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Enforcement Decisions

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Shanghai Dermax Adhesive Co., Ltd.

Docket Order: PHMSA-2015-0013

Respondent was assessed a civil penalty of $15,000 for one violation of the HMR when it failed to classify, document, certify, describe, package, mark, and label its shipment of, packaged in unauthorized, non-specification cylinders, offered for transportation via vessel to the United States.

Additional Regulation References

International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code (IMDG Code), 1.1.1, 2.02, 2.3.2, 4.1.4, 5.2.1, 5.2.2, 5.4.3, packing instructions P0001 & Part 3

Platinum Chemicals, LLC

Docket Order: PHMSA-2015-0109

Respondent was assessed a civil penalty of $6,462 for three violations of the HMR when it offered for transportation, and transported, in commerce, flammable and corrosive liquids, and it discharged the hazardous materials from drums and IBCs without offloading the packages from the transport vehicle; its hazmat employees had not received the required training; and it failed to provide all the required information on its shipping papers.

Marsh Laboratories, Inc.

Docket Order: PHMSA-2014-0149

Respondent was assessed a civil penalty of $450 for one violation of the HMR when it failed to create and maintain training records for its hazmat employees.

Davis Supply, Inc.

Docket Order: PHMSA-2015-0096

Respondent was assessed a civil penalty of $3,135 for one violation of the HMR when it transported and discharged a hazardous material from an IBC on a motor vehicle without removing the IBC from the vehicle, as required.

China Coast Freight Co., LTD

Docket Order: PHMSA-2014-0142

Respondent was assessed a civil penalty of $15,000 because it violated the IMDG Code and the HMR when it failed to classify, document, certify, describe, package, mark, and label its shipment of Compressed Gas, N.O.S. (95% Oxygen & 5% Ambient Air), 2.2, packaged in unauthorized, non-specification cylinders, offered for transportation via vessel to the United States.

Regulation References

Jet Research Center, Inc.

Docket Order: PHMSA-2015-0012

Respondent was assessed a civil penalty of $9,000 when it offered for transportation in commerce an explosive, while using an EX number that was unrelated to the explosive offered for shipment. Respondent offered for transportation an unapproved explosive device.

Seatex, LTD

Docket Order: PHMSA-2014-0147

Respondent was assessed a civil penalty of $5,250 for one violation of the HMR when it offered a hazardous material for transportation, in commerce, in an unauthorized packaging.

Marsh Laboratories, Inc.

Docket Order: PHMSA-2014-0149

Respondent was assessed a civil penalty of $450 for one violation of the HMR when it failed to create and maintain training records for its hazmat employees.

Davis Supply, Inc.

Docket Order: PHMSA-2015-0026

Respondent was assessed a civil penalty of $2,640 for one violation of the HMR when it discharged a hazardous material from an IBC on a motor vehicle without removing the IBC from the vehicle, as required.

Package, Design and Testing, LLC

Docket Order: PHMSA-2014-0139

Respondent was assessed a civil penalty of $7,040 for one violation of the HMR when it failed to properly conduct design qualification testing for UN standard packaging.