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SHOPS converting gasoline-fed
motor vehicle engines to cooking gas-fed units shall be held liable
for any accident arising from the said conversion, the Department of
Transportation and Communication (DOTC) said.
The agency
recently issued Department Order 2007-06, which compels converters
to comply with the provisions of the Philippine Clean Air Act and
standards set by the Department of Trade and Industry-Bureau of
Products Standards (DTI-BPS).
The new rule
said that devices for the use of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) by
any motor vehicle shall be installed only by a conversion shop duly
certified by the DTI-BPS under its Philippine Standards
Certification Mark (PS Mark) scheme.
“The shop
shall install the device in accordance with the specifications of
the Standard Code of Practice for the use of LPG [PNS 05], making
sure that the fill valve is located outside of the vehicle
compartment and isolated from an Auto-LPG container,” the DOTC
said.
The agency
said that any LPG fuel device with the PS MARK installed in a motor
vehicle shall be guaranteed by the shop by issuing a Certificate of
Conversion/Installation against faulty defects.
“Any
accident that may arise as a result of said defects shall be the
accountability of the conversion/installing shop,” the DOTC said.
Vehicles
converted to LPG shall be subjected to an annual maintenance and
inspection by the PS certified conversion/installing shop. The shop
shall issue a corresponding Certificate of Inspection and
Maintenance Compliance.
A person
registering an auto-LPG motor vehicle shall present documents, in
addition to other Land Transportation Office requirements. These are
the PS License Certificate issued by the DTI-BPS, the certificate of
installation/conversion by the PS certified conversion/installing
shop, and the current certificate of inspection and maintenance
compliance certificate issued by the PS certified
conversion/installing shop.
 --Darwin
G. Amojelar
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