When Dennis Dukes of Cornerstone Propane first heard about the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, he abandoned a business trip and headed back to his office. Conscious of the potential threat of propane in the wrong hands, Dukes hastily drafted a memo to employees, reminding them of emergency-response plans and urging them to double-check the security of storage areas.
Read More Should ground transportation law be rewritten to consider protecting fuel from terrorist attack? Or should the government back off from regulating the trucking industry? An already hectic Congress just had these issues dumped in its lap.
Read More If you haven’t received a friendly visit from the feds lately, you likely will soon. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is making rounds of almost all the nation’s hazmat carriers “to increase the level of awareness of hazardous materials carriers to terrorist threats.â€
Read More Propane installations in North Carolina now must be accompanied by a fire safety analysis prepared by a registered professional engineer.
Read More More pipeline regulations are in the works, but the Research &Special Programs Administration promises they won’t add significantly tocosts or burdens.
Read More If properly designed and built products cannot be made completelysafe, the law requires that consumers be instructed on the proper use,inherent dangers and proper means to avoid those dangers. Obviously, propaneis such a product.
Read More Airborne fuel caused the Sept. 11 conflagrations that shocked the United States. But while airline safety gets a public upgrade, could the next terrorist strike hit fuel at ground level or underground?
Read More I take great pride in being a propane marketer. It’s not just a job for me, and, I suspect, not for other propane marketers either. That is why I want to tell you about one of the great new things we’ve done as an industry: the Propane Emergencies program.
Read More One year into the new century, the propane industry is coming to grips with challenges that can launch growth opportunities or deal mortal blows to propane marketers unprepared for change.
Read More Who regulates the loading, storage and unloading of fuel sent in transit? The Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Transportation, Occupational Safety & Health Administration or some state or local office? Truth is, it’s not completely clear and government officials are as likely as anyone, to feel confused.
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