{"operation":"document","citation":"18-0086-HMI-SW","title":"Metal Conversion Technologies, LLC","source_type":"enforcement","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"historical","official":true,"published_on":"2022-07-25","effective_on":null,"summary":"Decisions on Appeal involving Metal Conversion Technologies, LLC, reported 2022-07-25.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-hazmat-enforcement-metal-conversion-technologies-llc-0.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-hazmat-enforcement-metal-conversion-technologies-llc-0.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-hazmat-enforcement-metal-conversion-technologies-llc-0","source_url":"https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/hazmat/enforcement-decisions/metal-conversion-technologies-llc-0","body":"Docket Number: PHMSA-2021-0088 The Chief Counsel's findings were affirmed. Appellant was assessed a civil penalty of $131,454. Appellant may pay the civil penalty in one lump sum OR over the course of 12 months with 12 monthly payments of $10,954.50.00, each month, beginning within 30 days of the date of the Decision, until the entire civil penalty is paid in full. In the Chief Counsel's order, Respondent was assessed a civil penalty of $131,456 for four violations of the HMR when it offered for transportation in commerce a shipment on April 20, 2017 containing hazardous material (UN3480 Lithium ion batteries, 9), without shipping papers, markings, or labels; offered for transportation in commerce a shipment on April 4, 2017 containing hazardous material (UN3480 Lithium ion batteries, 9), without shipping papers, markings, or labels; offered for transportation in commerce a shipment on March 28, 2017 containing hazardous material (UN3480 Lithium ion batteries, 9), without shipping papers, markings, or labels; and offered for transportation in commerce a shipment on January 26, 2017 containing hazardous material (UN3480 Lithium ion batteries, 9), without shipping papers, markings, or labels.","truncated":false,"body_characters":1209}