A-1 BARREL COMPANY
(Drum Reconditioner)
Failed to provide recurrent employee awareness training, or to create and retain records of training testing.
[172.702(b), 172.704(c), 172.704(d)]
Case No. TKT-99-28-SW
$250
A-1 CHEMICAL, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training; failed to properly describe a hazardous material on a shipping paper; failed to use one of the prescribed formats in entering hazardous materials on a shipping paper.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a), 172.202(a), 172.201(a)]
Case No. TKT-99-02-WE
$2,150
AA PACKING & CRATING CO.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. TKT-98-25-WE
$600
AAA FIRE PROTECTION, INC.
(Cylinder Retester)
Failed to hold a current approval or retester’s identification number; failed to maintain copies of CGA pamphlets at its retest facility.
[173.34(e)(2)(i), 173.34(e)(2)(v)(c)]
Case No. TKT-99-14-SO
$1,850
AAA VALLEY FIRE EQUIPMENT, INC.
(Cylinder Retester)
Failed to provide employee training, or create and retain records of training testing.
[172.702(b), 172,704(a) and (d)]
Case No. TKT-99-21-CE
$750
ABBOTT FIRE EXTINGUISHER COMPANY
(Cylinder Retester)
Failed to notify RSPA of change in ownership of retest facility; failed to enter wall stress calculations on test records.
[173.34(e)(2)(iv), 173.34(e)(8)(ii)]
Case No. TKT-98-74-SW
$650
ABSOLUTE FIRE PROTECTION, INC.
(Cylinder Retester)
Conducted a second retest without increasing the pressure by 10% or 100 psi (whichever is lower) when the integrity of the system could not be maintained due to leakage; conducted retesting on cylinders marked with a DOT exemption that had expired.
[173.34(e)(4)(v), 171.2(c)]
Case No. TKT-99-15-SW
$1,537
ACI CHEMICALS, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to create and retain records of training testing.
[172.704(d)]
Case No. TKT-98-109-SW
$250
ACME SOAP CO.
(Shipper)
Failed to properly describe a material on shipping paper; failed to monitor a 24-hour emergency response telephone number while the material was in transportation; failed to provide employee training.
[172.202, 172.604, 172.702(b), 172,704(a)]
Case No. TKT-99-13-SW
$1,037
ACTION BOX BOARD COMPANY, INC.
(Fiber Box Manufacturer)
Manufactured, marked, and sold fiberboard boxes marked as meeting a DOT specification after October 1, 1994, when they were no longer authorized to be manufactured; failed to provide general awareness and function-specific employee training.
[171.14, 172.702(b), 172.704(a)(1) and (2)]
Case No. TKT-99-37-SW
$1,600
ADHESIVE SOLUTIONS BY V&S SALES
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. TKT-98-33-WE
$600
ADVANCE CHEMICAL DISTRIBUTION, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials in a portable tank that was out of test.
[173.32(f)]
Case No. TKT-98-34-SW
$1,750
ADVANCE DRUM SERVICE, INC.
(Drum Reconditioner)
Failed to supply the closure notification needed to satisfy performance test requirements; failed to provide employee training.
[178.2(c)(1), 178.601(b), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. TKT-98-51-SO
$1,600
ADVANCED FIRE SYSTEMS OF TEXAS
(Cylinder Retester)
Failed to calibrate its retest equipment to within 500 psi of actual test pressure.
[173.34(e)(4)]
Case No. TKT-98-82-SW
$625
AEROCOTE CORPORATION
(Shipper)
Failed to close a package in accordance with the manufacturer’s closure notification.
[173.22(a)(4)]
Case No. TKT-98-96-SW
$938
AIR LIQUIDE
(Shipper)
Failed to create and retain records of employee training testing.
[172.704(d)]
Case No. TKT-99-12-SO
$320
AJAY NORTH AMERICA, LLC
(Shipper)
Failed to close packages in accordance with the manufacturer’s closure notification; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper on which the letters “RQ” were in the wrong location.
[173.22(a)(4), 172.203(c)(2)]
Case No. TKT-98-53-SO
$1,250
AKCROS CHEMICALS AMERICA
(Shipper)
Offered a hazardous materials in a DOT 57 portable tank that had not been periodically retested.
[173.32(e)(1)(ii)]
Case No. TKT-99-15-WE
$1,750
ALL SOUTH SUPPLY, INC.
(Shipper)
Failing to create and retain records of employee training testing.
[172.704(d)]
Case No. TKT-99-26-SO
$320
ALLIED FIRE & SAFETY EQUIPMENT CO.
(Cylinder Retester)
Failed to conduct a complete internal visual examination; failed to maintain test pressure for at least 30 seconds; failed to remark aluminum exemption cylinders as DOT 3AL; failed to maintain complete records of reinspection and retest.
[173.34(e)(3), 173.34(e)(4)(v), 173.34(e)(1), 173.34(e)(8)(ii)]
Case No. TKT-98-50-EA
$2,652
ALPHARMA
(Shipper)
Failed to register with RSPA.
[107.601(e)]
Case No. TKT-98-34-EA
$500
ALTA PHOTOGRAPHIC, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide function-specific employee training; failed to include a 24-hour emergency response phone number on a shipping paper.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)(2), 172.604(a)]
Case No. TKT-98-98-SW
$1,225
ALTHIN HEALTHCARE, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that mis-classed the hazardous material; failed to create and retain records of employee training testing.
[173.22(a)(1), 172.202(a)(2) and (3), 172.704(d)]
Case No. TKT-98-36-SO
$1,500
AMERICAN INDUSTRIAL SUPPLY
(Shipper)
Failed to create and retain records of employee training testing.
[172.704(d)]
Case No. TKT-98-59-SO
$315
AMREP
(Shipper)
Failed to close packages in accordance with the manufacturer’s closure notification; failed to provide function-specific employee training.
[173.22(a)(4), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)(2)]
Case No. TKT-98-20-SW
$1,500
ANALYTICAL SCIENTIFIC
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that listed an incorrect proper shipping name; failed to provide employee training.
[172.202, 172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. TKT-98-106-SW
$650
ANALYTICS, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to maintain complete records of DOT 7A Type A packaging tests; failed to perform a proper stacking test on DOT 7A Type A packaging; included on a shipping paper a 24-hour emergency response telephone that was not monitored at all times.
[173.415(a), 173.465(d), 172.604(a)]
Case No. TKT-99-19-SW
$1,987
ANDERSON HOSPITAL
(SOUTHWESTERN ILLINOIS HEALTH)
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training, or create and retain records of training testing; provided shipping paperwork with incorrect UN identification number.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a) and (d), 172.200]
Case No. TKT-98-37-CE
$975
ANKO PRODUCTS CO. OF TEXAS
(Shipper)
Failed to create and retain records of employee training testing.
[172.704(d)]
Case No. TKT-98-110-SW
$250
APPERSON CHEMICALS, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to close packages in accordance with the manufacturer’s closure notification; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a hazardous material shipping paper that did not list the quantity shipped or page numbers.
[173.22(a)(4), 172.201(c), 172.202(a)(5)]
Case No. TKT-98-48-SO
$1,320
APPLIED INSPECTION SYSTEMS, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered radioactive materials accompanied by a shipping paper that failed to list the Nuclear Regulatory Commission approval number; failed to list a proper 24–hour emergency response telephone number.
[172.203(d)(8), 172.604(a)]
Case No. TKT-98-58-SW
$900
ARGUS SECURITY SYSTEMS, INC.
(Cylinder Retester)
Failed to verify the accuracy of the retest equipment to an accuracy of one percent.
[173.34(e)(4)(iv)]
Case No. TKT-98-112-SW
$788
ARROW MAGNOLIA
(Shipper)
Failed to close packaging in accordance with the manufacturer’s closure notification.
[173.22(a)(4)]
Case No. TKT-98-71-SW
$1,000
ASG USA, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to register with RSPA.
