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Enforcement Decisions

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Couse & Sons, Inc. d/b/a J & R Welding Supply Co.

Docket Order: PHMSA-2011-0169

Respondent was assessed a civil penalty of $1,680 for violation of the HMR when it represented, marked, and certified a DOT specification 3AL SCUBA cylinder manufactured from aluminum alloy 6351 as having been successfully examined and requalified for continued service, when it failed to perform an eddy current examination as required.

Vet Specialist, Inc.

 

Docket Order: PHMSA-2011-0141

Respondent was assessed a civil penalty of $ for two violations of the HMR when it offered for transportation in commerce calcium carbide, a dangerous when wet hazardous material, in packagings (metal drums) which were not authorized because they did not meet a UN performance standard (violation No. 1), and which were not marked with the proper shipping name and identification number of this material and to which hazard class warning labels were not attached (violation No. 2).