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Ruan participating
in SmartWay program

Ruan Transport Corporation, Des Moines IA, is now participating in the SmartWay Transport Partnership, an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) program designed to improve energy efficiency, reduce greenhouse gas and air pollutant emissions, and improve energy security...

ATA files lawsuit against new port restrictions

A lawsuit has been filed challenging the plans by the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach CA to limit access to the ports to only those trucking companies that have entered into concession contracts approved by the port program administrator, according to American Trucking Associations (ATA) information...

PHMSA wants comments on railcar standards

The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) is soliciting comments on the merits of petitions filed with the agency on an interim standard for railroad tank cars used to transport toxic by inhalation hazard (TIH) materials...

UNEV purchases Utah terminal facility

UNEV Pipeline LLC, Dallas TX, has purchased the Cedar City UT petroleum products terminal and rail facilities of Musket Corp. It will be operated by Holly Energy Partners-Operating LP, Dallas...

Statistics indicate
no fuel price relief

As last week's price of diesel edged down 4.6 cents from the week before to $4.718 per gallon, the Department of Energy (DOE) was forecasting a price average for 2008 at $4.35 per gallon...

PHMSA schedules
hazmat workshop

The Pipeline Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) is hosting a public workshop July 31 to identify and discuss strategies for meeting emerging hazardous materials transportation safety challenges...

NEFI counting days to SPCC deadline

The New England Fuel Institute (NEFI) is counting the days (literally) until the Spill Prevention, Control and Countermeasures (SPCC) regulations go into effect July 1, 2009, for companies that own or operate a motor fuel or heating oil bulk plant...

TSA announces hazmat security recommendations

A set of security recommendations for the transportation of certain quantities of hazardous materials across the nation’s highways has been announced by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA)...

DGS consortium receives
military fuel contract

The US Defense Energy Support Center (DESC) has awarded four fuel-management contracts worth $8.6 million over five years...

NEFI gives heads up on EPA labeling rules

The New England Fuel Institute (NEFI) is reminding petroleum distributors that it they sell, transport, or store diesel fuel, kerosene, and heating oil, they must be in compliance with Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rules, including proper labeling...