Act’s anti-tampering provision does not apply to ve-

hicles manufactured or modi-fied for racing. Congress passed the Clean Air Act Amendments in 1990 to

again exclude vehicles used solely for competition from the

definition of “non-road ve-hicle,” or a vehicle that is powered

by a non-road engine and that is not a motor vehicle or a vehi-

cle used solely for competition. This clarifica-tion was instruc-

tive as it separates “vehicles used solely for competition” from

“motor vehicles.” After examining the legislative history, it is clear that Congress

never intended to provide the EPA with the authority to regulate

vehicles used solely for competition, including vehicles modi-

fied to be used exclusively for racing. The Recognizing the Protection of Motorsports Act simply reaf-

firms Congress position and fur-ther protects amateur mo-

torsports from devastat-ing regulations in the future. S. 2602 has 24 cosponsors in the Senate, includ-ing Senators

Thom Tillis (R-NC), Lindsey Gra-ham (R-SC), Tim Scott (R-

SC), James Risch (R-ID), Mike Crapo (R-ID), Shelley Moore

Capito (R-WV), Jon Tester (D-MT), Deb Fischer (R-NE), Mike

Braun (R-IN), Todd Young (R-IN), John Barrasso (R-WY), Jim

Inhofe (R-OK), Doug Jones (D-AL), Cory Gardner (R-CO),

Ron Johnson (R-WI), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Ted Cruz (R-

TX), Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ), Dan Sul-livan (R-AK), John

Boozman (R-AR), Marco Rubio (R-FL), Kevin Cramer (R-ND),

Jerry Mo-ran (R-KS), and Mike Rounds (R-SD). We will let you know as things move forward with the RPM

Act’s reintroduction in the House. SSDA-AT will be working to

find more co-sponsors.

SSDA-AT Legislative Update

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ACCOUNTANTS

ATM

ATTORNEY

INSURANCE

PARTS/PETROLEUM EQUIP

COMPUTERS

CONSULTING

ENVIRONMENTAL TANKS &

UPGRADES

Flynn Environmental, Inc.

Michael Flynn-Pittsburgh, PA

800-690-9409

Groundwater & Environment Svc. Inc.

Jon Agnew

Cranberry Township, PA

800-267-2549 ext. 3636

Letterle & Associates, LLC

Lou Letterle-Allison Park, PA

412-486-0600

McRo Construction Inc.

Donald Rothey Jr.

Elizabeth, PA

412-384-6051

S.I.S.

J.R. Bachor-Tarentum, PA

724-224-1220

Total Tank Works LLC

Sean Tosadori-East Butler

MEMBER TO MEMBER SERVICES

Bulava & Associates

Joe Bulava-Greensbug, PA

724-836-7610

Pinnacle Group LLC

Kirk Haldeman- Pittsburgh, PA

412-816-1000

Oil Service, Inc.

Joe Schmidlin-Pittsburgh, PA

412-771-6950

Www.oilservice.com

J.E. Robinson

Murrysville, PA

412-423-1093

ATM Cash World

Tom Ranallo

Pittsburgh

800-937-5169

Andrew Klaber

Chartwell Law Offices

Sewickley, PA

412-741-0600

Apter Industries

Rick Gobel-McKeesport, PA

412-672-9628

Total Tank Works LLC

Sean Tosadori-East Butler

724-285-4258

Computer Solutions

Dick Norchi-Allison Park, PA

412-369-8896

Enviric, Inc.

Victor Unger-Bairdford, PA

724-265-5100

S.I.S.

J.R. Bachor-Tarentum, PA

724-224-1220

CLEANING CHEMICALS

LUBRICANTS AND ANTIFREEZE

Bolger Brothers

Reggie Barnett-Altoona, PA

724-602-7882

Total Tank Works LLC

Sean Tosadori-East Butler

724-285-4258

Classifieds

TRL#101

1997 Brenner

4 cmpt.

flat bottom

air ride

single bulkheads

9400 gallon

$18,500

TRL#102

2000 Brenner

4 cmpt.

flat bottom

air ride

single bulkheads

9300 gallon

$29,500

TRL#118

1998 Polar

5 cmpt.

flat bottom

spring suspension

single bulkheads

9400 gallon

$27,500

Scott Bajack P: 1-800-235-9054 ext. 1215

[email protected]

COMPLIANCE TESTING

Trailers for Sale

All in Good Condition

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Bolea Oil Products

Robert Bolea-Coraopolis, PA

412-264-1130

Bradigan’s Inc.

Andy Bradigan-Kittanning, PA

724-548-7654

Center Independent

Doug Friend

724-622-4835

Countywide Petroleum

Tim Redshaw-Pittsburgh, PA

317-750-8273

Glassmere Fuel Service

Dell Cromie-Tarantum, PA

724-265-4646

Global Partners LLC

Raymond Schratz

781-777-3588

PETROLEUM PETROLEUM

REMODELING

SITE INSPECTION &

TECHNICAL SERVICES

TAXES

USED TIRE PICKUP

UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK/

LINE TESTING

MEMBER TO MEMBER SERVICES

Kehm Oil Company

George Kehm-Oakdale, PA

412-921-5200

PPC Lubricants

Dave Ondik

412-719-0063

R&W Oil Products

Richard Smith

McKeesport, PA

412-678-6121

Reed Oil Company

Ron Rotolo-New Castle, PA

800-922-5454

Enviric, Inc.

Victor Unger-Bairdford, PA

724-265-5100

S.I.S.

J.R. Bachor-Tarentum, PA

724-224-1220

Total Tank Works LLC

Sean Tosadori-East Butler

J.E. Robinson

Murrysville, PA

412-423-1093

Enviric, Inc.

Victor Unger-Bairdford, PA

724-265-5100

Total Tank Works LLC

Sean Tosadori-East Butler

724-285-4258

Penn Turf 814-696-7669

Dan’s 724-529-7621

Liberty 888-868-0097

McRo Construction Inc.

Donald Rothey Jr.

Elizabeth, PA

412-384-6051

S.I.S.

J.R. Bachor-Tarentum, PA

724-279-3360

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Business Hours:

Monday 8:30-3:30

Tuesday 8:30-3:30

Wednesday 8:30-3:30

Thursday 8:30-3:30

Friday Closed

Contact:

Phone: 412-241-2380

Fax: 412-241-2815

Petroleum Retailers & Auto Repair Association

1051 Brinton Road Suite 304

Pittsburgh PA 15221

Calendar of Events

Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day December 7

National Guard Birthday December 13

First Day of Winter December 22

First Day of Hanukkah December 23

Christmas December 25

First Day of kwanzaa December 26

New Year ’ s Eve December 31