Earlier inspection of facilities<\/strong><\/p>\nMr. Tampuli said the NPA in collaboration with other agencies including the Ghana National Fire Service, Environmental Protection Agency, and Factories Inspectorate Department have so far inspected 276 LPG refilling plants in the country out of the 636 distributed across the country.<\/p>\n
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According to him, 45 of the stations have been closed down due to non-compliance while 37 others have been marked for closure when the level of their stocks reduce to levels within the safety zone.<\/p>\n
\u201cTwenty-six (26) outlets have been reopened after comprehensive inspections were carried out by the Inspections and Monitoring unit of the Authority. One Hundred and fourteen outlets (114) were found to be in full compliance with the prescribed safety standards. Out of the 636 registered number of refilling plants, fifty-four (54) is not in operation,\u201d he revealed.<\/p>\n
Cylinder Recirculation Model of LPG distribution<\/strong><\/p>\nHassan Tampuli noted that the NPA will soon publish the licensing requirements for setting up LPG Bottling Plants as part of efforts to ensure that the cylinder recirculation model of LPG distribution comes into force in one year as directed by Cabinet earlier this month.<\/p>\n
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By: Naa<\/em>\u00a0Kwaamah Siaw-Marfo\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A national petroleum safety campaign to help curb petroleum-related-accidents has been launched by the National Petroleum Authority. The event which was held in Accra on Tuesday was themed \u2018People Safety First\u2019. Speaking at the launch the Chief Executive Officer of the National Petroleum Authority Hassan Tampuli said the national safety campaign is intended to raise […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[32,170],"tags":[3,377,1871],"yoast_head":"\n
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