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National Autmotive Tech Training Certification Will Be Drafted.April 19 New Propane Vehicle Council Sets Goals, Seats Board of Directors_May 46 Volume 26 January-December 1994 New York to Rebate Schools Switching to Alternative Fuels .Jan. 7 Pennsylvania Works to Establish "Alternative Fuels Highway”.Sept. 12 Propane Carburetion Equipment, Supplies Move Forward.April 27 Propane Conversions Can Meet EPA Standards, Cut Emissions.Jan. 17 PVC is Raising $3.8 Million to Develop LearvBurn, Heavy-Duty Engine. July 33 Propane’s the Best Alternative Fuel Choice for Bus Fleets.May 31 Provisions of CAA Amendments of ’90 and Energy Policy Act of 1992 .Sept. 36 Quality of LPG Fuel is Vital to Vehicle Engine MaintenarKe.May 30 Safety Concerns, Price Fluctuations Hinder Use of LPG Motor Fuel ... Sept. 42 Sarasota County Sheriff’s Fleet Enjoys Savings with Propane.Se^. 28 South Carolina Should Consider Alternative Fuels.March 12 Targeting Fleets Key to Selling Propane-Powered Vehicles in 1990s .. Sept. 26 Tests Show Low Emissions, Need lor New Engine Technology.May 32 Texas Fuels Council Offers $4.5 Million: $18 Million Requested.June 25 BUTANE-PROPANE NEWS Texas Fuels Conference: Biggest Yet.June 24 Vehicle Council Beginning to Organize; Director Hired.April 16 Propane industry publications since 1939 Via Transit Moves Toward Propane-Powered Bus Fleet .S^. 43 What We Need to Succeed in the Auto Market.Se^. 25 Where Propane Carburetion is Going.Se0. 25 ANNUAL INDEX COMMENTARY Add Boondoggles.April 42 Delaware Marketer Loses Bid for State Senate.Dm. 30 Energy Remains One of the Real Bargains .Oct. 32 Enlist Your Customers.April 42 APPLIANCES Mainly on Mains .Sept. 10 Americans Continue to Warm to Barbecuing With Propane Grills.Feb. 25 Plastic Pipe Corrections.Oct. 14 BPN Survey Finds Optimism About the Heating Product Sales Season . Aug. 23 What Bizarre Priorities.April 17 Can a Propane Heat Pump Establish a Market?.Aug. 28 Will the Chemical Companies Go Quietly?.Oct. 31 Class-Action Lawsuit Seeks to Ban Propane Grills .Jan. 7 Work, Dang It, WorkI.April 17 Heating Products 1994-1995 .Aug. 41 Looking to Replace Electric Baseboard Heaters? Offer Gas Ones .Aug. 43 ENERGY SPECTRUM/OTHER FUELS March Appliance Sales Top 5 Million; Gas Units Up Over 1993 .June 13 Cleaner Diesel Wreaking Havoc with Truck Engines .June 36 Martin Industries Keeps Up With Change .Aug. 33 CNG Trucks Sit Idle Pending an Investigation.May 8 Mass Marketers Dominate Sales.Feb. 27 Suppliers and Marketers Feature New Outdoor Products for 1994 .Feb. 33 Daimler-Benz Unveils a New Fuel Cell—Power to Run Electric Cars .. .June 36 Tank Manufacturer Urges Stop-Fill Valves for All BBQ Cylinders.March 31 Electric Company Advertisements Challenge Proparra Heating.Sept. 12 Ford Sees Dim Future for Electric Vehicles.Feb. 14 The Martin Industries Story.Aug. 34 New Missouri NG Pipeline Takes Customers Away from Propane.Feb. 15 Third Strong Month of Appliance Shipments: May Set Record.Sept. 12 Petroleum Equipment Institute Trade Show Comii^ Up.Jan. 9 Unvented Gas Log Heaters Hot Items for Rasmussens’ Business .Aug. 39 Senatorial Axe Strikes at ADM’s Ethanol Additive Plan .April 12 BEYOND THE MAINS Unbundling NG Utilities Will End One-Stop Shopping By Customers.Jan. 9 Utility Helps