Docket Order: PHMSA-2006-24207

The Chief Counsel assessed a total civil penalty of $10,426 for the five violations of the HMR. (1) Respondent packaged a packing group II material in a combination packaging that was not on the list of authorized packagings. Violation 1 : Offering a hazardous material for transportation in commerce in unauthorized, non-UN standard packagings, when specification packaging was required, in violation of 49 C.F.R. §§ 171.2(a), 173.22(a)(2), 173.24(c) and 173.202(a). Violation 2: Offering a hazardous material for transportation in commerce when while failing to execute a proper document for shipment of hazardous materials, in violation of 49 C.F.R. §§ 171.2(a), 172.200(a), 172.201(d), 172.202 and 172.204(a). Violation 3: Offering a hazardous material for transportation in commerce while failing to mark the packagings with the proper shipping name and identification number of the hazardous material, in violation of 49 C.F.R. §§ 171.2(a), 172.300(a), and 172.301(a). Violation 4: Offering a hazardous material for transportation in commerce that was packaged in a UN standard marked and certified packaging that had not been closed in accordance with the manufacturer¿s closure instructions, in violation of 49 C.F.R. §§ 171.2(a), (e); 173.22(a)(4); and 173.24(f)(2). Violation 5 : Offering hazardous materials for transportation in commerce while failing to provide each hazmat employee general awareness/familiarization, function-specific, and safety training, in violation of 49 C.F.R. §§ 171.2(a), 172.702(b), and 172.704(a).