For now, Humphreys pays steep price at pumps

[unhappycamper]

For now, Humphreys pays steep price at pumps
By Franklin Fisher, Stars and Stripes
Pacific edition, Sunday, January 6, 2008

PYEONGTAEK, South Korea — A spike in gas prices at Camp Humphreys has left some residents wondering why they’re paying almost 70 cents per gallon more than customers at nearby Osan Air Base.

The reason, post officials say, is that Camp Humphreys has no Army and Air Force Exchange Service gas station — at least for the time being.

Instead, motorists must fill their tanks at the post fuel point, which is supplied by the Defense Logistics Agency.

The post must charge the prices the DLA sets, with Humphreys adding a 14-cent per gallon surcharge, Robert McElroy, chief spokesman for the U.S. Army Garrison Humphreys, said late last week.

And while gas at the fuel point has been cheaper than AAFES gas for most of the year — the cost was $2.68 a gallon from April 1 to Sept. 30 — two recent increases have bumped the price with the surcharge to $3.75 a gallon, officials say.


Rest of article at: http://www.stripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=51436