LP Gas, May 2017
RegOs Brian Davidson left presents Gas Equipment Co s GEC Skeeter LaDue with a plaque honoring GECs 80th year Crane operator training The Occupational Safety Health Administrations OSHA Cranes and Derricks in Construction standard requires third party certification for companies to operate a crane in construction settings OSHA extended the compliance date from November 2014 to November 2017 after pushback from the public on the standards wording NPGA plans to discuss a compliance date extension for this rule during Propane Days in June Entry level driver training DOTs Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration FMCSA issued a rule that establishes comprehensive national minimum training standards for Industry leaders including LP Gas Hall of Famer Bill Young of Superior Energy Systems visited LP Gas booth in Nashville entry level commercial truck and bus operators seeking to obtain a commercial drivers license CDL or certain endorsements The new rule requires CDL applicants to meet theory or knowledge criteria and behind thewheel training before applying for a CDL The entry level driver training rule took effect in February with a compliance date of February 2020 NPGA plans to connect with FMCSA to discuss the cost and burden this might have on PROPANE EXPO Staff Sgt Keni Thomas a former U S Army Ranger and country music artist delivered the opening keynote Industrial Irrigation debuted the Origin 57 liter engine the propane industry and it plans to lobby against the rule at Propane Days Caldarera adds AT T 2G network shutdown update AT T shut down its 2G cellular network earlier this year forcing some companies in the propane industry to adapt For example tank monitoring companies had been anticipating the change for several years and prepping their customers because the shutdown would render the devices useless Hank Smith president and CEO at WESROC says only about 3 percent of the companys cellular tank monitors quit reporting after the shutdown All other WESROC 2G monitors began working on alternate cellular networks or were automatically switched to an alternate cellular carrier Smith says Dont get me wrong the 3 percent was painful for our customers and us but it could have been a lot worse he adds Brian Richesson Megan Smalley and Kevin Yanik Propane Expo videos For video interviews from the show visit lpgasmagazine com propane expo 2017 www LPGasmagazine com May 2017 LPGas 49
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