[107.601]
Case No. TKT-99-29-WE
$500
ASHLAND CHEMICAL COMPANY
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials in drums that were not labeled; offered it accompanied by a shipping paper that listed an incorrect proper shipping name and UN identification number; marking or affixing product information on packaging so as to obstruct the UN certification markings.
[172.442, 172.202, 178.3(a)]
Case No. TKT-98-31-SW
$1,487
ASHLAND CHEMICAL COMPANY
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials in a package that did not display a UN certification marking.
[173.22(a)(2)]
Case No. TKT-98-30-SW
$375
ASHLAND CHEMICAL COMPANY
(Shipper)
Failed to close a packaging in accordance with the manufacturer’s closure notification.
[173.22(a)(4)]
Case No. TKT-98-43-SW
$937
ASHLAND CHEMICAL COMPANY
(Shipper)
Failed to provide closure notification to those to whom the packaging was being transferred.
[178.2(c)]
Case No. TKT-98-72-SW
$450
ASHLAND CHEMICAL COMPANY
(Shipper)
Failed to create and retain records of employee training testing.
[172.704(d)]
Case No. TKT-99-30-SW
$250
ASSOCIATE CHEMICAL & SUPPLIES
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. TKT-99-03-WE
$500
ASTROTECH SPACE OPERATIONS, INCORPORATED
(Shipper)
Offered rocket motors in the same packaging as other hazardous materials, under the terms of an exemption that had expired.
[173.61, 177.848]
Case No. TKT-98-18-HQ
$500
AT PLASTICS CORPORATION
(Bag Manufacturer)
Failed to provide closure notification to those to whom packaging was being transferred, and maintain records thereof.
[178.2(c)(1)(i)]
Case No. TKT-99-03-EA
$320
ATLANTIC HEALTH SYSTEM
D/B/A OVERLOOK HOSPITAL
(Shipper)
Offered regulated medical waste that was not properly packaged in accordance with a DOT exemption; failed to properly prepare shipping papers for shipments of regulated medical waste.
[DOT-E 10818, 172.203(a)]
Case No. TKT-98-35-EA
$900
ATLAS-MARTIN FIRE EXTINGUISHER COMPANY, INC.
(Cylinder Retester)
Marked cylinders with a “+” marking without determining the average or maximum wall stress; failed to maintain accurate records of reinspection and retest.
[173.302©), 173.34(e)(5)]
Case No. TKT-96-03-CE
$2,487
AUSTIN SCIENTIFIC COMPANY
(Shipper)
Failed to create and retain records of employee training testing.
[172.704(d)]
Case No. TKT-99-36-SW
$250
B AND C PRODUCTS, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials in an unauthorized package configuration.
[173.62]
Case No. TKT-99-20-EA
$2,625
BAKER PETROLITE
(Shipper)
Failed to describe proper hazardous materials on a shipping paper and failure to sign the shipper’s certification; failed to close a fiber boxed marked as meeting the UN4G standard in accordance with the manufacturer’s closure notification.
[172.202(a)(3) and (4), 172.204(d), 173.22(a)(4), 173.24(f)(2)]
Case No. TKT-98-40-SW
$900
BAPTIST HOSPITAL EAST
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous material accompanied by a shipping paper that did not include the hazard class, UN identification number, and packing group; failed to include a 24-hour emergency response telephone number on the shipping paper; failed to provide employee training.
[172.200(a), 172.602(a), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. TKT-99-01-CE
$2,662
THE BARBER – WEBB COMPANY, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. TKT-98-24-WE
$600
BARTLETT CHEMICAL, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials in a portable tank that had not been retested as required; failed to mark the proper shipping name on a portable tank.
[173.32(f), 172.301(a)]
Case No. TKT-97-44-SW
$2,150
BASF CORPORATION
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials in tank cars with improper pressure relief devices, under the terms of an exemption that had expired.
[173.31(c), 179.101-1(a)]
Case No. TKT-98-21-HQ
$500
BAYONNE HOSPITAL
(Shipper)
Offered regulated medical waste that was not properly packaged in accordance with a DOT exemption; failed to properly prepare shipping papers for shipments of regulated medical waste.
[DOT-E 10818, 172.203(a)]
Case No. TKT-98-41-EA
$900
BELL-FAST FIRE PROTECTION, INC.
(Cylinder Retester)
Failed to achieve the minimum required test pressure during cylinder testing; failed to provide employee training, or create and retain records of training testing.
[173.34(e)(1), 172.702(b), 172.704(c)(1)(i), 172.704(d)]
Case No. TKT-99-07-EA
$1,690
BELLE CITY FIRE EXTINGUISHER & EQUIPMENT, INC.
(Cylinder Retester)
Failed to provide employee training; failed to maintain a current copy of those parts of 49 CFR applying to its cylinder retesting.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a), 173.34(e)(2)(v)(A)]
Case No. TKT-99-25-CE
$995
BEST PACKAGING & CRATING SERVICES
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. TKT-98-29-WE
$750
BFI - NEW ORLEANS DISTRICT
(Shipper)
Failed to provide function-specific employee training; failed to comply with the terms of an exemption.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)(2), 171.2(e)]
Case No. TKT-98-117-SW
$625
BLUEGRASS / KES CO, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered various corrosive materials accompanied by a shipping paper that did not properly describe the materials; failed to provide general awareness and function-specific employee training.
[172.202(a), 172.201(a), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)(1) and (2)]
Case No. TKT-99-24-CE
$1,600
BONDOL LABORATORIES, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompany by a shipping paper that included an unauthorized 24-hour emergency response telephone number and an improper shipping description; failed to mark the correct proper shipping name on the package.
[172.604(b), 172.202(a), 172.301(a)]
Case No. TKT-98-91-SW
$1,087
BOWES INDUSTRIES, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. TKT-99-20-CE
$750
BRASS CRAFT WESTERN CO.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous waste in a non-standard packaging; failed to include a 24-hour emergency response telephone number on the shipping paper.
[173.240(d)(iii), 172.604(a)]
Case No. TKT-99-03-SW
$2,850
BREEN LABORATORIES
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. TKT-98-17-WE
$750
BRITISH WIRE WHEEL, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered a hazardous material in non-UN-standard packaging; failed to provide employee training.
[173.202, 172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. TKT-98-28-WE
$3,100
BROWARD NELSON FOUNTAIN SERVICE, INC.
(Cylinder Retester)
Failed to maintain accurate records of cylinder reinspection and retest; failed to create and retain records of employee training testing; failed to keep and maintain current copies of 49 CFR at its retest factility.
[173.34(e)(8)(ii)(A), 172.704(d), 173.34(e)(2)(v)(A)]
Case No. TKT-99-02-SO
$1,165
C&G CONTAINER AND SUPPLIES
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials without preparing a shipping paper.
[172.200]
Case No. TKT-99-25-SW
$1,200
CALSOL, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials in a DOT-57 that was out of test.
[173.32(e)(1)(ii)]
Case No. TKT-99-28-WE
$1,750
CANTOL, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training, or create and retain records of training testing.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a) and (d)]
Case No. TKT-99-22-CE
$750
CAPITOL CHEMICAL & SUPPLY CO.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. TKT-99-29-SW
$250
CARROLL COMPANY
(Shipper)
Failed to close a package in accordance with the manufacturer’s closure notification.
[173.22(a)(4)]
Case No. TKT-98-19-SW
$1,250
R. E. CARROLL, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to close 55-gallons drum in accordance with the manufacturer’s closure notification; failed to mark the UN identification number on the packages; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper with an incorrect shipping description.
[173.22(a)(4), 172.301(a), 172.202(a)]
Case No. TKT-99-18-EA
$4,070
R. CARTER & ASSOCIATES
(Cylinder Retester)
Failed to create and retain records of employee training testing.
[172.704(d)]
Case No. TKT-98-69-SO
$315
CARUS CHEMICAL COMPANY
(Shipper)
Failed to close a package in accordance with the manufacturer’s closu re notification.
