b'2020 Post WPMAEXPO MONTANA Petroleum Marketers & Convenience Store Association ReportMT MPMCSA will be represented this Hello Everyone,Icantbelievethatwearealreadythroughthefirstquarter of the year. The MPMCSA has hit the groundcoming May at the PMAA Day on running in 2020 and we expect to continue at this fastthe Hill by myself, Dirk Cooper, pace. One of our major undertakings so far this yearPresident, Kary Tonjum, PMAA has been our participation in the creation of the USTDirector and Scott Curry, ViceBrad Longcake Montana Message Tank Stakeholder Workgroup. We have been work- President. It is always enlighteningMPMCSAing almost weekly with several industry stakeholdersto meet with our counterparts fromExecutive Directorincluding DEQ, consultants, owner/operators, and theacross the country to collaborate PTRCB staff. This workgroup was originally estab- regarding the issues we each face. lished to help owner operators understand the new2020 will prove to be an especially EPA regulations slated to take effect in October ofinteresting year with the upcoming 2021. After the huge success of our program in elections and the threat to the global Bozeman, we decided to create three subgroups:economy posed by the coronavirus process improvement, consultants day, and USThealth crisis. I am certain we will regulation and communications. These three groupsreturn home with insight for market-each have their own set of goals but are all workingers across our great state. to the common goal of increasing communication, ef- WeareinthefinalplanningstagesforourAnnualficiency,andimprovingtheentirePTRCBprocessfor Convention and Trade Show. We will be at Fairmont all parties involved.Resort and Hot Springs again this year June 2nd and The legislative audit of the Petroleum Tank Clean-Up3rd. We will have a full agenda for education, enrich-Fund will begin soon. The MPMCSA requested thisment, and some fun along the way. We look forward during the 2019 session and it has now been as- to golf at Old Works again, and again the non-golfers signed a high importance ranking. This review is longwill have the option to shoot trap at the Anaconda overdue and will identify the areas of strength and theTrapClub.TherewillbearaffleforanATVagainthisareas of opportunity. The Petroleum Tank Clean-upyear for all registered attendees, so bring your lucky fund is vital to all our marketers throughout the state,charm! We plan to have a particular focus on the up-both big and small. coming DEQ changes slated to take effect in October As always, our time at WPMA in Las Vegas was well2021 to ensure our members have every opportunity spent and a great investment of time and energy forto prepare. our association and all those members who attended. I very much enjoyed the opportunity to meet withBrad Longcake former Speaker of the House Paul Ryan. He is char- Executive Directorismatic and was very down to earth. Time will tell if he continues public service. We had a great turn out for our Montana meeting with the most members to date. We discussed a number of issues and listened to presentations from Federated and Altria. SWPMA News / Spring 202037'