Docket Order: PHMSA-2013-0155

Respondent was assessed a civil penalty of $8,990 for three violations of the HMR when it offered for transportation in commerce and transported in commerce, liquefied petroleum gas (propane), a Division 2.1 flammable gas hazardous material in non-DOT/UN standard storage containers designed for permanent installation, when the containers were charged with propane to more than five percent of their capacity, without lifting the containers onto the transport vehicle with the use of slings, without placing each container in a cradle to ensure that no weight was placed on the supporting legs during transportation; and without completing a container inspection report with all required information (violation No. 1); it allowed employees to perform functions subject to the HMR, when the employees had not received training in all required areas of hazmat employee training within the prior three years (violation No. 2); and it offered for transportation in commerce and transported in commerce, liquefied petroleum gas (propane), a Division 2.1 flammable gas hazardous material in a cargo tank motor vehicle subject to the emergency discharge control requirements in 49 C.F.R. § 173.315(n), while failing to carry on or within the vehicle written emergency discharge control procedures for all delivery operations (violation No. 3).