Produce Alternative-Fueled Truck.March 14 A New Low In Ethics.Feb. 3 What Farmers Want, Farmers Get.Sept. 11 A Ray of Hope?.Oct. 3 A Strong Rebuttal to "What If”.May 3 Conservative Viewpoints.July 3 INDUSTRY PEOPLE Down the Slippery Slope.Aug. 3 Fast-Growing Marketer Sets Premium on Service: David Melton.Aug. 36 Let's Get BOTH Acts Together.June 3 “Father of PERC:” Milford Therrell.March 38 Of Pots and Kettles.Sept. 3 Fleet Manager Services Major LPG-Powered Fleet: Kim L. Atcheson .. Sept. 38 Playing the “What If” Game.March 3 Founding Members Guide ASAFT; Bobby Mahle .A^l 20 Propane Comes Through—Again .April 3 Georgia “Propane Peddler;" Gerry Misel.i.July 32 We’ve Only Just Begun.Jan. 3 Manufacturer’s Tank Specialist: Allan Potter. April 31 New WPGA President: William P. Stewart.;.Aug. 35 BPN SURVEYS Propane Vehicle Council Executive Director: Richard Roldati.May 47 BPN Survey Finds Optimism About the Heating Product Sales Season . Aug. 23 Unvented Gas Log Heater Manufacturers: Rett & T.R. Rasmussen ... .Aug. 39 Does Motor Fuel Have a Future? Well, Yes and No.April 22 INTERNATIONAL CARBURETION Beyond NFPA 58: How Grupo Uribe Surpassed Mexico’s Standards .. Oct. 19 Alternative Fuel Laws & Incentives: A State-By-State Look.Sept. 34 Butane Exports from San Pedro to Continue for Texaco.June 12 Alternative Fuels Market Fair is Slated.April 30 College of Petroleum Studies to Hold LPG Courses Around Globe ... Sept. 12 And in Utah, Propane AFVs Are Off to a Slow Start.Feb. 15 Dutch Distributor Celebrates 40 Years Selling LPG to Auto Market.O^. 30 Areas Under Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 Fleet Mandates.Sept. 37 Maritime Unions Favor Ending Alaskan Oil Export Ban.July 13 Areas Under EPACT Mandates.Sept. 33 NAFTA May Have a Major Impact Upon Traffic and Air Quality.June 25 By 2010, Equal AFV Market Share for Propane and CNG is Forecast . .June 26 New Venture for Spanish Manufacturer Creates “Nuevo Mundo” California Clean Fuels School Bus Program Will Spend $23 Million_Feb. 42 tor Ducane .May 52 California Fleet Operators’ Conference Focuses on AFVs.May 30 Two Countries, Cultures, But Gas Equipment Supplies Sells to Both .. .Oct. 22 California Study Says Freight and Transportation Fuel Demand Will UK LP-Gas Distributor Enters Refrigerant Replacement Market.Oct. 26 Grow the Most Through 2010.July 33 Will There Be a Shortage of Propane?.May 40 Chrysler Canada’s Propane-Fueled Ram Van Debuts at World Forum .Nov. 16 Chrysler’s LPG Van May Improve Technology for All LPG Vehicles . .. March 33 LEGAL AND INSURANCE Classic Conversion Shows Horsepower is Possible Without Pollution .. .April 32 An Odorant Paper Trail Can Be Worth Its Weight in Gold.Nov. 24 CleanFleet Quarterly Report Shows Propane a Star Performer.Aug. 10 Anatomy of a Lawsuit—Part I.June 34 CleanFleet Study Finds LPG Vans Can Serve Federal Express’ Needs . May 37 Anatomy of a Lawsuit—Part II.July 14 CleanFleet Vehicles Cross the Finish Line.Dec. 27 Anatomy of a Lawsuit—Part III.Aug. 14 Clean Fuels Coalition Officially Hands Over Reins to Council.June 32 Are Juries Beginning to Favor Defendants?.May 10 Clinton Aide Vows 35,000 Federal AFVs by 1996.June 25 California Tort Reformers Back Away from Initiative.Jan. 16 Committee Report Says South Carolina Should Consider AFVs .Feb. 15 Container Laws: