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FAA Fines K-Mart And Radiology Corp For Not Properly Declaring Caro

By Daniel Baxter
 

November 21, 2010 - The Federal Aviation Administration is proposing civil penalties against K-Mart of Royal Oak, Michigan and Radiology Corporation of America of Delray Beach, Florida for allegedly violating Department of Transportation hazardous materials shipping regulations. 

The Federal Aviation Administration is proposing a $140,000 civil penalty against K-Mart, for allegedly violating Department of Transportation hazardous materials regulations. The FAA alleges K-Mart offered two packages to UPS for transportation by air from Caguas, Puerto Rico to its returned goods center in McDonough, Georgia.

The first shipment, Sept. 21, 2009, contained 15 three-ounce containers of nail color, which is classified as paint, a flammable liquid. The second shipment, Oct. 26, 2009, contained 18 five-ounce containers of aerosol sun block, a flammable gas. Neither shipment was declared to contain hazardous materials.

 

K-Mart allegedly offered the shipments for transportation by air when they were not packaged, marked, classed, described, labeled or in condition for shipment as required by regulations. UPS employees at the Louisville sort center discovered both packages leaking. K-Mart, Inc., has 30 days from receipt of the FAA?s civil penalty letter to respond to the agency.

The FAA has proposed a $168,000 civil penalty against Radiology Corporation of America. the FAA alleges Radiology Corporation offered a fiberboard box to Delta Airlines in Atlanta as checked baggage on February 6, 2010. The box housed a soldering iron containing liquid butane fuel, a flammable gas, which is a hazardous material. The shipment was not declared to contain hazardous materials.

Radiology Corp. allegedly offered the checked baggage for transportation by air when it was not packaged, marked, classed, described, labeled or in condition for shipment as required by regulations. Delta employees at the Atlanta airport discovered the shipment before it was loaded on an aircraft. Radiology Corporation of America Inc., has 30 days from receipt of the FAA?s civil penalty letter to respond to the agency.
 
   

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