Cabinet heater proposals rejected at committee meeting

April 2, 2009 By LP Gas

The proposals that would allow the indoor use of cabinet heaters fueled with propane from composite cylinders were rejected in a preliminary committee meeting.

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Taking note of NFPA 58 changes

June 1, 2008 By LP Gas

Here are major differences in the 2008 edition, of interest to marketers

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Don’t reinvent the wheel

April 1, 2008 By John McCoy

The practice of a trial lawyer is carried out from a unique vantage point. I have an ability to see the problems that face the industry that result in real conflict. There is enough conflict that people are driven to involve a lawyer to address the matter. In fact, I have a steady diet of problems that face members of?this industry on my desk at all times.

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Great debate for 2008

January 1, 2008 By Patrick Hyland

There appears to be growing dissention in the ranks regarding the industry’s aggressive pursuit of the untapped indoor cabinet heater market.

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Let it snow, let it snow!

December 1, 2006 By John McCoy

Usually described as the busy season, winter brings with it many good things for propane markets in colder climates.

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Statutes, codes and customs

April 1, 2006 By John McCoy

Statutes, codes and customs are important in a legal context, as lawyers and judges spend a lot of time in liability cases looking at these three categories of rules to apply to the conduct of the parties before the court.

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Commercial customer safety exposed

April 1, 2004 By LP Gas

If you are sending little more than a bill to your commercial customers, your corporate assets are exposed.

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Marketers steaming over OPD valve shortage

August 1, 2002 By LP Gas

A dramatic shortage of overfill protection valves has propane retailers scrambling and backyard cooks fuming over empty, obsolete cylinders that should not be filled.

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Deadline pressure

April 1, 2002 By LP Gas

There is widespread concern within the propane industry that consumers are still unaware of the mandate for OPD valves on cylinders.

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