Winning the War.Sept. 22 Consumer Coalitions Assist in Promoting Alternative Motor Fuels.Oct. 28 Ducane Settles Class Action Suit Out of Court.Dm. 12 Consumer Loves the Fuel, Wants Changes.April 26 Fahrbach v. Petrolane—Another Odor Fade Victory.March 48 Conversion Task Force Opts for Cooperation .April 38 Fire Scene Investigation.May 16 DOE Funds Project to Develop Low-Emission, Safe School Bus.Aug. 11 Is Insurance Coverage for Propane Sellers Adequate?.April 38 Does Motor Fuel Have a Future? Well, Yes and No.April 22 Key Features of Tort Reform Bill Slated for Congress .Feb. 46 "Drive CleanI America" Rally Proves LPG Motor Fuel Availability.Nov. 20 Proposed Product Liability Limits Win Congressional Support .Jan. 15 Engine Conversion Company Looks to Cover All Bets.April 16 Punitive Damages Update.Dm. 3 ExproFuels to Convert Arizona State Vehicles to LPG.Dec. 12 Reforms ATRA Seeks in State-by-State Campaign.Feb. 45 Favorable Taxes, Price Make Auto Fuel Most Popular LPG Use in B.C. .Oct. 28 Senate Failed to Bring Product Liability Bill Up for Vote.Sept. 12 First-Ever North American Propane Vehicle Rally Revs Up Industry ... .Oct. 30 State-by-State Tort Reform Effort Continues .Feb. 44 Fleet Manager of Marketer Services Major LPG-Powered Fleet.Sept. 38 The Fireman’s Rule and Propane Litigation.April 39 Ford Announces Record Propane Truck Sales .Dec. 26 The Glassford Case—Another Odor Fade Victory.Jan. 27 Governor Positions Wisconsin to Lead U.S. in AFVs.Sept. 37 The Good Samaritan.Oct. 34 Indoor Ice Resurfacing Machines Causing a Hazard, Study Claims.May 12 Witherbee v. Suburban: Another Odor Fade Victory.Feb. 19 Indoor AFV Parking and Fueling May Necessitate Building Redesigns. .June 29 Industry Members Seek Donations for Forklift Emission Test.July 10 LOAD BUILDING Is EPACT Going to Revive the Propane Motor Fuel Market?.April 21 BBQ Cleaning Builds Off-Season Load, Earns Good Will and Sells.Feb. 35 Joint Effort Develops Heavy-Duty Engine.Feb. 41 Coin-Operated Grills Tested in Ohio Parks.Feb. 28 LPG’s Alternative Fuel Success Tied to New Players, New Attitudes .. March 30 Loadbullding With Gas Lights.Feb. 38 Major Opportunities for LPG Motor Fuel Seen by Tank Specialist.April 31 Mississippi Marketer Builds Load With Hot Air Balloons.Nov. 15 Market Potential for Propane Now Greater Than Ever Before.June 26 “Wire" Your Next House for LP-Gas .May 2 December 1994 31 MANAGEMENT California Bill Calls for Relocation of All LPG Storage in Urban Areas .. April 11 Empir* Gas Rolls Out "All Star" Brand, Plans Expansion.Aug. 44 Can LP-Gas Industry Afford This EPA Rule? .March 34 New Ownership Leads to Profitabili^ for Petrolane.June 13 DOE Proposes Windowless Oven Doors to Save Energy.Oct. 12 Nine Marketers Revitalized as "National Propane".Sept. 40 DOT Delays 400 Series Cargo Tank Construction.Nov. 11 Petrolane's Earnings Improve With New Year and New Owner .March 16 DOT Proposes to Alter Hazmat Documents.Oct. 10 Training Employees to Give Good Service.Nov. 23 DOT Ruling Could Require Testing of Liquids Pipelines.Sept. t4 Eastern States Follow California's Lead in Pushing for Electric Cars . .March 14 MARKETING Electric Car Debate Rages; CARB Decides to Uphold Mandate.July 12 AFRED's Water Heater Rebate Program.Aug. 38 Electric Power Outages Stir Hearings.March 28 Awareness