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Date: October 11, 2016
Contact: Elizabeth Isham-Cory
Phone:�847-294-7849; Email: elizabeth.cory@xxxxxxx
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FAA Proposes $78,000 Civil Penalty Against Amazon.com,
Inc.,
For Alleged Hazardous Materials Violations
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WASHINGTON,
D.C. �-- The U.S. Department
of Transportation�s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) proposes a $78,000
civil penalty against Amazon.com, Inc., for allegedly violating the Hazardous
Materials Regulations.
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The FAA alleges that on August
7, 2015, Amazon offered FedEx an undeclared shipment containing a flammable liquid
for air transportation from Ruskin, Fla., to Algonquin, Ill.
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The package held two
14-ounce bottles of ethanol-based Clubman Jeris Hair Tonic. Workers in FedEx�s
Cary, Ill., sort facility discovered the box was leaking.
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The FAA alleges the shipment
was not properly packaged, marked and labeled as containing hazardous material.
The FAA also alleges Amazon did not provide shipping papers indicating the
amount, type and hazardous nature of the material inside, and did not provide required
emergency response information with the shipment.
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Amazon has 30 days from
receipt of the FAA�s enforcement letter to respond to the agency.
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