Alert for stolen fuel truck in Denver, PA
Posted on January 12, 2008
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Truck has been missing for a week in Lancaster County, PA
A 3,200 gallon fuel oil truck was stolen in Lancaster County on Monday, January 7. It had about 1,000 gallons of fuel in it at the time. The owners of the truck, Leffler Oil, believe it was stolen for the value of the diesel in it, which would be around $3,500. The US Dept. of Homeland Security is not taking chances and has issued a nationwide alert about the stolen truck. So far it has not been found.
DOT requires carriers and shippers of placardable amounts of hazardous materials to have a security plan, which is a written set of company procedures outlining how they are going to keep terrorists from stealing their HazMat. This is an example of what a security plan is designed to prevent. Of course, I guarantee you Leffler Oil aka Leffler Energy has a very thorough security plan, but the truck still got stolen. Actual practices are more important than mere words on a piece of paper. If the industry thinks DOT is annoying now with their security plan and training regulations, if there’s a terrorist incident involving a truck, it’ll be 10 times worse. Fortunately, living in the next county over from Lancaster County, I know it’s not exactly an Islamic hotbed of activity, so I’m not worried.
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