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WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Department of Transportation�s Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA) proposes a $54,000 civil penalty against the Carboline
Company of St. Louis for allegedly violating the Hazardous Materials
Regulations.�
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FAA alleges that on Sept. 15, 2016, Carboline offered a cardboard box
containing two pails of flammable paint to FedEx for overnight delivery from St.
Louis to Elmendorf, Texas. On Sept. 16, 2016, the package was transported on a
FedEx flight from Memphis to San Antonio.�
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Workers
at the FedEx sorting center in San Antonio discovered the shipment was leaking.
No clips had been used to secure the lids on the cans.
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The
FAA alleges that the shipment was not accompanied by a shipper�s declaration of
dangerous goods, and was not properly classed, described, marked or labeled.
The FAA further alleges Carboline failed to properly package the shipment to
prevent a release of hazardous materials under normal transportation conditions.
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Additionally,
the FAA alleges Carboline failed to provide emergency response information with
the shipment.
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Carboline
has 30 days from receipt of the FAA�s enforcement letter to respond to the
agency.
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