B-K Propane, Inc.

Decision paragraph 1Docket Order: PHMSA-2013-0198Respondent was assessed a civil penalty of $7,400 for two violations of the HMR when it offered for transportation in commerce and transported in commerce liquefied petroleum gas (propane), a Division 2,1 flammable compressed gas, in non-DOT/UN standard storage containers designed for permanent installation, when the containers were charged with propane to more than five percent of their capacity, without lifting the containers onto the transport vehicle with the use of slings, without placing each container in a cradle to ensure that no weight was placed on the supporting legs during transportation, and without completing a container inspection report with all required information (violation No. 1), and offered for transportation in commerce and transported in commerce anhydrous ammonia, a poisonous by inhalation material, and large bulk quantities of liquefied petroleum gas (propane), a Division 2,1 flammable compressed gas, when its security plan failed to include an assessment of transportation security risks for shipments of these hazardous materials and did not address the risk that unauthorized persons may gain access to these hazardous materials (violation No. 2).#