Revelations 18:23:’For the merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries were all nations deceived.’

Important Takeaways:

• Fuel supply emergency declarations issued in Nebraska and South Dakota
• On October 26, South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem issued an executive order providing truckers hauling liquid fuel products with relief from Hours of Service rules due to “extremely low inventories and outages of certain liquid products including gasoline, diesel, jet fuel, propane, ethyl alcohol, natural gasoline, diesel exhaust fluid, and anhydrous ammonia”
• Under both Executive Orders, carriers cannot require fatigued drivers to operate. A driver who notifies a motor carrier that he or she needs immediate rest shall be given a least ten (10) consecutive hour’s off-duty before the driver is required to return to service.
• On October 14, the Energy Information Administration (EIA) reported that the U.S. had only 25 days’ worth of diesel fuel in reserve. The White House has vowed to monitor the supply and is reportedly working to increase fuel reserves.
• On October 25, Mansfield Energy issued a supply alert for diesel fuel markets on the east coast. The company described the current fuel market as “rapidly devolving”

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