[173.22(a)(4)]
Case No. TKT-98-36-CE
$750
CATALINA CHEMICAL CO. OF TAMPA, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that did not contain a signed shipper’s certification; failed to create and retain records of employee training testing.
[172.204(d), 172.704(d)]
Case No. TKT-98-63-SO
$600
CATALINA CHEMICAL COMPANY
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training; failed to mark the proper shipping name and identification number on a packaging.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a), 172.301(a)]
Case No. TKT-99-29-SO
$1,800
CATALYTICA PHARMACEUTICALS
(Shipper)
Failed to provide recurrent employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(c)(2)]
Case No. TKT-99-19-WE
$750
CENTRAL PRODUCTS COMPANY
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that listed an unauthorized 24-hour emergency response telephone number; failed to create and retain record of employee training testing.
[172.604(b), 172.704(d)]
Case No. TKT-98-76-SW
$1,225
CHEM-TEC INCORPORATED
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials in an improper package; failed to properly mark and label the package; failed to properly describe the materials on the shipping paper; failed to provide function-specific employee training.
[173.203, 172.301(a), 172.400(a)(1), 172.200(a), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)(2)]
Case No. TKT-99-10-EA
$2,920
CHEMCENTRAL / CONTINENTAL INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to close packages in accordance with the manufacturer’s closure notification.
[173.22(a)(4)]
Case No. TKT-99-33-SO
$1,000
CHEMCRAFT INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to close packages in accordance with the manufacturer’s closure notification; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that included additional unauthorized information within the basic shipping description.
[173.22(a)(4), 172.201(a)]
Case No. TKT-99-23-SO
$1,250
CHEMICAL & METAL INDUSTRIES, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to close packaging in accordance with the manufacturer’s closure notification; failed to provide function-specific employee training, or create and retain records of training testing.
[173.22(a)(4), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)(2), 172.704(d)]
Case No. TKT-99-26-SW
$1,250
CHEMICAL SPECIALTIES, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide function-specific employee training; failed to properly describe hazardous materials on a shipping paper.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)(2), 172.202]
Case No. TKT-98-94-SW
$500
CHEMPAK INDUSTRIES
(Shipper)
Failed to provide basic awareness employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)(1)]
Case No. TKT-98-115-SW
$250
CHEMTECH, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that failed to list the proper shipping name, hazard class, identification number and packing group; failed to maintain create and retain records of employee training testing.
[172.202(a), 172.704(d)]
Case No. TKT-99-15-CE
$1,425
CIBA SPECIALTY CHEMICALS
(Shipper)
Failed to perform a required retest on an intermediate bulk container.
[180.352]
Case No. TKT-99-04-SW
$750
CKS / REGAL PLASTICS, INC.
(Plastic Drum Manufacturer)
Manufactured, marked, certified and sold a packaging as meeting a DOT exemption without marking the month and year of manufacture; failed to provide employee training.
[DOT-E 6614-Paragraph 7.c., 172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. TKT-99-24-SO
$1,450
CLARION FIBRE DRUM CORPORATION
(Fiber Drum Manufacturer)
Failed to condition fiber drums prior to UN testing; failed to create and retain records of employee training testing; manufactured, marked, certified, and sold a fiber drum as meeting a UN standard when the UN certification marking did not contain the complete name and address, or registered symbol, of the manufacturer.
[178.601(d), 172.704(d), 178.503(a)(8)]
Case No. TKT-98-45-SO
$1,650
COLOG, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide recurrent employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(c)(2)]
Case No. TKT-98-87-SW
$250
COLORADO OXYGEN
(Cylinder Retester)
Conducted a second retest at the same pressure, instead of increasing it by 10% or 100 psi (whichever is lower), when the integrity of the test apparatus could not be maintained due to leakage.
[173.34(e)(4)(v)]
Case No. TKT-98-73-SW
$1,240
COLUMBIA CEMENT CO., INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to mark an outer packaging to indicate that the inner packages comply with prescribed specifications.
[173.25(a)(4)]
Case No. TKT-98-33-SW
$1,500
COLUMBUS FIRE & SAFETY EQUIPMENT CO., INC.
(Cylinder Retester)
Failed to maintain a current copy of 49 CFR at its retest facility; failed to create and retain records of employee training testing.
[173.34(e)(2)(v)(A), 172.704(d)]
Case No. TKT-99-11-SO
$570
COMINCO AMERICAN INCORPORATED
(Shipper)
Offered sulphur dioxide in certain uninsulated cargo tanks, under the terms of an exemption that had expired.
[173.315]
Case No. TKT-98-22-HQ
$500
COMMUNITY MEDICAL CENTER
(Shipper)
Offered regulated medical waste that was not properly packaged in accordance with a DOT exemption; offered it accompanied by shipping papers that were not properly prepared.
[DOT E-10818, 172.203(a)]
Case No. TKT-98-42-EA
$900
CONFEDERATE PACKAGING
(Fiber Box Manufacturer)
Failed to create and retain records of employee training testing.
[172.704(d)]
Case No. TKT-98-54-SO
$315
CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS LTD, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. TKT-99-13-SO
$600
CONTAINER MANUFACTURING, INC.
(Plastic Jerrican Manufacturer)
Failed to remove previously authorized DOT specification markings (DOT 2U) from inner packages.
[171.2(c) and (f), 178.3(a)]
Case No. TKT-99-12-EA
$1,125
CONTINENTAL WAREHOUSE, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. TKT-99-24-WE
$750
CYPRUS FOOTE MINERAL COMPANY, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered compressed gas in cylinders that had been requalified by an alternative method, under the terms of an exemption that had expired.
[173.34(e)]
Case No. TKT-98-27-HQ
$500
DATACHEMINC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide function-specific employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. TKT-99-16-SW
$250
DEL MONTE FRESH PRODUCE COMPANY
(Shipper)
Failed to register with RSPA; failed to properly describe hazardous material on shipping papers.
[107.608(b), 172.202(a)]
Case No. TKT-99-04-EA
$1,400
DISTRIBUTEL, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to create and retain records of employee training testing.
[172.704(d)]
Case No. TKT-99-20-WE
$500
THE DIVING SITE, INC.
(Cylinder Retester)
Failing to maintain accurate records of reinspection and retest; failed to keep and maintain current copies of DOT exemptions, for exemption cylinders being requalified at its facility; failed to remark aluminum exemption cylinders as DOT 3AL; failed to properly mark cylinders that were condemned.
[173.34(e)(8)(ii)(A), 173.34(e)(2)(v)(B), 173.23(c), 173.34(e)(6)(ii)]
Case No. TKT-99-01-SO
$1,350
DMCO FIRE PROTECTION, INC.
(Cylinder Retester)
Failed to hold a current approval and retester’s identification number; failed to stamp cylinders being retested under the modified hydrostatic method with an "S."
[173.34(e), 173.34(e)(11)]
Case No. TKT-98-39-SW
$935
DRISCOLL CONSTRUCTION CO., INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to adequately secure DOT specification cylinders during transportation.
[173.6(b)]
Case No. TKT-98-47-EA
$500
EAGLE DRUM, INC. (Drum Manufacturer) Failed to provide closure notifications to persons to whom packagings were transferred; failed to create and retain records of employee training testing.
[178.2(c), 172.704(d)]
Case No. TKT-98-60-SW
$750
EAGLE ENTERPRISES
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. TKT-98-22-WE
$600
ECONOCARIBE CONSOLIDATOR S, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to register with RSPA; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that did not contain a signed shipper’s certification; failed to provide function-specific employee training.
[107.608, 172.204(d), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)(2)]
Case No. TKT-98-62-SO
$1,400
ELDORADO CARTRIDGE CORPORATION
(Shipper)
Failed to register with RSPA; failed to provide employee training.
[107.601, 172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. TKT-98-37-WE
$1,250
ENGLANDER CONTAINER CO., INC.
(Fiber Box Manufacturer)
Manufactured, marked, certified, and sold fiberboard boxes marked as meeting a UN standard when design qualification testing had not been conducted; marked non-bulk packaging with a symbol that had not been approved by the Associate Administrator for Hazardous Materials Safety; failed to maintain copies of design qualification test records at the facility.