Survey Finds Mixed Perceptions of Propane.March 35 EPA Rule Sets Standards for Emissions from CNG, LPG Engines.Nov. 8 Contracts: EGLI's Way .June 19 EPA Targets Bread Bakers for Releasing Ethanol .June 12 Distributor-Owned Pacific Gas Specialties Sells Grills With an Innovative EPA to Impose Harsher Air Pollution Measures in California.April 14 Approach.Fob. 23 EPA Will Not Mandate HD-5 in Vehicle Certification in Specs.Jan. 8 Entries Sough* for NPGA Marketirig Achievement Council .March 34 Ethanol Mandate Blocked by API Lawsuit.Oct. 9 Fast-Growing Marketer Sets Premium on Customer/Community Service Aug. 36 Florida Association Changes Regulatory Authority.April 17 Indiana Chefs Win BBQ Ribs Cook-Off, Credit "Secret” Ingredient ... .Feb. 37 FTC Proposal Requires Consumer Labeling for AFVs.July 12 Keepin' Momma Happy is What Suburban Propane Group Does Best. .June 20 IRS Late With Clean Fuel Tax Rule.March 8 NP^ Bathtub Commercial Available to Members.Nov. 8 Just Knowing What Regulations Apply May Be Half the Battle.May 44 NPGA Sees Marketers Most Important in Public Relations Campaign .. .July 36 L.A. Anti-Smog Plan Targets Pollution in ^10.June 28 Prospect for Heating Products: Brightest So Far in This Decade .Aug. 26 Legislators Predict Approval of California Propane Check-Off.Feb. 12 Texas Check-Off Fuels $2-Million Research and Promotions for LPG . March 32 Motor Fuel Tax Equity Will Be an Important Issue in 1995 .Oct. 9 Texas Propane Dealers Can Cash in While Helping Schools.March 18 New Appliance Labeling Takes Effect at Year's End .Nov. 8 Want to "Grow" Your Business? Focus on Existing Customers.May 48 NHTSA Anti-Lock Brake Rule's Time Scheduie Could Be Modified ... Sept. 19 What Does a LPG Marketer Want—Secure Supply, Low Prices, Or...? .June 17 Ohio EPA Air Emission Regulations Exempt LPGs.March 16 Where's the Greatest Heating Market Potential?.Dec. 29 Ohio's Hazardous Materials Statute Must Agree with Federal Law... .March 18 OSHA Now Requires Speedy Accident Reporting.May 10 MISCELLANEOUS Piacarding Interpretation Could Cost Tank Haulers.May 8 Arizona Association Headed to Sea for Next Convention.Jan. 8 Proposed Water Heater Rule Would Open Market for Propane.July 10 Block Enclosure Puts Bulk Tanks "Out of Sight and Out of Mind".Jan. 10 RRC Revokes Seminole's Permit to Run Brenham Salt Dome .Aug. 13 Cal Poly Takes Propane-Powered Flying Carpet to Rose Parade.Jan. 14 Should Rural Electrics Be Allowed Into the Propane Industry?.June 14 Enron Gas Services Changes Its Name.Dec. 12 States Banning Vent-Free Heaters for Residential Use.Aug. 27 Movable Bulk Tanks on Trailers: Answer to Short-Term Storage?.May 42 Team Effort by Industry Members and State Senator Pays Off.Sept. 45 Safer Environment is SE Convention Theme.Feb. 47 Texas Association Says State Should Set Minimum Storage Requirements.July 28 NEWS TRC Recommends Revoking Seminole Pipelines Storage Permit.June 14 A Voice and a Support Group: NAPE Takes Off.April 12 Trucking Groups Want Delay in Alcohol Testing Rule.Dec. 11 ALA and Vermont Castings to Promote Gas Hearth Products.Aug. 11 Trucking Industry Faces Potential Half-Billion Tab for Taping Trailers .. .May 12 At Epicenter of L.A. Quake, Propane Tanks Survived Well.May 26 Was It a Business Squabble or Sound Decision to Ban LPG Austin Becomes Eighth