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Robert Weygand: “We would hope so. But maybe we need a little bit more capacity to do so. Actually, in the Midwest this past year, past…”

On the recordJune 15, 2000
We would hope so. But maybe we need a little bit more capacity to do so. Actually, in the Midwest this past year, past January and February, their increases were about 10 to 25 cents a gallon, where we were seeing 78 cents a gallon, simply because our rivers were iced up, as well as we did not have the capacity. We need it.
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Robert Weygand
Rhode Island

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Discussing fuel price increases and capacity issues in the Midwest.

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