[178.601(d), 178.503(a)(8), 178.601(l)]
Case No. TKT-98-30-EA
$3,760
ENNIS AGRI–TECH, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to close packaging in accordance with the manufacturer’s closure notification.
[173.22(a)(4)]
Case No. TKT-98-111-SW
$937
ENVIRONMENTAL DRILLING SERVICES, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered radioactive materials without executing a shipping paper for the shipment; failed to create and retain records of employee training testing.
[172.200, 172.704(d)]
Case No. TKT-98-97-SW
$1,375
ESTES INCORPORATED
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training, or create and retain records of training testing.
[172.702(b), 172,704(a) and (d)]
Case No. TKT-99-34-SW
$750
EUROCOM IMPORTS INC.
(Shipper)
Offered compressed gas, neon and neon with helium or argon mixtures, in non-specification packaging, under the terms of an exemption that had expired.
[173.306(a)]
Case No. TKT-99-04-HQ
$500
EXCITON, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that included additional unauthorized information within the basic shipping description, that failed to list the hazard class, packing group, and an exemption number; listed on the shipping paper a 24-hour emergency response telephone number that was not monitored at all times; failed to provide employee training.
[172.202(a)(4), 172.203(a), 172.604(a), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. TKT-99-31-CE
$1,740
EXPRESS LINE CORPORATION
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. TKT-98-32-WE
$600
FERRELLGAS
(Shipper)
Filled and offered propane in a cylinder that had not been retested; failed to maintain records of visual inspection; failed to maintain governing regulations and publications; failed to provide employee training.
[173.34(e)(1)(ii), 173.34(e)(5), 173.34(e)(2), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. TKT-99-04-WE
$2,500
FIRE SAFETY ASSOCIATION
(Cylinder Retester)
Failed to provide employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. TKT-98-37-SW
$250
FISHER SCIENTIFIC
(Cylinder Retester)
Failed to provide employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. TKT-98-101-SW
$750
FLEXCON INDUSTRIES, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered compressed gas in non-specification cylinders, under the terms of an exemption that had expired.
[173.304, 173.306(g)(1)]
Case No. TKT-98-25-HQ
$500
FLORIDA TREATT COMPANY
(Shipper)
Failed to register with RSPA; failed to follow one or more of the three approved formats for listing hazardous materials on a shipping paper; failed to include the total quantity items of the hazardous materials and shipper’s certification statement; failed to create and retain records of employee training testing.
[107.608, 172.201(a)(1), 172.202(a)(5), 172.704(d)]
Case No. TKT-99-16-SO
$1,650
FMC CORPORATION
(Shipper)
Offered a hazardous waste in a UN standard packaging that had not been closed in accordance with the manufacturer’s closure notification; offered carbamate pesticides, solid, accompanied by a shipping paper containing an improper entry for it; offered hazardous waste in a packaging affixed with a hazardous class designation on a subsidiary label.
[173.22(a)(4), 178.601(b), 172.201(a)(4), 172.402(b)]
Case No. TKT-98-107-SW
$1,487
FPS-NEPTUNE
(Cylinder Retester)
Failed to demonstrate that its hydrostatic testing equipment was accurate to within one percent of test pressure.
[173.34(e)(4)(iii)]
Case No. TKT-98-103-SW
$787
LARRY FRICKER COMPANY, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to register with RSPA; failed to provide employee training.
[107.608, 172.702(b), 172.704(b)]
Case No. TKT-98-09-WE
$1,250
FRONTIER MARKETING CO.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. TKT-98-42-SW
$250
FSI FREIGHT FORWARDERS, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to register with RSPA; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that included additional unauthorized information within the basic shipping description.
[107.601(e), 172.201(a)(4)]
Case No. TKT-98-33-EA
$750
GEMINI COATINGS, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to maintain the proper water bath temperature when testing DOT 2Q aerosol cans.
[173.306(a)(3)(v)]
Case No. TKT-98-32-SW
$550
GLOBAL LABORATORIES
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training; offered hazardous materials for transportation accompanied by a shipping paper that listed an improper 24-hour emergency response telephone number.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a), 172.604]
Case No. TKT-99-10-SW
$675
GRIMES AEROSPACE COMPANY, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to mark an outside packaging with the statement "This package not authorized for transportation by air if opened."
[Approval CA-97009011-Paragraph 5(f)]
Case No. TKT-98-13-HQ
$1,500
GUEST DISTRIBUTION, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that contained an erroneous 24-hour emergency response telephone number of a party who did not accept responsibility for providing information; failed to provide function-specific employee training.
[172.604(b), 172.201(d), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)(2)]
Case No. TKT-98-58-SO
$770
GUGGENHEIM DENTAL SUPPLY
(Shipper)
Failed to properly use UN-standard packaging for the transportation of hazardous materials; failed to provide employee training.
[173.22(a)(2), 173.202, 172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. TKT-98-27-WE
$1,350
HACKENSACK MEDICAL CENTER
(Shipper)
Offered regulated medical waste that was not properly packaged in accordance with a DOT exemption; failed to properly prepare shipping papers for regulated medical waste.
[DOT E-10818, 172.203(a)]
Case No. TKT-98-37-EA
$900
HARCROS CHEMICALS, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to close drums in accordance with the manufacturer’s closure notification.
[173.22(a)(4)]
Case No. TKT-99-12-SW
$937
JAY L. HARMAN FIRE EQUIPMENT CO., INC.
(Cylinder Retester)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that did not include the proper shipping name; failed to create and retain records of employee training testing.
[172.202(a)(1), 172.704(d)]
Case No. TKT-98-38-SW
$500
HAWAIIAN EXPRESS SERVICE, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. TKT-99-09-WE
$750
HCI CHEMTECH DISTRIBUTION, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training, or create and retain records of training testing.
[172.702(b), 172,704(a) and (d)]
Case No. TKT-99-11-CE
$562
THE HIPAGE COMPANY, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to create and retain records of employee training testing.
[172.704(d)]
Case No. TKT-98-57-SO
$315
HISCO
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. TKT-98-21-WE
$600
HOME HEALTH CORPORATION OF AMERICA
(Shipper)
Failed to file a hazardous material incident report for an unintentional release of hazardous materials during transportation; failed to provide general awareness and function-specific employee training.
[171.16(a), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)(1) and (2)]
Case No. TKT-99-17-EA
$1,400
HORNER EQUIPMENT OF FLORIDA, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials without executing a shipping paper; failed to maintain a copy of an exemption being used at its facility, failed to create and retain records of employee training testing.
[172.200(a), 172.202(a), DOT-E 6614, 173.22a(b), 172.704(d)]
Case No. TKT-99-03-SO
$1,850
HOSPITAL CENTER AT ORANGE
(Shipper)
Offered regulated medical waste that was not properly packaged in accordance with a DOT exemption; failed to properly describe hazardous materials on shipping papers.
[DOT E-10818, 172.203(a)]
Case No. TKT-98-40-EA
$900
HOUGHTON INTERNATIONAL
(Shipper)
Failed to close packages in accordance with the manufacturer’s closure notification.
[173.22(a)(4)]
Case No. TKT-98-47-SO
$1,125
HRD AERO SYSTEMS, INC.
(Cylinder Retester)
Offered compressed gas in a non-specification cylinder when the cylinder was pressurized at a pressure higher than the exception for fire extinguishers.
[173.301(h)]
Case No. TKT-98-14-HQ
$500
HVC, INC.
(Shipper)
Offering a hazardous material in an unauthorized, non–standard packaging.
[173.212]
Case No. TKT-99-08-SW
$1,875
IMC AGRIBUSINESS, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by shipping papers that failed to list the proper shipping name, hazard class, UN identification number, and packing group.
[172.202(a)(1)-(4)]
Case No. TKT-99-21-SO
$1,200
INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered nitric acid, 8, PG II, in a non-UN-standard packaging–an unauthorized DOT-5C drum.
