Small Business. Subcommittee on Energy En- Business H.R. 1362-SMALL BUSINESS MOTOR FUEL MARKETER PRESERVATION ACT OF 1981 HEARINGS BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT, 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 KF27 .S6384 19818 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 IKE SKELTON, Missouri BILLY LEE EVANS, Georgia CHARLES W. STENHOLM, Texas 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 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- 141 218 224 Dalziel, Alan, DX dealer, Sunmark Industries, Division of Sun Oil C., 138 140 Douwsma, William D., Shell service station dealer, Elkhart, Ind Goldstein, Louis L., Maryland State Comptroller, accompanied by Arthur Houston, Jack W., chairman, Government Affairs Committee, Service Station Dealers of America, accompanied by Jerry Cohen, general coun- 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- 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 supplied for the hearing record: Ayotte, James R., executive director, Bay State Gasoline Retailers Associ- 142 |