\u201cOur LPG tanks are safe\u201d<\/p>\n
Liquefied petroleum gas distributor Wushin Corp. and its retailer, DL Corp., gave this assurance yesterday, saying there should be no cause for worry or panic among residents who have Wushin\u2019s LPG cylinders in their homes.<\/p>\n
Wushin and DL Corp. jointly denied the allegation of their sole business competitors\u2014Saipan Industrial Gas Inc. and its retailer C-Gas\u2014that their LPG cylinders are not compliant with the U.S. Department of Transportation\u2019s regulations.<\/p>\n
There are hundreds of LPG cylinders from Wushin and DL Corp. on different homes islandwide.<\/p>\n
Wushin general manager Enoch Sungsoo Lim and DL Corp. representative Joe Digno suspect that business rivalry motivated Saipan Industrial to come out with the allegation.<\/p>\n
Lim said Wushin has been in business for more than 20 years now. Since the business started operations, he said no untoward incident relating to the company\u2019s LPG cylinders, such as explosion or fire, has ever happened.<\/p>\n
\u201cConsumers have the right to choose,\u201d Lim said. \u201cIf we fail to provide good service, the customers know.\u201d<\/p>\n
Digno added that Wushin and DL Corp.\u2019s customers should not worry about safety from using their LPG cylinders, saying the distributor is a member of the National Propane Gas Association.<\/p>\n
\u201cAll tanks conform with DOT standards,\u201d Digno said. He said Wushin and DL Corp. are willing to have their cylinders tested for safety by a DOT-authorized entity.<\/p>\n
He said Customs officers allow Wushin to bring in its LPG cylinders from an Asian country because these products are not contrabands.<\/p>\n
Saipan Industrial\u2019s president, Dionisio Lopez, said last week that scores of non-DOT compliant LPG cylinders might be out in homes, posing risk to the consumers\u2019 safety. He accused Wushin and DL Corp. of selling LPG using non-compliant cylinders.<\/p>\n
Lopez said Wushin continues to use its cylinders despite an agreement with Saipan Gas to comply with federal and local requirements. He brought the matter up with the Department of Public Safety.<\/p>\n
Last Friday, police sergeant Jerry Ayuyu, Motor Carrier Section\u2019s officer-in-charge for the DPS\u2019 Office of Grants and Special Programs, said the matter is being looked into.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\u201cOur LPG tanks are safe\u201d<\/p>\n
Liquefied petroleum gas distributor Wushin Corp. and its retailer, DL Corp., gave this assurance yesterday, saying there should be no cause for worry or panic among residents who have Wushin\u2019s LPG cylinders in their homes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-86068","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86068","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=86068"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86068\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86068"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86068"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86068"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}