[173.158]
Case No. TKT-98-70-SO
$1,200
INTERCONTINENTAL CHEMICAL SERVICES, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to properly mark packages with a UN identification number; failed to register with RSPA; failed to create and retain records of employee training testing.
[172.331(b), 107.608(b), 172.704(d)]
Case No. TKT-99-08-EA
$1,800
INTERNATIONAL EXTRUSION CORPORATION
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous material for transportation in noncomplying packaging, under the terms of an exemption that had expired.
[172.302(c), 172.101]
Case No. TKT-98-16-HQ
$500
IPI
(Shipper)
Failed to list the technical name on a shipping paper, failed to properly mark a portable tank; failed to stamp "E" after retest date on for cylinders being given a complete external visual inspection in lieu of a hydrostatic test.
[172.203(k), 172.332, 173.34(e)(13)]
Case No. TKT-98-46-SW
$750
ITEC CORPORTATION
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompany by a shipping paper that failed to list a 24-hour emergency response telephone number; failed to provide employee training, or create and retain records of training testing.
[172.604(a)(3), 172.702(b), 172.704(a) and (d)]
Case No. TKT-98-90-SW
$1,800
J AND R AUTOMOTIVE, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that failed to include the proper shipping name, hazard class, UN identification number, and packaging group; failed to list a 24-hour emergency response telephone number on the shipping paper; failed to provide employee training.
[172.201(a), 172.202(a), 172.604(a), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. TKT-99-27-CE
$2,900
JM LABORATORIES
A/K/A J&M LABORATORIES
(Shipper)
Offered sodium hydroxide solid, and corrosive liquid, n.o.s., accompanied by a shipping paper that did not list the required shipping description first, that failed to list the proper UN identification number, and that failed to list the packing group; failed to provide employee training.
[172.202(a)(3), 172.202(a)(4), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. TKT-99-19-CE
$1,350
JB DENTAL SUPPLY COMPANY
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that failed to properly describe the hazardous materials and that listed an incorrect 24-hour emergency response telephone number.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a), 172.202, 172.604(a)(3)]
Case No. TKT-99-14-WE
$1,550
JEWELERS SECURITY PRODUCTS
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. TKT-98-16-WE
$750
UNGKIND PHOTOGRAPHIC
(Shipper)
Failed to mark a package with the proper shipping name and UN identification number; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that failed to include the “Limited Quantity” designation; failed to provide employee training.
[172.301(a), 172.203(b), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. TKT-98-36-SW
$1,650
KAPLAN CONTAINER CORPORATION
(Drum Reconditioner)
Failed to create and retain records of employee training testing.
[172.704(d)]
Case No. TKT-99-02-EA
$600
KEMIRA PIGMENTS, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to register with RSPA..
[107.608]
Case No. TKT-98-55-SO
$500
KIMSON CHEMICALS, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to register with RSPA; failed to provide recurrent employee training.
[107.601(e), 172.702(b), 172.704(c)(2)]
Case No. TKT-98-31-EA
$925
L L PRO PAC, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that did not list a 24-hour emergency response telephone number.
[172.604(b)]
Case No. TKT-98-80-SW
$250
LAGASSE BROS., INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials without describing them as hazardous on shipping documentation; failed to provide employee training, or create and retain records of training testing.
[172.200(a), 172.702(b), 172.704(a) and (d)]
Case No. TKT-98-52-EA
$1,800
LAMBERT CORPORATION
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training; failed to mark a package with the proper shipping name and UN identification number.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a), 172.301(a)]
Case No. TKT-99-25-SO
$1,800
LAROCHE INDUSTRIES, INC.
(Cylinder Retester)
Failed to maintain accurate records of reinspection and retest.
[173.34(e)(13), 173.34(e)(8)]
Case No. TKT-99-09-SO
$425
LEE ENGINEERING SUPPLY CO., INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training, or create and retain records of training testing.
[172.200(a), 172.702(b), 172.704(a) and (d)]
Case No. TKT-99-33-SW
$750
LESAINT LOGISTICS
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials in an unauthorized, non-UN-standard packaging.
[173.22(a)(2), 173.212]
Case No. TKT-99-07-SW
$2,500
LILLY INDUSTRIES, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to close UN standard packages in accordance with the manufacturer’s closure notification.
[173.22(a)(4)]
Case No. TKT-99-13-CE
$750
LITTLE ROCK CENTRAL PHARMACY
(Shipper)
Failed to provide an emergency response phone number in the transport vehicle; failed to create and retain records of employee training testing.
[172.602(c), 172.704(d)]
Case No. TKT-98-59-SW
$900
LOCKHEED MARTIN UTILITY SERVICES, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials under the terms of an exemption that had expired.
[173.417(b)(3)(ii)]
Case No. TKT-98-19-HQ
$500
LOCKHEED MARTIN UTILITY SERVICES, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials under the terms of an exemption that had expired.
[173.420(b)(3)(ii)]
Case No. TKT-98-20-HQ
$500
CLARA MAASS MEDICAL CENTER
(Shipper)
Offered regulated medical waste that was not properly packaged in accordance with a DOT exemption; failed to prepare shipping papers in accordance with a DOT exemption.
[DOT E-10818, 172.203(a)]
Case No. TKT-98-43-EA
$900
MAGNOLIA PLASTICS, INC.
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that did not contain a signed shipper’s certification; failed to create and retain records of employee training testing.
[172.204(d), 172.704(d)]
Case No. TKT-98-67-SO
$600
MANNY’S SANITARY SUPPLIES, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. TKT-98-100-SW
$750
MEDICAL CENTER OF CENTRAL GEORGIA
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training; failed to close packages in accordance with the manufacturer’s closure notification.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a), 173.22(a)(4)]
Case No. TKT-99-30-SO
$1,600
L. CARLTON MERTZ CO.
(Shipper)
Failed to mark the UN standard certification on drums that had been tested to that UN standard.
[178.3, 178.503(a)]
Case No. TKT-98-86-SW
$1,800
MESA INDUSTRIES, INC.
(Plastic Drum Manufacturer)
Failing to provide function-specific employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)(2)]
Case No. TKT-99-22-SO
$320
METRO SEALANT & WATERPROOFING SUPPLY, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training; failed to declare materials as hazardous on shipping documents.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a), 172.200(a)]
Case No. TKT-99-05-EA
$2,250
METROPOLITAN CHEMICAL CO.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. TKT-99-06-WE
$750
MICHIGAN AIRGAS, INC.
D/B/A WISCONSIN AIRGAS
(Cylinder Retester)
Failed to conduct a thorough internal visual inspection.
[173.34(e)(3)]
Case No. TKT-99-28-CE
$840
MICHLIN DIAZO PRODUCTS CORPORATION, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide general awareness and function-specific employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)(1) and (2)]
Case No. TKT-99-07-CE
$250
MICRO-MED INDUSTRIES, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials without properly executing a shipping paper; failed to provide general awareness and function-specific employee training.
[172.201, 172.202, 172.702(b), 172.704(a)(1) and (2)]
Case No. TKT-98-61-SO
$1,400
MILWAUKEE RECHARGING SERVICE, INC.
(Cylinder Retester)
Failed to provide recurrent function-specific employee training; failed to maintain current copies of those portions of the regulations that apply to cylinder inspections.
[172.702(b), 172.704(c)(2), 173.34(e)(2)(v)(A)]
Case No. TKT-99-26-CE
$750
ML OIL - MLOC CORPORATION
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training; failed to register with RSPA.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a), 107.601]
Case No. TKT-98-26-WE
$1,250
MSAS CARGO INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials without preparing a shipping paper; failed to provide employee training.
[172.200, 172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. TKT-98-83-SW
$2,000
MV LABORATORIES, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to create and retain records of employee training testing.
