FAA Proposes Penalties for Hazmat Violations on U.S.-Bound Air Shipments
The Federal Aviation Administration announced on Oct. 22 that it is proposing a $227,500 civil penalty against a Chinese exporter for shipping a prohibited hazardous material by air and failing to mark the package (here). The FAA alleges Shanghai Yancui Import and Export Co. shipped a single bottle of titanium tetrachloride on a DHL Worldwide Express cargo flight in July 2013. An employee at a DHL sorting facility in Kentucky later discovered the bottle emitting smoke. As a poisonous and corrosive material, the Hazardous Materials prohibit shipping titanium tetrachloride by air. The FAA also says Shanghai Yancui did not mark, label or pack the shipment as provided for in the Hazardous Materials regulations, and did not provide the required hazardous materials training to its employees.
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The penalty was one of several announced by the FAA on Oct. 22 for shipping hazardous materials on express carrier cargo flights (here). The FAA also proposed a $54,000 penalty for Saudi Arabian company Saudi Chem Crete Co. for shipping a package that exceeded the limits on the amount of epoxy resin that can be shipped aboard an aircraft, as well as another $242,400 in penalties for four companies that violated the Hazardous Materials regulations on domestic shipments.