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WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Department of Transportation�s Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA) proposes civil penalties ranging from $54,000 to $63,000
against three companies for allegedly violating Hazardous Materials Regulations. In each case,
the FAA alleges the packages were 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. The agency also alleges
the companies failed to ensure their employees received required hazardous
materials training and failed to provide emergency response information with
the shipments. The cases are
as follows.
$63,000
against the Sherwin-Williams Company of Cleveland, Ohio. The FAA alleges
that on Oct. 15, 2014, Sherwin-Williams offered a shipment of 10 cans of flammable
paint for transport aboard a FedEx flight from Piqua, Ohio, to Niagara Falls,
N.Y. FedEx employees at the company�s sorting facility in Indianapolis discovered
that the shipment was leaking. Sherwin-Williams is scheduled to meet with the FAA in
mid-August to discuss the case. Contact: Tony Molinaro Phone: (847) 294-7427 Email: tony.molinaro@xxxxxxx
$63,000
against Rock Water Energy Solutions, of
Houston, Texas.
The FAA alleges that on June 20, 2014, a Rock Water Energy Solutions employee
offered five 17-ounce spray cans of flammable aerosol paint in checked baggage
aboard an Envoy Airlines passenger flight from Denver, Colo., to Midland,
Texas. The spray cans released paint in the cargo hold of the aircraft. Rock Water is scheduled to meet with the FAA in
mid-August to discuss the case. Contact: Lynn Lunsford Phone: (817) 222-4455 Email: lynn.lunsford@xxxxxxx
$54,000 against X-Chem, LLC, of Irving, Texas. The FAA alleges that on Mar. 9, 2015, X-Chem offered
a shipment of six bottles of hazardous materials, including five bottles of flammable
liquids and one bottle of corrosive material, to FedEx for transport by air
from Midland, Texas to Irving, Texas. X-Chem
has 30 days from receipt of the FAA�s enforcement letter to respond to the
agency. Contact: Elizabeth Isham Cory Phone: 847-294-7849 Email: elizabeth.cory@xxxxxxx
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