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FUELS EIA N E W S 12 JUNE 2015 | FUEL OIL NEWS | www.fueloilnews.com every Amthor line as wells as smartphone apps to increase convenience and accessi- bility for all Amthor clients," stated Brian Amthor, VP of marketing. "Our clients have told us they need fast, on-the-go information, available across technology and platforms; Amthor is committed to providing the services our customers need and demand." Amthor International, a fourth genera- tion family-owned company, is a leading manufacturer of truck-mounted tanks. Amthor has a variety of tanks including used in the vacuum and septic, portable restroom, propane, water, refined fuel, well drilling and construction industries. The company operates an 86,000 square foot plant and employs over one hundred people at their headquarters in Gretna, Virginia. ONSPOT ADDS EASTERN CANADA REGIONAL MANAGER Onspot Automatic Tire Chains has announced the addition of an Eastern Canada regional manager to its sales and marketing staff. Daniel Corriveau joined the "Chain Gang" on March 9, 2015. Corriveau will work from his home office in Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada. He will cover the prov- ince of Ontario east to Newfoundland. Corriveau comes to Onspot after working for over 12 years at an Onspot dealer in Quebec. He has sold Onspots, measured for Onspots installed Onspots and repaired Onspots. Corriveau is also fluent in French. Corriveau can be reached by cell phone: 418-456-5787, or by email: Daniel.corriveau.com Corriveau replaces Pat Freyer who has covered this region for the past 26 years. Freyer will continue on with Onspot as president and CEO. H&H SALES COMPANY AND CRENSHAW CORPORATION JOIN THE ALLIANCE AUTOGAS EXPANDING CONVERSION CENTER NETWORK Alliance AutoGas, providing a com- prehensive propane autogas solution to medium and heavy-duty fleets, wel- comes Huntertown, Ind.-based H & H Sales Company, Inc. and Ashby's Inc./ Crenshaw Corporation of Richmond, Va., as its newest authorized conversion cen- ters into its expanding North American membership network. "We have been in the vehicle modifier business and propane & commercial vehi- cle industry for many years. As members of NPGA and NTEA, we are particularly proud of our Ford QVM status. H & H Sales looks forward to the national and North American relationships provided by Alliance AutoGas. Our hope is to increase our presence in the emerging autogas industry and to move forward and expand our business plan," noted John L Hawkins, CEO, H & H Sales Company Inc. H & H currently upfits popular commercial vehicle platforms like the New Ford Transit, Ford F250-750, Isuzu NPR and other prime commercial vehicles from General Motors and Isuzu. Robert Ashby Jr., CEO of Ashby's Inc./Crenshaw Corporation stated, "We believe that our new partnership with Alliance AutoGas will assist us in meeting the growing needs of our exist- ing client base, and offer new options to potential clients. We're excited about the opportunities to provide new services to complement our "one stop shop" busi- ness model." Stuart Weidie, President of Alliance AutoGas added, "As high volume con- versions centers, H&H Sales Company and Ashby's/Crenshaw Corporation will help enable Alliance Autogas to achieve scalability in the marketplace, converting thousands of vehicles per month." Adding to the conventional autogas conversion options offered by the autho- rized Alliance AutoGas conversion centers is the Alliance "plug and play" OEM qual- ity engineered diesel displacement system. The bi-fuel diesel displacement systems allow conversion centers throughout North America to increase their fleet con- version vehicle options. BIODIESEL INDUSTRY WELCOMES EPA RFS ANNOUNCEMENT The National Biodiesel Board issued the following statement from Vice President of Federal Affairs Anne Steckel in response to the EPA's announced plans for final- izing Renewable Fuel Standard volumes in the coming years: "We are pleased to see the EPA make these further commitments toward end- ing these delays. Biodiesel is the most successful EPA-designated Advanced Biofuel under the RFS to date, and the Obama Administration should be doing everything it can to promote biodiesel so we can show that advanced biofuels are here today, cutting greenhouse gas emis- sions by more than 50%, creating jobs and reducing our dependence on global petroleum markets that wreak havoc on our economy." "The RFS is the most successful policy we have for reducing emissions in the trans- portation sector, and it is working. We applaud the EPA for taking this step and look forward to working with the admin- istration in the coming weeks to get this program back on track." Clearly, ongoing questions will remain as to the volume levels proposed by EPA but EPA has reiterated that it "will re-propose volume requirements for 2014, by June 1, that reflect the volumes of renewable fuel that were actually used in 2014." Unlike other fuel categories of the RFS, biodiesel volumes—called Biomass- based Diesel under the program—are to be finalized 14 months in advance of the applicable year.