Increase in Ship's Store Shipping Charges

Shipping charges for Ship’s Store purchases have not increased in five years while shipping costs have increased between 4 to 6 percent each year.  Effective 1 Dec. 2010, the following shipping charges will apply for Ship’s Store purchases.

 

Purchase price                                  Shipping charge

$1.00 - $4.99                                       $5.00

$5.00 - $10.00                                     $7.00

$10.01 - $20.00                                  $7.95

$20.01 - $30.00                                  $8.45

$30.01 - $50.00                                  $9.95

$50.01 - $100.00                                $11.95

$100.01 - $200.00                              $13.95

$200.01 - $300.00                              $15.95

$300.01 and up                                  $17.95

 

Mary Catherine Berube

USPS Headquarters Executive Director

Proposed Labeling Requirements for Dispensing Gasoline with Greater Than 10% Ethanol (E15) and Request for Comments

 The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing a regulatory program to help mitigate the potential for misfueling certain engines, vehicles, and equipment with gasoline containing greater than 10% by volume ethanol up to 15% ethanol (E15).  The proposed rule would require all E15 gasoline fuel dispensers to have a label if a retail station chooses to sell E15 and seeks comment on separate labeling requirements for fuel blender pumps and fuel pumps that dispense E85.

At this time E15 is only approved for use in cars and light trucks 2007 model year and newer.  It is not approved for use in any on-road vehicles 2000 model year or older nor any off-road engines (including heavy duty engines, ATVs, lawn mowers, boats, etc.).  At this time, EPA is still evaluating the effects of its use in cars and light trucks model years 2001-2006 and will render a decision in the future.

All gas stations that choose to sell E15 will have to upgrade their dispensing systems/add additional dispensers to allow for the sale of both E10 (currently in use) and the newly approved E15.  The US EPA has proposed a label to alert customers as to which fuel they are dispensing in their vehicle.

AUTHORS OPINION:  Given the severity of potential damage E15 could do to an engine not designed to use it and the complete indemnification of the USEPA and gas station for selling E15, I personally think such a label is useless in protecting the public interest.  If EPA’s intent is to increase the use of this product, they should require vehicles and dispensing containers to be fitted with a mechanical interlock that prevents E15 from being used in unapproved vehicles and engines. 

In addition, I also believe that EPA should require a testing/tracking program to ensure that E15 blended at a terminal can be tracked to a station so that terminal and station owners can be held accountable for dispensing E15 to non-approved vehicles (e.g. if E15 is sent to marinas).

Comments on this proposal should be submitted by January 3, 2011.  75 Fed. Reg. 68043  (November 4, 2010).  I encourage all members to submit any comments they feel appropriate regarding this proposed regulatory program.

—Sam Insalaco

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 8:20 AM, Yvonne Hill <hilly@hq.usps.org> wrote:

Hi Sam,

 

Can you please send text of what is on SailAngle so we can also post on USPS bulletin. I want to avoid upsetting our members.

 

Thanks,
Yvonne

  

 

 

Yvonne Hill • Editor • USPS

P.O. Box 31664 • Raleigh, NC 27622

888-367-8777 • Fax 888-304-0813

The Ensign magazine •  USPS Compass

 

 

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To: Yvonne Hill
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Sam Insalaco

www.bereapowersquadron.org
www.usps.org
www.northcoastboating.com

SailAngle Update

After just over one year of operations, we have 7200 members or 19% of our membership on SailAngle.com. The following graph shows that some districts have had some success in the sign-up process while others have not really started. To reap the benefits of this system, we need more participation.

As might be expected, this is a topic of discussion at district conferences. One of the more common objections is "it's different". Of course it's different. You cannot add capabilities without introducing change. The objection might have merit if no instructional information had been provided. That has not been the case. The folks at SailAngle have given seminars at district conferences, provided online webinars, distributed instructional DVD's as well as generating tutorial videos. There are over 60 videos on how to effectively use SailAngle.

(http://www.sailangle.com/index/help-tutorial-videos ) .

Another objection is "trust". I was under the impression that this issue had been put to bed sometime ago. A number of our more skeptical members put the system to the test early on and found that our data is protected. However, at a recent district conference, I learned that an incident which occured last year was being attributed to SailAngle. The incident in question concerned unsolicited emails advertisements from a company selling USPS compliant websites. Since this incident occured after the introduction of SailAngle, some jumped to the conclusion that email addresses were obtained from SailAngle. This conclusion is totally in error. SailAngle has gone to great lengths to protect our data.

I would encourage all squadrons which have not already done so to try the bulk enrollment option. Members who are not satisfied can always opt out.

Dave Hinders

National Secretary