The Agency for Safety, Energy and Environment (ASEA) reported on September 10, 2026, in a Milenio report, that in coordination with the National Council for Standardization and Certification of Labor Competencies (CONOCER) it certified 691 LP Gas truck operators from January to date, as part of the program to prevent accidents in fuel transport.

The report coincides with the first anniversary of the explosion of a tanker truck on the La Concordia bridge, in Iztapalapa, which occurred on September 10, 2025, and gave rise to the emergency standards NOM-EM-006-ASEA-2025 and NOM-EM-007-ASEA-2025, in force since October of that year. LP Gas is the predominant household fuel where the natural gas pipeline network does not reach, so safety in its distribution touches millions of homes. La Jornada reported on September 9, 2026 that the Secretariat of Citizen Security has carried out more than 1,900 inspections of tanker trucks at five highway access points to Mexico City and issued more than 700 fines.

ASEA specified that it is one of five bodies authorized by CONOCER to certify operators under Competency Standards EC1731 and EC1354, and stated: "This is a relevant certification for the LP Gas sector, since certifying the skills of its operators contributes to accident prevention." The clarification responded to an interview in which CONOCER's general director, Guillermina Alvarado, cited 57 certifications for drivers of tanker trucks that transport gasoline or gas.

For this year, the agency seeks to expand the network of evaluators for the LP Gas standards, aimed at operators of fifth-wheel tractor-trailers with semi-trailer and of tank trucks, so that companies can accredit the certification of their drivers. Alvarado added that training "has not been as agile as expected, due to the hours of field training and the practice that drivers must have on the road," and set a goal of 80,000 certifications across the 32 states.

The next milestone is the expansion of that evaluator network and progress toward the goal of 80,000 certifications, on a calendar that accompanies the validity of the emergency standards. Certification stands as the link connecting the published standard with the daily operation of the tanker trucks that supply households.

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