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Fuel Stations Category: Subject Description: Information on gas stations. Page Sections: Article Index |
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| 30 June 2022 | US Department of Labor recovers $62K in back wages, damages for 22 Alabama gas station cashiers denied full overtime wages Investigators with the department’s Wage and Hour Division found that Kwik Shop Stores Inc. failed to compute correct overtime rates and pay full overtime wages due at its locations in Wetumpka and Montgomery. | Press Release (text) Publisher: Department of Labor Byline: Erika Ruthman & Eric R. Lucero Dateline: Birmingham, Alabama  Topic: Kwik Shop |
| 11 August 2022 | Baton Rouge car wash, oil change, convenience store operator cited after federal workplace safety investigation into stabbing of assistant manager The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited the B-Quik location on Greenwell Springs Road – owned and operated by Benny’s Car Wash & Oil Change – for failing to protect its workers from violence and for waiting 15 days to report the worker’s hospitalization. | Press Release (text) Publisher: Occupational Safety & Health Administration Byline: Chauntra Rideaux & Juan J. Rodríguez Dateline: Baton Rouge, Louisiana Topic: B-Quik |
| 22 August 2022 | US Department of Labor recovers $65K in back wages, damages for 3 workers denied overtime by gas station operators with history of costly violations The department’s Wage and Hour Division found that Om Shiva Enterprise Inc. – a Monaca-based operator of Sunoco gas stations and owner Durlabhju Ukani – did not pay employees the overtime they were legally due when they worked between 57 and 112 hours in a week. | Press Release (text) Publisher: Department of Labor Byline: Leni Fortson & Joanna Hawkins Dateline: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Topic: Sunoco |
| 15 November 2022 | Higher Blends Infrastructure Incentive Program (HBIIP); Correction Eligible entities include: fueling stations, convenience stores, hypermarket retailer fueling stations, fleet facilities, and similar entities with equivalent capital investments, as well as fuel/biodiesel terminal operations, midstream operations, and heating oil distribution facilities or equivalent entities. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agencies: CCC & RBCS Byline: Zach Ducheneaux & Karama Neal |
| 28 November 2022 | Federal court orders gas station operator to pay $226K in back pay, damages for six New Jersey gas station attendants denied full wages The U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey entered a consent judgment on Oct. 5, 2022, ordering the employers to pay back wages as well as liquidated and punitive damages to six workers, in response to a complaint filed by the U.S. Department of Labor. | Press Release (text) Publisher: Department of Labor Byline: Leni Fortson & Joanna Hawkins |
| 28 September 2023 | Air Plan Approval; Washington; Southwest Clean Air Agency; Emission Standards and Controls for Sources Emitting Gasoline Vapors This revision updates SWCAA's requirements in the SIP for Stage I and Stage II vapor recovery systems at gasoline dispensing facilities. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Environmental Protection Agency Byline: Casey Sixkiller |
| 10 January 2024 | Air Plan Approval; District of Columbia; Removal of Stage II Gasoline Vapor Recovery Program Requirements This revision removes requirements for gasoline vapor recovery systems installed on gasoline dispensers, the purpose of which are to capture emissions from vehicle refueling operations, otherwise known as vacuum-assist Stage II vapor recovery. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Environmental Protection Agency Byline: Diana Esher |
| 28 March 2024 | Philadelphia Man Sentenced for Directing a Scheme to Steal Diesel Fuel from Gas Stations and for Illegally Possessing Firearms From March 2021 through June 21, 2023, the defendant purchased stolen credit card data and had co-conspirators fill up auxiliary tanks at Philadelphia-area gas stations, at his direction and using his trucks, with more than $750,000 worth of diesel fuel, using those unlawfully obtained credit card numbers. Cole would then resell the diesel fuel at a discounted rate. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Pennsylvania Dateline: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| 28 March 2024 | St. Louis County Man Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison for Repeatedly Robbing QuikTrip Stores Terrence Gleason, now 53, of Bel Ridge, Missouri, stole cigarettes from or robbed three QuikTrip stores, including one in Bel Ridge that he victimized three times. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Missouri Byline: Robert Patrick Dateline: St. Louis, Missouri Topic: QuikTrip |
| 29 March 2024 | Montgomery Man Sentenced to 15 Years in Federal Prison for Illegally Possessing Ammunition Used During Shooting at Gas Station According to court records and evidence presented during his September 2023 trial, following a brief argument, Taylor shot at a Montgomery convenience store clerk. Law enforcement recovered shell casings from the store that the jury linked to those Taylor fired during the shooting. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Middle District of Alabama Dateline: Montgomery, Alabama |