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Commitments and Contingencies

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Commitments and Contingencies
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2023
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]  
Commitments and Contingencies

12. Commitments and Contingencies

 

Environmental Liabilities and Contingencies

The Company is subject to certain federal and state environmental laws and regulations associated with sites at which it stores and sells fuel and other fuel products, as well as at owned and leased locations leased or subleased to dealers. As of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, environmental obligations totaled $11.8 million and $12.1 million, respectively. These amounts were recorded as other current and non-current liabilities in the condensed consolidated balance sheets. Environmental reserves have been established on an undiscounted basis based upon internal and external estimates in regard to each site. It is reasonably possible that these amounts will be adjusted in the future due to changes in estimates of environmental remediation costs, the timing of the payments or changes in federal and/or state environmental regulations.

The Company maintains certain environmental insurance policies and participates in various state underground storage tank funds that entitle it to be reimbursed for environmental loss mitigation. Estimated amounts that will be recovered from its insurance policies and various state funds for the exposures totaled $5.0 million and $4.9 million as of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively, and were recorded as other current and non-current assets in the condensed consolidated balance sheets.

 

Asset Retirement Obligation

As part of the fuel operations at its operated convenience stores, at most of the other owned and leased locations leased to dealers, certain other dealer locations and proprietary cardlock locations, there are aboveground and underground storage tanks for which the Company is responsible. The future cost to remove a storage tank is recognized over the estimated remaining useful life of the storage tank or the termination of the applicable lease. A liability for the fair value of an asset retirement obligation with a corresponding increase to the carrying value of the related long-lived asset is recorded at the time a storage tank is installed. The estimated liability is based upon historical experience in removing storage tanks, estimated tank useful lives, external estimates as to the cost to remove the tanks in the future and current and anticipated federal and state regulatory requirements governing the removal of tanks, and discounted. The Company has recorded an asset retirement obligation of $73.0 million and $65.3 million at March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively. The current portion of the asset retirement obligation is included in other current liabilities in the condensed consolidated balance sheets.

 

Program Agreement

In March 2023, GPM, together with an affiliate of Oak Street, entered into a second amendment to the Program Agreement, which, among other things, (i) extended the term of the Program Agreement and the exclusivity period thereunder through September 30, 2023, solely with respect to property that may be acquired from Travel Centers of Americas Inc. (“TA”) pursuant to the Company’s non-binding proposal to acquire TA, and (ii) provides for up to $1.25 billion of additional capacity under the Program Agreement to be used solely to acquire property from TA by Oak Street, at a value to be determined based on receiving diligence information from TA (the “TA Amount”). Currently, there are no negotiations between the Company and TA with respect to such proposed acquisition, as TA has rejected the Company’s proposal, and the Company has not entered into a transaction to acquire property from TA.

On May 2, 2023, GPM, together with affiliates of Oak Street, entered into a third amendment to the Program Agreement, which, among other things, (i) extended the term of the Program Agreement and the exclusivity period thereunder through September 30,

2024 and (ii) provides for up to $1.5 billion of capacity under the Program Agreement from the date of the third amendment through September 30, 2024, not including the TA Amount and the funding for the WTG Acquisition.

 

Legal Matters

The Company is a party to various legal actions, as both plaintiff and defendant, in the ordinary course of business. The Company’s management believes, based on estimations with support from legal counsel for these matters, that these legal actions are routine in nature and incidental to the operation of the Company’s business and that it is not reasonably possible that the ultimate resolution of these matters will have a material adverse impact on the Company’s business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.