Metropolis in Federal Clean Cities Program .. .June 27 Refrigerant?.April 37 Barbe-Clean Eliminates Franchising and Royalties.Aug. 12 Water Heater Vapor Barriers Could Save Lives and Money.June 12 Bills Left on Copy Machine Now California Law; Includes SB1911 .Nov. 8 Western Marketers Follow Proposed Deep Snow Regulations.March 29 “Business Councils" Approved by NPGA Board of Directors.March 40 California Governor Kills Check-Off Bill .Nov. 7 SAFETY Demand Rises for Polyethylene Pipe for Propane Installations.July 19 Can Personality Testing Help Predict a Good Bobtail Driver?.May 28 Enron Extertds Pipeline Tariff Until April.March 17 CETP Revises Programs tor Propane Industry Training.April 36 Environmentally Friendly Home Honored in NPGA Design Contest.Feb. 39 CETP Breaks All Records for Propane Industry Training.March 37 Government, Industry Together; Texas Convention Highlights Issues .. .Oct. 23 How Marketer Was Able to Build a Bulk Plant in Growing Community .. Nov. 17 LIHEAP Faces Budget Woes.May 29 Mexico Looks at Safety Issues: Will Mounded Tanks Be Any Safer? ... Nov. 19 LPG Services Honored as One of Kansas City's Top Small Businesses. Aug. 10 Propane Fuels Controlled Fire, Helps Air Crash Firefighters.March 23 MAPCO Iowa City Terminal Closed Due to Fire, Explosion.March 17 Tank Manufacturer Urges Stop-Fill Valves for All BBQ Cylinders.March 31 Missouri Check-Off Should Be Up and Running in the Fall.July 10 Thompson Tanks' Safety Contest Inspires interest in Propane.July 34 NPG Scholarship Fund Signs Up First Platinum Donors.June IS To Cope With Winter, Plan Ahead, Understand Changed Conditions ... Nov. 22 NPGA Moves Toward Reorganization.July 21 Transcaer to Help Communities Prepare for Emergencies.Sept. 19 Oklahoma Check-Off Program May Raise Up to $600,000 Annually ... .June 27 Vent-Free Gas Products Win Acceptance as Safety is Proven.Aug. 27 Perfection Corp. to Expand Its Own Manufacturing Plant.Feb. 13 When it's Time to Teach, This Bobtail's Really Cut Out for It.Sept. 39 Propane Day Celebrated at New Mexico's Balloon Festival.Dec. 33 Small Business Administration Honors Innovative Propane Dealer.Aug. 43 SUPPLY AND DEMAND Success for Organizers of NPG Foundation Scholarship Fund.July 27 Superior Proparte Raises Money to Fight Illiteracy.Sept. 16 Expanding Canadian NG Production Will Strengthen LPG Industry.Jan. 25 Terry Anderson Signed to Speak at NPGA National Convention.Jan. 5 First Propane Fleet Refueling Dispenser Set Up in Hawaii.Dec. 13 Texas Professor Hopes to Use Propane as a Cleaning Agent.March 12 Major New Refrigerated Storage Facility Helps Meet Mid-Atlantic's Traffic Fatalities Reach Lowest Levels Ever.Sept. 19 Critical Propane Needs.Dec. 22 Warp-Speed Planning for Propane Bus System in Zion National Park . .June 33 PCC Release Condemns Propane, The Alternative Fuel .Nov. 11 Workshops at Vancouver Board Meeting Plan for NPGA's Future.Nov. 27 Propane Drawdown in January Nothing Less than Phenomenal .April 14 Propane Exec Sees Adequate Supplies; Imports Still Necessary.June 30 OWNERSHIP CHANGES Purvin & Gertz Forecasts Reduced Butane-Based MTBE Demand .May 41 AmeriGas Pursues Full Ownership of Petrolane.Oct. 9 Schaefferstown Storage Facility Answers Old Supply Questions.Dec. 23 Canada's Superior Propane to Acquire Premier Propane.Jan. 8 Soaring