b' Member Information continued Associate Members by Company(As of July 31)For complete AssociateThis Quarter in History25 Years Agocontinued. August, September and OctoberMember information go to www.wpma.com/associate-member-search Modern Welding Co New Mexico Lottery O HI: Jimmy Haynes Dale Kovalczyk Pamela Poteat OPIS by IHS Markit was HPMA past dkovalczyk@modweldco.com ppoteat@nmlottery.com Brian Norris president, Tom Phone (801) 361-7479 Phone (505) 342-7632 opis@opisnet.com Malone was Above Ground Storage Tanks, Un- Lottery Phone (301) 284-2000 President with Alex derground Storage Tanks, Oil/WaterCommunications, Other ServicesSeparators Northwest Pump McBarnet, Jr. as 1st Modern Welding Company Missy Stearns P Q VP, Gary Kaneshiro of California Inc missy.stearns@nwpump.com PDQ Manufacturing as 2nd VP/Secretary/Robert Bartlett Phone (503) 205-2142 Treasurer, Brian Bar- SEP 1995 WPMN ClipDispensers, POS (Point Of Sales),Nikole Upchurch bata and Ralph Saito were Directors for the new year.rbartlett@modweldco.com Underground Storage Tanks nikole.upchurch@pdqinc.comPhone (559) 275-9353 Phone (920) 562-7426 ID: (DM) Topics were Minimum Wage Increase to $6.25 by the year Tank Manufacturing, Above GroundNorthwest Pump Car Wash Equipment & Supplies,2000 and the Petroleum Storage Tank Fund (PSTF) Lawsuit - that the Storage Tanks, Underground StorageBill Mathews Equipment Manufacturer, Project Tanks bill.mathews@nwpump.com Management fee used to fund the PSTF was a tax and not a fee. Montana Lottery Phone (503) 789-8242 PDQ Manufacturing MT: (RA) New at the Convention in October would be an Inspirational Steve Erickson Dispensers, Petroleum Equipment,breakfast, several Trac Seminars and a raffle for a $1,000 gift certifi-serickson@mt.gov POS (Point Of Sales) Todd Hayden cate at Your Adventure Travel. The proceeds from the raffle would go Phone (406) 444-5827 Northwest Pump todd.hayden@pdqinc.com to the state PAC fund. Other topics were the Petroleum Tank Release Phone (920) 983-8333Lottery Mark Mathews Car Wash Equipment & Supplies,Cleanup Fund with total dollars reimbursed chart and a tax task force Montana Pepsi Cola Bottlers mmathews@nwpump.com Manufacturing, Credit Card Processor formed by Governor Racicot. MPMA Member Susan Good was among Murphy Hirschy Phone (503) 227-7867 PERS the task force members.Petroleum Equipment, POS (Point Of mhirschy@montanavendor.com Sales), Pumps Keith Hanchett NV: (PK) A safety meet-Phone (406) 565-9087 kh@pers-er.com ing was recommended Equipment Supplies, Beverages/ Northwest Pump Phone (801) 629-0667Drinks, Frozen Beverages, Food/Ice Jim Moran Emergency Response, Other Services with videos available Motor Power Equipment Co jmoran@nwpump.com PT Risk Mgmt through Federated Phone (253) 850-4650 Insurance. An example Brian Sunwall Fuel Storage Tanks (UST), Retail Insurance Services Ltd of an escape route was brian.sunwall@mtrpwr.com Petroleum Equipment, Frank B Thompson CPCUPhone (406) 252-5651 Tank Monitoring frankt@ptrisk.com provided for discussion. Truck & Transport Sales, Trucking Northwest Pump Phone (480) 893-8228 NM: (EM) A list of videos available through Federated Insurance was Mountain West Mike Meyer Insurance, Risk Management, Broker published. Alamogordo stores were changing to J&J Mini-Markets in Building Maintenance mmeyer@nwpump.com Pacific EnvironmentalNM. All J&J Mini-Markets will have high speed credit card readers at Linda Wightman Phone (253) 850-7867 Services each pump.linda@mtwestbm.com Dispensers, Petroleum Equipment,David SatherPhone (801) 964-1124 POS (Point Of Sales) dsather@pacenviro.net UT: (GS) The U.S. Department of Transportation, Research and Special Janitorial Services Northwest Sign & Design Phone (360) 385-4221 Programs Administration (RSPA) has published its hazardous material Mountain West Insurance Brian Stoddard Canopies, Cathodic Protection,transportation enforcement civil penalty guidelines (effective April Tank Removal/Installation, General7, 1995) Glade reviewed the guidelines and added a few miscel-& Financial Services brian@nwsigns.com Contractor laneous factors . corrective action, respondents that reship, penalty Bill Fortner Phone (425) 844-6415billf@mtnwst.com Installation, Signs & Lighting Pacific Environmentalincrease for multiple counts, financial considerations, penalty increase Phone (505) 327-4441 Northwest Services for prior violations and penalty increase for use of expired exemption.Insurance, Risk Management Tank & Environmental John Tryon WA: (MS) The most common questions Mike received from WOMA Musket Corporation Bob Wiese jtbaja@aol.com members, especially new ones, were about the relationship between Phone (360) 385-4221Thor Ivanoff bw@nwtank.com Canopies, Cathodic Protection,the state association, WOMA; the regional WPMA; and the national thor.ivanoff@musketcorp.com Phone (425) 742-9622 Tank Removal/Installation, Generalorganization, PMAA. What do all these spaghetti organizations do? . Phone (503) 928-1675 Tank/Line Testing, Underground Contractor PMAA is a federation of independent self-sufficient state associations. Suppliers Storage Tanks, Service Provider Pacific EnvironmentalIndividuals dont belong to PMAA. Organizations do . WOMA has N Nupi Americas Inc Services a direct voice in PMAA . Most people think of the regional associa-Brandon Wheeler Bill Cusick tion WPMA as a subdivision of PMAA, which it is not. WPMA is also a NOV Fiber Glass Systems bwheeler@nupiamericas.com bcusick@pacenviro.net federation of (many) western regional states . WPMA is financially Lisa Blassingame Phone (281) 590-4471 Phone (509) 244-4898lisa.blassingame@nov.com Petroleum Equipment, Canopies, Cathodic Protection,independent, having run a successful trade show for many years. It Phone (210) 842-5777 Manufacturing, Service Tank Removal/Installation, Generaldoes not depend on PMAA for support . WPMA provides many basic Petroleum Equipment, FiberglassStation Equipment Contractor services for Washington and the seven other partner states: this maga-Products, Service Station Equipment Nwestco LLC Pacific Meter & Equipment zine, for example, and the yellow sheet, also known as the Update NWESTCO Tim Gibbar Russell Smith . the WOMA Wire . WOMAs accounting. You get the picture. The Ryan Lougheed timg@nwestco.com rsmith@pacificmeter.com ultimate question, of course, is whether or not the federa-ryanl@nwestco.com Phone (406) 755-4343 Phone (253) 872-3374 tion structure works for jobbers. I think it does. Phone (406) 270-7319 Car Wash Equipment & Supplies,Petroleum Equipment, Petroleum Petroleum Equipment, Products Of course, I am an insider, so you will take my Car Wash Equipment & Supplies, Petroleum Equipment, Service StationService Station Equipment opinion with a grain of salt, I am sure. The states Equipment new lender liability laws were also discussed.34 www.wpma.com / Autumn 2020'