FAA Proposes $207K Penalty Against J.R. Simplot Co for Offering Hazmat to UPS
The Federal Aviation Administration is proposing a $207,200 civil penalty against J.R. Simplot Company of Boise, Idaho, for allegedly violating Department of Transportation's Hazardous Materials Regulations.
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FAA Alleges Package not Declared as Hazmat, Exceeded Transport Amount for Cargo Aircraft
The FAA alleges Simplot offered a non-standard fiberboard box containing a five-gallon plastic jug of bactericide and fungicide to United Parcel Service (UPS) for transportation by air from Union Gap, Wash. to New Harmony, Utah, on Oct. 28, 2009. The FAA alleges the package was not declared to contain hazardous materials and that the materials offered were not properly classed, described, packaged, marked, labeled and in proper condition for shipment under the hazmat regulations. Additionally, the agency alleges the quantity of liquid in the shipment exceeded the maximum amount that can be transported on a cargo aircraft. Employees at UPS’s Ontario, California, sorting facility discovered the leaking package.
Simplot has 30 days from receipt of the FAA’s enforcement letter to respond to the Agency.