[172.704(d)]
Case No. TKT-99-15-EA
$750
NALCO CHEMICAL COMPANY
(Shipper)
Failed to provide recurrent employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(c)(2)]
Case No. TKT-99-23-WE
$750
NATIONAL SANITARY SUPPLY COMPANY
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. TKT-98-31-WE
$750
NATURAL GAS ODORIZING, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to close packages in accordance with the manufacturer’s closure notification; failed to create and retain records of employee training testing.
[173.22(a)(4), 172.704(d)]
Case No. TKT-98-44-SW
$250
NELSON LABORATORIES, L.P.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that failed to list the proper shipping name, failed to list the basic description in the proper sequence and failed to include a shipper’s certification; failed to provide general awareness and function-specific employee training.
[172.202(a) and (b), 172.204(a), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. TKT-98-32-CE
$1,125
NESTE POLYESTER, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to close UN standard packages in accordance with the manufacturer’s closure notification; marked a package with the proper shipping name and UN identification number close to other product label information so that the effectiveness of the marking was substantially reduced.
[173.22(a)(4), 172.304(a)(4)]
Case No. TKT-99-14-CE
$1,050
NEWMAN INDUSTRIAL SUPPLY, INC.
(Shipper)
Offering a hazardous material accompanied by a shipping paper that did not include a 24-hour emergency response telephone number, or a signed shipper’s certification; failed to provide employee training.
[172.604(a) and (b), 172.204(a) and (d), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. TKT-99-32-SO
$1,640
NEWTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
(Shipper)
Offered regulated medical waste that was not properly packaged in accordance with a DOT exemption; failed to properly describe hazardous materials on shipping papers.
[DOT-E 10818, 172.203(a)]
Case No. TKT-98-45-EA
$900
NORCHEM CORPORATION
(Shipper)
Failed to register with RSPA.
[107.601]
Case No. TKT-98-20-WE
$500
NORTHERN CHEMICAL CORPORATION
(Shipper)
Failed to close UN standard packages in accordance with the manufacturer’s closure notification; failed to mark packages with the proper shipping name and UN identification number.
[173.22(a)(4), 172.301(a)]
Case No. TKT-99-16-CE
$800
NORTHERN COLORADO PAPER
(Shipper)
Offered a hazardous material for transportation without executing a shipping paper.
[172.200]
Case No. TKT-99-24-SW
$1,200
NOVARTIS CROP PROTECTION
(Shipper)
Failed to perform a retest of an intermediate bulk container.
[180.352]
Case No. TKT-99-02-SW
$750
OMEGA CHEMICAL CO., INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. TKT-99-12-CE
$750
OSPECA ENTERPRISES, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to create and retain records of employee training testing.
[172.704(d)]
Case No. TKT-98-81-SW
$250
OZARK–MAHONING COMPANY
(Shipper)
Filled and offered a cylinder marked with a five-point star with a compressed gas other than one specified in 49 CFR 173.34(e)(16) without obliterating the star following the most recent retest date; failed to close packages in accordance with the manufacturer’s closure notification.
[173.34(e)(16)(iii), 173.22(a)(4), 173.24(f)(2)]
Case No. TKT-98-102-SW
$1,687
PACIFICA CHEMICAL INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hydrogen peroxide in a DOT-E 9052 intermediate bulk container after the exemption had expired, without retesting and certifying the IBC to a UN standard; failed to register with RSPA.
[180.352, 173.32(e)(1)(ii), 107.601]
Case No. TKT-99-16-WE
$2,250
PACKAIR AIRFREIGHT, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. TKT-98-23-WE
$900
PAINT & EQUIPMENT SUPPLY, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to create and retain records of employee training testing.
[172.704(d)]
Case No. TKT-99-37-WE
$505
PARAGON INDUSTRIES, INC.
D/B/A THORTEX AMERICA
(Shipper)
Failed to create and retain records of employee training testing; failed to properly describe hazardous materials on a shipping paper.
[172.704(d), 172.200(a)]
Case No. TKT-98-54-EA
$1,180
PARK CITY PACKAGING, INC.
(Third-Party Package Certifier)
Represented and certified a packaging as meeting the UN4G/Z24 standard when the packaging did not pass the prescribed drop test.
[178.601(d)]
Case No. TKT-99-24-EA
$1,600
PEDDIE CHEMICAL CO., INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to close packages in accordance with the manufacturer’s closure notification; failed to create and retain records of employee training testing.
[173.22(a)(4), 172.704(d)]
Case No. TKT-99-15-SO
$1,250
PENNCO ENGINEERING COMPANY
D/B/A PENNSYLVANIA ENGINEERING
(Shipper)
Failed to provide recurrent employee training, or create and retain records of training testing; failed to properly label cylinders containing nonflammable gas; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that utilized an improper sequence in the basic description.
[172.702(b), 172.704(c)(2) and (d), 172.407(b), 172.201(a)]
Case No. TKT-99-14-EA
$2,660
PEP BOYS –MANNY, MOE & JACK
(Shipper)
Failed to create and retain records of employee training testing.
[172.704(d)]
Case No. TKT-99-17-SO
$320
PHOENIX LABORATORIES, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide recurrent employee training, or create and retain records of training testing; failed to properly close packages; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that did not properly describe them, that did not include a 24-hour emergency response telephone number, and that did not contain an executed shipp+er’s certification.
[172.702(b), 172.704(c)(2), and (d), 178.2(b)(2), 172.202, 172.604, 172.204(a)]
Case No. TKT-99-16-EA
$6,240
PIERCE CHEMICALS / ROYAL BOND, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to close packaging in accordance with the manufacturer’s closure notification; offered a limited quantity of hazadous material accompanied by a shipping paper that did not indicate the material was a limited quantity.
[173.22(a)(4), 172.201(a)(4)]
Case No. TKT-98-108-SW
$1,187
PIONEER AEROSPACE CORPORATION
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that did not include a packing group in the basic shipping description, or provide a 24-hour emergency response telephone number.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a), 172.202(a)(4), 172.604]
Case No. TKT-99-01-HQ
$1,800
PIONEER CHEMICAL, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered and transported Class 4.2 hazardous material in the same motor vehicle as Class 8 hazardous material, under the terms of an exemption that had expired.
[177.848(d)]
Case No. TKT-98-26-HQ
$400
PIONEER CHEMICAL, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials in a DOT 57 portable tank that had not been retested; marked the portable tank with an incorrect shipping name and UN identification number.
[173.32(e)(1)(ii), 172.326]
Case No. TKT-99-20-SW
$1,874
PPG INDUSTRIES, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered a hazardous material, poison by inhalation, zone B, in non-UN-standard packaging, under the terms of an exemption that had expired.
[173.227(c)]
Case No. TKT-99-03-HQ
$500
PRAXAIR DISTRIBUTION, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide function-specific employee training; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that failed to include technical name in the basic shipping description.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a), 172.203(k)]
Case No. TKT-99-01-SW
$675
PRAXAIR DISTRIBUTION, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to verify the accuracy of its retest equipment to within one percent.
[173.34(e)(4)(iv)]
Case No. TKT-99-01-EA
$787
PRAXAIR DISTRIBUTION, INC.
(Shipper)
Marked a UN1A1 stainless steel drum to a test pressure in excess of the pressure at which the drum was tested and certified.
[178.601(b), 178.503(a)(5)(ii)]
Case No. TKT-99-26-WE
$5,400
PREEMINENT ENERGY SERVICES, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide function-specific employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)(2)]
Case No. TKT-98-11-HQ
$400
PROGRESS GROWERS SUPPLY, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training; offered hazardous materials without proper shipping papers.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a), 172.201(a), 172.200(a)]
Case No. TKT-98-52-SO
$1,080
PROTECTO WRAP COMPANY
(Shipper)
Failed to provide function-specific employee training; failed to close drums in accordance with the manufacturer’s closure notification.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a), 173.22(a)(4), 173.24(f)]
Case No. TKT-98-78-SW
$1,188
QUALITY ASSURANCE SERVICE, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered a hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that did not include the letters "RQ;" offered radioactive material accompanied by a shipping paper that did not list the activity level; failed to register with the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission as a user of a USNRC-approved radioactive materials packaging; failed to provide function-specific and recurrent awareness employee training, or create and retain records of training testing.
