H.R. 1362-SMALL BUSINESS MOTOR FUEL MARKETER PRESERVATION ACT OF 1981 HEARINGS BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT, AND SAFETY ISSUES AFFECTING SMALL BUSINESS OF THE COMMITTEE ON SMALL BUSINESS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES NINETY-SEVENTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION 79-549 O WASHINGTON, D.C., MARCH 31 AND APRIL 1, 1981 Printed for the use of the Committee on Small Business U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON: 1981 NEAL SMITH, Iowa COMMITTEE ON SMALL BUSINESS PARREN J. MITCHELL, Maryland, Chairman JOSEPH P. ADDABBO, New York HENRY B. GONZALEZ, Texas JOHN J. LAFALCE, New York FREDERICK W. RICHMOND, New York ANDY IRELAND, Florida IKE SKELTON, Missouri BILLY LEE EVANS, Georgia BYRON L. DORGAN, North Dakota JOSEPH M. McDADE, Pennsylvania LYLE WILLIAMS, Ohio OLYMPIA J. SNOWE, Maine JOHN HILER, Indiana DAVID MICHAEL STATON, West Virginia VIN WEBER, Minnesota HAL DAUB, Nebraska CHRISTOPHER H. SMITH, New Jersey DAVID DREIER, California GUY V. MOLINARI, New York MAJOR L. CLARK III, Staff Director SUBCOMMITTEE ON ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT, AND SAFETY ISSUES AFFECTING SMALL BUSINESS BERKLEY BEDELL, Iowa, Chairman NICHOLAS MAVROULES, Massachusetts SILVIO O. CONTE, Massachusetts JOHN HILER, Indiana MARC H. ROSENBERG, Subcommittee Staff Director 1637021 CONTENTS Bedell, Hon. Berkley, chairman, Subcommittee on Energy, Environment, and Safety Issues Affecting Small Business. Conte, Hon. Silvio O., a Representative in Congress from the State of Ayotte, James R., executive director, Bay State Gasoline Retailers Associ- Blum, Jack A., General Counsel, Independent Gasoline Marketers Coun- Coburn, Leonard L., Acting Director, Office of Competition, Office of Congressional, Intergovernmental, and Public Affairs, Department of Energy, accompanied by James Delaney and Robert Fenili, Senior Economists, Office of Competition......... Columbus, R. Timothy, counsel, Society of Independent Gasoline Mar- Dalziel, Alan, DX dealer, Sunmark Industries, Division of Sun Oil C., Douwsma, William D., Shell service station dealer, Elkhart, Ind............... Goldstein, Louis L., Maryland State Comptroller, accompanied by Arthur Krider, Charles E., associate professor of business administration, Univer- sity of Kansas, Lawrence, Kans., representing the American Petroleum Metzenbaum Hon. Howard, a U.S. Senator from the State of Ohio, accom- Mulit, Donald, vice president, Marketing, Chevron, USA, Inc., represent- ing the American Petroleum Institute.. Nadolski, David L., owner, real estate/insurance agency, Cherokee, Iowa.. Olson, Carl S., vice president, Bay State Gasoline Retailers Association ..... Pester, Jack C., chairman of the board, Pester Corp. and Pester Refining Co., Des Moines, Iowa, representing Independent Refiners Association Potvin, Gregg R., counsel, National Association of Texaco Wholesalers....... Tauke, Hon. Thomas J., a Representative in Congress from the State of Thornhill, Robert J., regional vice president, accompanied by Phillip 162 Additional material supplea for the nearing record-Continued Coburn, Leonard L., Acting Director, Office of Competition, Office of Page 66 227 Columbus, R. Timothy, Society of Independent Gasoline Marketers of Favretto, Richard J., Acting Assistant Attorney General, Antitrust Divi- Goldstein, Louis L., Maryland State Comptroller: Prepared statement and 48 Houston, Jack W., chairman, Government Affairs Committee, Service 135 107 Pester, Jack C., chairman of the board, Pester Corp.: Prepared statement. Potvin, Gregg R., counsel, National Association of Texaco Wholesalers: |