New rules for hazardous material transport announced in wake of deadly CDMX tanker explosion

Three weeks aft a tanker motortruck carrying LP state exploded successful Mexico City, the national authorities connected Thursday announced 2 caller regulations for the proscription and organisation of the fuel.

Energy Minister Luz Elena González outlined the caller regulations astatine President Claudia Sheinbaum’s greeting property conference.

Energy Minister Luz Elena González elaborate the caller national rules connected Thursday. (Galo Cañas/Cuartoscuro)

The caller rules “strengthen the regularisation of the proscription and organisation of liquified petroleum gas,” she said.

González said that 1 of the caller regulations applies to the transport of LP state from refineries oregon “points of importation” to “plants oregon retention terminals.”

The different regularisation applies to “last mile” organisation to businesses and homes, she said.

Under the caller regulations, companies that transport and administer LP state volition beryllium required to show to the government’s Security, Energy and Environmental Agency (ASEA) connected an yearly ground that their vehicles are adequately maintained.

González said that a existent regularisation requires companies to person attraction programs for their vehicles, but doesn’t necessitate them to “demonstrate their compliance.”

She said that the caller regulations volition besides “demand the accreditation of information tests.”

González said that a existent regularisation obliges companies to transportation retired ocular inspections of vehicles and “leak tests,” but determination is nary work to “periodically contiguous hydrostatic unit tests but successful cases of damage, accidents oregon repairs of the containers.”

The carrying retired of hydrostatic tests, which volition go compulsory, “guarantee” the harmless cognition of conveyance containers filled with LP gas, she said.

“In the 2 caller regulations, not conscionable outer ocular inspections volition beryllium required but besides interior ocular inspections of conveyance containers, and, successful addition, the licence holders volition beryllium obliged to periodically contiguous [the results of] hydrostatic unit tests of each vehicles,” González said.

The vigor curate said that the caller regulations volition besides fortify requirements for drivers to person “adequate training, not conscionable successful driving but besides successful concern safety.”

Horrific state tanker detonation successful Mexico City claims 8 lives, injures 90

“The existent regularisation establishes the work to person grooming programs for drivers, but these are generic and near to the discretion of each company. With these 2 caller regulations, it is mandatory that this grooming beryllium method and practical, and that it beryllium certified done a circumstantial competency standard, some for the transport and organisation of LP gas,” she said.

González said that the caller regulations volition besides necessitate vehicles transporting LP state to beryllium equipped with velocity limiters and GPS.

The tanker motortruck that exploded successful the Mexico City borough of Iztapalapa connected Sept. 10 was speeding erstwhile it overturned and deed a wall, according to authorities. The detonation yet claimed much than 30 lives.

González noted that the 2 caller regulations volition beryllium published successful the national government’s authoritative gazette connected Friday. She said that each LP state organisation vehicles indispensable amusement that they are complying with the caller regularisation that applies to them wrong 4 months.

“The remainder of the units volition beryllium capable to show their compliance during the adjacent six months,” González said.

“In summation to the work of the 2 regulations, a associated inspection programme is being implemented by the Ministry of Infrastructure, Communications and Transport, the National Energy Commission, and ASEA,” she said.

Mexico City Mayor Clara Brugada earlier this week announced elaborate caller standards for hazardous worldly transport successful the nation’s capital. (Gobierno de CDMX)

“These agencies volition review, astatine the regulated entities’ facilities, the carnal and mechanical conditions of vehicles, the information elements of the containers, the validity of permits, the consistency of records successful the conveyance registry, and grounds of compliance with obligations nether the applicable regulations,” she said.

Separately, Mexico City Mayor Clara Brugada announced earlier this week 13 measures that are aimed astatine making the proscription of hazardous materials successful the superior safer.

One of the rules that vehicles transporting unsafe substances volition person to travel is not exceeding 30 kilometers per hour, nary substance the velocity bounds of the roadworthy they are on.

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