Propane Demand Continues to be Met.March 27 Canadians Buy Ranger Insurance.March 17 The Domestic Marketing Chain: Distribution Is the Key.Dec. 15 Empire Gas A^uires Ron's L.P. Gas.Dec. 10 Transok Opens New Holding Facility with Card Key System.Dec. 12 Empire Gas Continues Acquisition Mode, Buys Ginco Propane.May 12 Where are International LPG Supplies Headed?.Dec. 19 Energen Corp. to Sell Propane Division to Dowdle Gas .July 10 Will There Be a Shortage of Propane?.May 40 Ferrellgas Acquires Vision Energy Resources.Nm. 7 Ferrell^ Gom Public, Will Use Partnerships for Acxjuisitions.Sept. 16 TECHNICAL "Great Things Going On" for Suburban Propane .July 13 ANSI Subcommittee Approves Grill Quick Connect Proposal.Aug. 12 Heritage Propane Acquires Balgas.Dec. 12 CGA Task Force to Look Into NPGA Opposition to Standard.Oct. 9 Marathon to Sell Emro Unit to MAPCO.Aug. 13 Committee Favors Making NFPA 720 a Recommended Practice.July 13 PanCanadian Petroleum Ltd. Buys Two CanStates Divisions.Feb. 14 Dealer Practices, Gas Detectors to be Discussed at Symposium .Aug. 46 Pratt's Proparw Acquires Commonwealth Petroleum .Dec. 10 Detecting Gas Without Using Oxidant.Oct. 27 Propane Continential Acquires Pacheco Proparie .Oct. 12 Harmonization of Standards Spurs Changes to BBQs and Cylinders ... Feb. 40 Public Service Co. of N.C. Getting Out of Proparte Business.March 8 Has Bobtail Design Hit the Optimum? .Jan. 18 Star Gas Corp. Acquires Loveland Propane.Aug. 11 Industry Committee Approves Unvented Heaters.March 18 Sun Planning to Purchase South Philadelphia Refinery./^Kil 11 Key Components Make Fire Trainer Possible.March 25 Trident NGL to Merge with NGC.Sept. 19 Marshall Brass/Shenwood Develop Quick-Closing Coupling.Feb. 40 UGI Acquires Two LPG Firms .March 55 NFPA Committee Opposes Flexible Metal Risers lor Use with PE Pipe. .July 20 NPGA Pushes for Replacement of ASME Container Nameplates.Sept. 14 PERC Revising Tank Manufacturing May Solve the Problem of Odor Fade ... .Oct. 27 Deal with PCC Leads to Smooth Sailing in First Committee Hearing ... .July 31 Solution to Cylinder-Fill Problem Fails to Please Regulators.March 36 “Father of PERC” Predicts Major Progress.March 38 T & S Committee Plans New Task Force.May 8 NPGA Restudies Structure for ImplerriMtation of National PERC.April 35 T & S Committee Recommends Changes to NFPA 54.Dec. 10 PERC Standardbearer Expects Eventual Success .Nov. 29 Tank Tracking, Technology—What Affects Propane Truckers Today? .. .Jan. 22 PERC Watch: Industry Still Waiting for Results .March 47 PERC's Fate Rests in the Hands of Two Congressional Committees .. .Jan. 13 WEATHER Task Force Fine-Tunes PERC Strategy.Dec. 28 Bells on Bobtails Ring, Jack Frost and Mother Nature Frolic in Snow . April 34 REGULATORY Harshest Winter in a Decade Brings LPG Competitors Together.March 26 Not 40 Days and 40 Nights of Flooding, But a Lot to Clean Up .Dec. 34 1992 Editions of NFPA 54 & 58 Adopted by Illinois .Nov. 8 Southeast Floods Could be Costly, But No Hurricane Andrew.Aug. 47 ATA Lawsuit Challenges DOT Alcohol Testing Rule.June 15 Weather Center Analysts Will Unveil One-Year Forecast on Jan. 15.... Nov. 25 Blizzard of Federal Regulations Bewilders Marketers.July 29 Weather Outlook for Midsection Foresees Colder Than Normal Season . Nov. 26 32 BUTANE-PROPANE NEWS r r y-