Docket Order: PHMSA-2010-0143

Respondent was assessed a civil penalty of $3,420 for two violations of the HMR when it failed to (1) assure the accuracy of its retest equipment at pressures within 500 psi of the pressures at which it retested and requalified compressed gas cylinders and maintain complete and accurate records of calibration, and (2) inform its motor vehicle operator of the requirements of the materials of trade exception.  Two alleged violations (Nos. 1 and 5 combined).  Two alleged violations dismissed.

Docket Order: PHMSA-2010-0135

Docket Order: PHMSA-2010-0144

Respondent was assessed a civil penalty of $7,140 for one of the HMR when it had its ZZ-141 box manufactured and marked as meeting the UN performance standards “UN4G/X15.6/S . . . +AA2590” as certified for use with inner one-liter glass bottles and “UN4G/X15.7/S . . . +AA2589” and “UN4G/Y13.0/S . . . +AA2589” as certified for use with inner 1250 cc glass jars (with and without vermiculite, respectively), when design qualification testing of these combination packagings was required but not performed.

Docket Order: PHMSA-2010-0102

Respondent was assessed a civil penalty of $1,410 for two violations of the HMR when it accepted hazardous materials for transportation in commerce and transported those hazardous materials in commerce by vessel without preparing a dangerous cargo manifest, list, or stowage plan (violation No. 1), and it failed to create and retain records of hazmat employee training (violation No. 2).

Docket Order: PHMSA-2010-0072

Docket Order: PHMSA-2010-0062

Respondent was assessed a civil penalty of $15,000 for one violation of the HMR when it offered a hazardous material, primary lithium batteries, for transportation in commerce in packages that were not marked “PRIMARY LITHIUM BATTERIES – FORBIDDEN FOR TRANSPORT ABOARD PASSENGER AIRCRAFT” or “LITHIUM METAL BATTERIES – FORBIDDEN FOR TRANSPORT ABOARD PASSENGER AIRCRAFT.”

Docket Order: PHMSA-2010-0062

Respondent was assessed a civil penalty of $15,000 for one violation of the HMR when it offered a hazardous material, primary lithium batteries, for transportation in commerce in packages that were not marked “PRIMARY LITHIUM BATTERIES – FORBIDDEN FOR TRANSPORT ABOARD PASSENGER AIRCRAFT” or “LITHIUM METAL BATTERIES – FORBIDDEN FOR TRANSPORT ABOARD PASSENGER AIRCRAFT.”

Docket Order: PHMSA-2010-0060

Docket Order: PHMSA-2010-0001

Respondent was assessed a civil penalty of $3,000 for two violations of the HMR when it represented, marked, and certified DOT specification and special permit compressed gas cylinders as qualified for continued service on days when it had failed to verify the accuracy of its hydrostatic retest equipment as required (violation No. 1) and it failed to maintain complete and accurate records of inspection and retest (violation No. 2).

Docket Order: PHMSA-2009-0417