[172.203(c)(2) and (d)(4), 173.471(a), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)(2), 172.704(c)(2), 172.704(d)]
Case No. TKT-99-23-SW
$2,350
QUALITY CHEMICALS, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. TKT-98-44-SO
$1,200
RANDALL INDUSTRIES
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shippinig paper that did not list a 24-hour emergency response telephone number, and that failed to use a proper format in listing the hazardous materials.
[172.604, 172.201]
Case No. TKT-98-88-SW
$975
RANSOM & RANDOLPH DENTSPLY INTERNATIONAL
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. TKT-99-07-WE
$750
RECON SERVICES, INC.
(Drum Reconditioner)
Failed to provide function-specific employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)(2)]
Case No. TKT-98-84-SW
$250
RED-LINE, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. TKT-99-07-SO
$500
REELED TUBING, INCORPORATED
(Shipper)
Failed to provide recurrent employee training, or create and retain records of training testing.
[172.702(b), 172.704(c)(2)]
Case No. TKT-98-89-SW
$250
RESOURCE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to create and retain records of employee training testing.
[172.704(d)]
Case No. TKT-99-35-SO
$320
RIEKE METALS, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide recurrent employee training; failed to maintain accurate records of training testing.
[172.702(b), 172.704(c)(2), 172.704(d)]
Case No. TKT-99-36-CE
$600
ROCHE COLORADO CORPORATION
(Shipper)
Failed to close UN drums in accordance with the manufacturer’s closure notification; failed to provide function-specific employee training.
[173.22(a)(4), 172.702(b), 172.704(c)(2)]
Case No. TKT-98-77-SW
$1,188
RYCOLINE PRODUCTS, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that did not include the packing group; and did not include the proper shipping name, UN identification number, and packing group.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a), 172.202(a)(4), 172.202(a)(1) and (3)]
Case No. TKT-99-21-WE
$1,550
S&S SUPPLIES, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that included additional unauthorized information within the basic description and an incorrect UN identification number; marked the shipping name on a portable tank in an incorrect size; failed to provide function-specific employee training.
[172.202(a)(3) and (4), 172.302(b)(2), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)(2)]
Case No. TKT-98-114-SW
$1,100
SAFETY-KLEEN SYSTEMS, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to close UN1A2 drums in accordance with the manufacturer’s closure notification.
[173.22(a)(4)]
Case No. TKT-99-09-CE
$750
SAFETY-KLEEN SYSTEMS, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to close UN1A2 drums in accordance with the manufacturer’s closure notification.
[173.22(a)(4)]
Case No. TKT-99-10-CE
$750
SAMSON TECHNOLOGY CORP.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that failed to include a valid 24-hour emergency response telephone number; failed to create and maintain records of employee training testing.
[172.604(a) and (b), 172.704(d)]
Case No. TKT-98-42-SO
$770
SCHALL CHEMICAL SUPPLY, L.L.C.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide recurrent employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(c)(2)]
Case No. TKT-98-93-SW
$250
HENRY SCHEIN, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered corrosive liquid, acid, inorganic, n.o.s., in unauthorized inner packages, not those certified with the UN4G outer packaging.
[178.601(c) and (d)]
Case No. TKT-98-36-WE
$3,500
L. M. SCOFIELD
(Shipper)
Failed to provide function-specific employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)(2)]
Case No. TKT-99-10-SO
$280
SCOTT BARREL COMPANY, INC.
(Drum Reconditioner)
Failed to provide employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. TKT-99-32-SW
$750
SENTRY FIRE & SAFETY, INC.
(Cylinder Retester)
Failed to verify the accuracy of its test equipment within one-percent of the calibrated cylinder’s pressure and corresponding expansion values; failed to maintain accurate records of reinspection and retest.
[173.34(e)(4)(iv), 173.34(e)(8)(ii)]
Case No. TKT-99-21-SW
$1,162
SHEPARD BROS., INC.
D/B/A SUNBOW TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered a corrosive material in non-UN-standard packaging; failed to properly describe a hazardous material on shipping papers.
[173.202, 172.202(a) and (d)]
Case No. TKT-99-10-WE
$4,400
SHIPCO TRANSPORT INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training; failed to properly prepare shipping papers.
[172.702(a) and (b), 172.202(a)]
Case No. TKT-98-46-EA
$1,350
SIERRA CHEMICAL COMPANY
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. TKT-99-12-WE
$750
SIMMONS INDUSTRIES, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training, or create and retain records of training testing; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper listed an incorrect packing group and a hazard class that was not in proper sequence.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a) and (d), 172.202(a), 172.202(b)]
Case No. TKT-99-27-SW
$1,170
PAUL SINN TESTING SERVICES, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that did not contain a proper shipping name, hazard class, UN identification number, activity, or 24–hour emergency response telephone number.
[172.202(a), 172.203, 172.201, 172.604]
Case No. TKT-98-39-CE
$1,425
SMART PRACTICE
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. TKT-98-18-WE
$600
SMS TECHNOLOGY, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. TKT-99-05-CE
$750
SOLIN PRODUCTS, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to create and retain records of employee training testing.
[172.704(d)]
Case No. TKT-99-18-WE
$750
SOUTHWEST SOLVENTS & CHEMICALS, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to close drums in accordance with the manufacturer’s closure notification.
[173.22(a)(4)]
Case No. TKT-98-92-SW
$1,000
SPECIALTY CHEMICALS & SYSTEMS
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. TKT-98-116-SW
$250
SPI INDUSTRIES, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered corrosive solid, n.o.s., accompanied by a shipping paper that failed to include the proper shipping name, the proper UN identification number, and a signed shipper’s certification; failed to list a monitored 24-hour emergency response telephone number.
[172.202(a), 172.204(d), 172.602(a)]
Case No. TKT-99-23-CE
$2,040
SPIES HECKER, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. TKT-98-35-WE
$600
ST. MICHAEL MEDICAL CENTER
(Shipper)
Offered regulated medical waste that was not properly packaged in accordance with a DOT exemption; failed to properly identify an exemption on shipping documents.
[DOT E-10818, 172.203(a)]
Case No. TKT-98-39-EA
$900
STARLIGHT NAIL SUPPLIES, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. TKT-99-35-WE
$750
START INTERNATIONAL
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials in a non-standard packaging; failed to maintain complete records of employee training testing.
[173.173, 172.704(d)]
Case No. TKT-99-05-SW
$2,125
STATE INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS
(Shipper)
Failed to close UN standard packages in accordance with the manufacturer’s closure notification.
[173.22(a)(4)]
Case No. TKT-99-17-CE
$1,000
STEAM GENIE, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. TKT-99-05-WE
$750
STERLING CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training; failed to properly describe hazardous materials on a shipping paper; listed an unauthorized 24-hour emergency response telephone number on the shipping paper.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a), 172.201(a), 172.604(b)]
Case No. TKT-98-49-EA
$1,960
THE STEWARD COMPANY
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. TKT-99-13-WE
$750
STONER, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered exemption aerosol containers without being a party to the exemption; failed to mark, label and describe hazardous materials.
[173.304(a)(2), 172.200(a), 172.301(a), 172.400(a)]
Case No. TKT-99-11-EA
$3,550
STRUCTURAL COMPOSITES INDUSTRIES
(Cylinder Manufacturer)
Failed to provide employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. TKT-98-12-HQ
$1,200
SUPERIOR SPECIAL SERVICES, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered paint and paint-related material for transportation in non-standard packaging, under the terms of an exemption that had expired.
[173.173]
Case No. TKT-99-02-HQ
$500
SVI MARBLE RENEWAL
(Shipper)
Failed to mark the shipping name and UN identification number on a package; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that failed to include the proper shipping name.
