Docket Order: PHMSA-RSPA-2005-20270

On December 30, 2004, the Office of Chief Counsel of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), issued an order to East Fork Enterprises, Inc., (Respondent) finding that Respondent had knowingly committed three violations of the Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR) and assessing a civil penalty in the amount of $4,770. Specifically, the Order found that Respondent had offered a hazardous material for transportation in commerce without preparing a proper hazardous material shipping paper in a non-bulk packaging, which Respondent had not marked with the proper shipping name for the material and had not labeled with a hazard class warning label. Respondent's appeal is granted in part and denied in part.