b'2022 Post WPMAEXPONEVADA Petroleum Marketers & Convenience Store Association ReportNV of Energy had enacted their emergency plan. As the industry Silver State Summary Clogged Fuel Filters Drama Continues representatives in the state, we were called upon as part of the plan to assist in the process of ensuring the states energy health As the weather has chilled inand evacuation needs. Thanks to our efforts our relationships Northern Nevadaour issue of with key partners at the Department have been strengthened.clogging diesel fuel filters is back withUnder Age Tobaccoa vengeance for the third year in a row.Usage is C-Stores FaultAs we discussed at the October board meeting, this has been a very seriousThe health districtsin the two largest counties are up to Peter Kruegerand mysterious ongoing problem. Wetheir shenanigans trying to push off onto us the blame forNPM&CSA have leveraged our relationships withunderage tobacco usage. We have decided to take a proactiveExecutive Director the Nevada Department of Agricultureapproach to stop any further regulations and punishments against to force their hand in working with usbusiness owners in the next session by offering to work with to deal with this issue. As our membersthem through the WeCard framework and other stakeholders. and those they distribute to have rising costs with inflation,Every session they come to the legislature looking to handcuff they are also dealing with constantly replacing their diesel fuel filters, costing their businesses and the consumers thousands ofour members and other small business owners. During this NPM&CSA dollars through the winter months.interim we have taken a different route to get ahead of them with their plan and get out ahead by showing that we arent the As we have worked with the Department of Agriculture, theyproblem with illicit tobacco use by minors. have finally taken action to utilize an independent lab to find theNevada OSHAculprit of the clogging filters, which they believe is a DRABaby Its Hot Out Thereadditive in the Kinder Morgan pipeline. Kinder Morgannaturally refused these results and has requested to do their Nevada OSHA is currently in the process ofown independent analysis. We have cautiously worked withrulemakingfor heat illness regulations that will impact jobbers them to get to a solution to prevent this issue from continuingin the state. So far, the regs have been modified to start a heat year after year.illness plan for workers at a dry bulb of 90 degrees and above. The State Petroleum lab has requested that Kinder Morgan workIn Nevada we will hit this temperature every day during the directly with our association to get to the bottom of this andsummer months, so itll be something to watch. The feds are solve it once and for all.also looking at instituting a heat illness plan, so we find this to Big Member Win - Reno Alcohol Ordinance be a bit premature by the state. The Reno City Council passed an ordinanceto limitJoin Us!the sales of prepackaged single use servings of alcohol within the downtown corridor and the buffer area surrounding it. This would have prohibited our members from selling single shots, single beers, and so on from their c-stores. However, our association worked tirelessly to amend theproposal and was successful in changing it to allow our mem-bers to sell tall boy beers and single use servings of alcohol C-STORE ASSOCIduring the hours of 5 pm - 8 am. Further, we were able to haveS & ATIER Othe city delete their provision requiring additional security per- E T N!sonnel in the overnight hours, which would have cost each storeR KLAMroughly $75,000 extra annually. WMUThe city has turned to us as the industry contact for futureEOLissues and is now approaching us before trying to enact anyORHTother changes. EPMember Wildfires SupportSADNevada had a crazy wildfire seasonin 2021, which sawA V GE N22 Othe association acting in concert with the Nevada DepartmentB Dof Energy to activate members to assist in petroleum diversionsGIthat would aid in the evacuation of the Caldor Fire in the Lake Tahoe area. This is the first time in history that the DepartmentMay 5-6, 2022 S44 www.wpma.com / Spring 2022'