US EditionNot One More Explosion, Harden Rules After the Tragedy in Iztapalapa
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The Government of Mexico joined the new LP gas transport measures announced a few days ago by the Government of Mexico City following the explosion of a pipe in Iztapalapa a few days ago. Energy Secretary Luz Elena González announced two new standards that strengthen the regulation of the transport and distribution of liquefied petroleum gas. These include certification of compliance with maintenance programs, as well as better training and cert…
Mexico City. – President Claudia Sheinbaum announced on Thursday the publication of two emerging norms for the transport of LP gas, prepared jointly by the Secretariat of Energy (Sener) and the Secretariat of Infrastructure, Communications and Transport (SICT). The objective, she explained, is to reduce risks in the transfer of fuels and to strengthen the safety of the population after recent incidents with pipes, such as the explosion in Iztapa…
At 22 days from the explosion of a pipe that left 31 dead, the Government announced the tightening of controls to transport LP gas.
LP gas pipe operators considered that the new guidelines announced by the capital government to regulate this type of transport will open the door for more corruption by imposing new speed limits, placing radars and doubling fines.
In announcing two new complementary standards for the transport and distribution of LP gas that will be published tomorrow in the Official Journal of the Federation, President Claudia Sheinbaum stressed that from now on there will be technical verifications in the distribution centers and units, unlike the current situation that was trusted in the company report; it will be mandatory to have speed regulators and have a GPS to have a permanent mo…
The objective is to strengthen industrial and operational safety in the transport and distribution activities of Gas LP in order to reduce risks to the population and the environment
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