[172.301(a), 172.202]
Case No. TKT-98-95-SW
$862
SYNAIR CORPORATION
(Shipper)
Failed to register with RSPA; failed to close packages in accordance with the manufacturer’s closure notification; failed to create and retain records of employee training testing.
[107.608, 173.22(a)(4), 172.704(d)]
Case No. TKT-99-19-SO
$2,050
TAYLOR LABS
(Shipper)
Failed to close packages in accordance with the manufacturer’s closure notification.
[173.22(a)(4)]
Case No. TKT-99-18-SO
$1,000
TECHNIC, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to properly close UN drums; failed to mark the outer packaging to indicate that inside packages complied with prescribed specifications.
[173.211, 173.212, 173.25(a)(4)]
Case No. TKT-99-27-EA
$4,000
TECHNICAL CHEMICAL COMPANY
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. TKT-98-19-WE
$750
TELEDYNE RYAN AERONAUTICAL
(Shipper)
Offered articles, explosive, 1.1D, in non-standard packaging, under the terms of an exemption that had expired.
[173.56(e), 173.62]
Case No. TKT-98-17-HQ
$500
TEMPLE-INLAND FOREST PRODUCTS CORPORATION
(Shipper)
Failed to disconnect off-loading connectors from a tank and allowed it to stand unattended when off-loading was complete, under the terms of an exemption that had expired.
[174.67(i) and (j)]
Case No. TKT-98-15-HQ
$500
TEXAS ANILINE COMPANY, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training, or create and retain records of training testing.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a) and (d)]
Case No. TKT-99-35-SW
$600
TEXAS INDUSTRIAL GAS
(Shipper)
Failed to create and retain records of employee training testing; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that listed an unauthorized 24-hour emergency response telephone number.
[172.704(d), 172.604(b)]
Case No. TKT-99-31-SW
$770
THEOCHEM LABORATORIES, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to close packages in accordance with the manufacturer’s closure notification; failed to create and retain records of employee training testing.
[173.22(a)(4), 172.704(d)]
Case No. TKT-98-33-SO
$1,250
TMR MATERIALS COMPANY
(Shipper)
Failed to monitor a 24-hour emergency response telephone number at all times while the hazardous material was in transportation; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that did not include a shipper’s certification statement; failed to provide recurrent employee awareness training.
[172.604(a)(1) and (2), 172.204(a)(1), 172.702(b), 172.704(c)(2)]
Case No. TKT-99-22-SW
$1,112
TRANS-PAK, INCORPORATED
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. TKT-99-11-WE
$750
TRANSTAR INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. TKT-98-35-CE
$600
TRIM TACK
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. TKT-98-30-WE
$750
TURBO CHEM INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials without preparing a shipping paper; failed to mark packages with the appropriate hazardous materials markings; failure to offer or apply placards; failed to provide employee training.
[172.200, 172.300, 172.500, 172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. TKT-98-105-SW
$1,969
UAP CAROLINAS
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that failed to list the proper shipping name, hazard class, and the required emergency response information; failed to provide employee training.
[172.202(a)(1) and (2), 172.602(a), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. TKT-99-20-SO
$1,800
UNIFIED TESTING SERVICES, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to monitor a 24-hour emergency response telephone number at all times while the hazardous material was in transportation.
[172.604(a)]
Case No. TKT-99-17-SW
$487
UNION HOSPITAL
(Shipper)
Offered regulated medical waste that was not properly packaged in accordance with a DOT exemption; failed to properly describe hazardous materials on shipping papers.
[DOT E-10818, 172.203(a)]
Case No. TKT-98-36-EA
$900
UNITECH OF ALASKA
(Fiber Box Manufacturer)
Failed to provide closure notification for UN4G combination packaging to persons to whom the packaging was transferred; failed to provide employee training
[178.2(c), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. TKT-98-34-WE
$1,100
JAMES F. VALENTINE, JR.
D/B/A FIRE SUPPRESSION
(Cylinder Retester)
Failed to provide function-specific employee training, test employees, or create and retain records of training testing; failed to maintain accurate records of reinspection and retest; failed to maintain copy of the current regulations at its retest facility.
[172.702(b), 172.702(d), 172.704(a)(2) and (d), 173.34(e)(8), 173.34(e)(2)(v)(A)]
Case No. TKT-99-26-EA
$970
VALLEY HOSPITAL
(Shipper)
Offered regulated medical waste that was not properly packaged in accordance with a DOT exemption; failed to properly describe hazardous materials on shipping papers.
[DOT E-10818, 172.203(a)]
Case No. TKT-98-44-EA
$900
VALLEY SOLVENTS & CHEMICALS
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials in packages that were tested as UN standard packagings but were not marked with the UN standard certification.
[178.503(a), 178.3]
Case No. TKT-98-85-SW
$1,350
VAN WATERS & ROGERS, INC.
(Cylinder Retester)
Failed to provide recurrent employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(c)(2)]
Case No. TKT-98-113-SW
$250
VANGUARD TRANSPORTATI ON SERVICES, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that did not list the hazardous material first or utilize an “X” in a “HM” column; failed to provide recurrent employee training.
[172.201(a)(1)(i) and (iii), 172.702(b), 172.704(c)(2)]
Case No. TKT-98-60-SO
$1,000
VIVION, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. TKT-99-08-WE
$750
WAGNER SUPPLY COMPANY
Failed to provide recurrent employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(c)(2)]
Case No. TKT-99-18-SW
$400
WALLING WATER MANAGEMENT
(Shipper)
Offering hazardous materials in 30- and 55-gallon UN standard drums without closing the packages in accordance with the manufacturer’s closure notification.
[173.22(a)(4)]
Case No. TKT-99-29-CE
$1,250
WASHING EQUI:PMENT OF TEXAS
(Shipper)
Failed to monitor a 24-hour emergency response telephone number; failed to provide employee awareness training, or create and retain records of training testing.
[172.604(a), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)(1) and (d)]
Case No. TKT-99-11-SW
$900
WATER AND POOL SOLUTIONS, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to create and retain records of employee training testing; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that did not contain a signed shipper’s certification.
[172.704(d), 172.204(d)]
Case No. TKT-98-65-SO
$600
WATERBURY COMPANIES, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to heat aerosol containers in a water bath until their internal pressure was equivalent to the equilibrium pressure at 131 degrees F; failed to provide employee training.
[173.306(a)(3)(v), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. TKT-99-06-SW
$812
WAYNE GENERAL HOSPITAL
(Shipper)
Offered regulated medical waste that was not properly packaged in accordance with a DOT exemption; failed to properly describe hazardous materials on shipping papers.
[DOT E-10818, 172.203(a)]
Case No. TKT-98-38-EA
$900
WELLSTAR HEALTH SYSTEM
(Shipper)
Failed to create and retain records of employee training testing; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that did not contain a signed shipper’s certification.
[172.704(d), 172.204(a), 172.205(a)]
Case No. TKT-98-66-SO
$635
WESTERN AUTO SUPPLY CO.
D/B/A ADVANCE AUTO PARTS
(Shipper)
Failed to register with RSPA; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that did not list a proper shipping name.
[107.608, 172.202(a)(1)]
Case No. TKT-99-06-SO
$800
WESTERN PACIFIC CHEMICAL CORPORATION
(Shipper)
Failed to register with RSPA.
[107.601]
Case No. TKT-99-17-WE
$500
WILLIAMS EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLY
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that did not list the hazardous material first, or utilize an “X” in a “HM” column; failed to provide employee training.
[172.201(a)(1)(i) and (iii), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. TKT-98-64-SO
$1,000
WILMAR INDUSTRIES, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training, or create and retain records of employee training testing; failed to completely and accurately describe hazardous materials on shipping papers.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a), 172.200]
Case No. TKT-98-53-EA
$1,600
WITCO CORP.
(Shipper)
Failed to close UN1A2 drums in accordance with the manufacturer’s closure notification.
[173.22(a)94)]
Case No. TKT-99-18-CE
$800
Total Tickets - 293
Total Penalties - $324,719