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PO Box 92007 u.s. Department of 'J'ranspor1atlon fecjeral Aviation Acjmlnlstrolion Office of the Regional Co11nssl, AWP-7.1 Los Angeles, Ca.ifomia 90009-2007 (31 0) 725-7108 -elephone (310) 725-6816 Facsimile Case No. 2013CE700070 AUG 52014 CERTIFIED MAIL RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED 

### AND FIRST CLASS MAIL CERTIFIED MAIL- RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED Federal Aviation Administration 800 Independence Avenue, SW Washington, DC 20591 Attn: Hear:lng Docket Clerk, AGC-430 Wilbur Wright Building-Suite 2Wl000 Re: In the Matter ofCEBU Pacific Air, Inc.; Case No. 2013CE700070 Enclosed is a copy ofa request for hearing dated July 8, 20)4, received July 24, 2014 and the Oligina[ and one copy ofthe Complaint in the above-referenced proceeding. I request that the hearing in tbis matter be held in the Chicago, Illinois area, as the FAA witnesses are closer to there, and I expect that the hearing will last one (I) day. Please address all communications for the Regional Counsel, Western-Pacific Region, to the undersigned, at; Office ofthe Regional Counsel, AWP-7.1, Federal Aviation Administration, Western-Pacific Region, P.O. Box 92007, Los Angeles, CA 90009-2007, Telephone: (310)**725~7108,** FAX: (310) 725-6816. Sincerely, Naomi Tsuda Regional Counsel

Enclosures: Request for Hearing, Complaint, Certificate ofService NOTE TO RESPONDENT: SECTION 13.209 OF THE CP RULES OF PRACTJCE REQUIRE THAT A WRITTEN ANSWER TO THE COMPLAINT BE FILED NOT LATER THAN 30 DAYS AFTER SERVICE.OF THJS COMPLAINT. AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO FILING AN ANSWER, AMOTION MAY BE FILED PURSUANT TO SECTION 13.208(D) OR SECTION 13218 (F) (l-4) OF THE RULES OF PRACTICE.**~c: AC~740j** ACE-00708/05/2014 11:21 FAX 3107256816 AWP-7 141003



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### CEBU Pacific Air, Inc. REPLY FORM

### FOR NOTICE OF PROPOSED CIVIL PENALTY HAZARDOUSMATERIALS ' Regional Counsel, Central Region Federal Aviation Administration, ACE-7 901 Locust, Room 506 KansasCity,MO 64!06-2641 Subject:

### ,Notke ofProposed CivilPenal!£ In reply to your Notice ofProposed Civil Penalty, I elect to proceed as indicated by rr:y check markbeside the numbered paragraph(s) below; 1. 

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### the proposed civil penalty with the undtcntanding that an Order Assessing Civil Penalty will be issuedin that amount without further notice andthat I waive myright to a hearing. 0 Check or money orderenclosed I have paid the proposed civil penalty with a credit card over the Internet at the following website: https://www.pay.gov. I understand that an Order Assessing Civil Penalty will be issued. inthe amount without further notice. I also understand that I 

### am waivingmyright to a hearing
. I hereby submit evidence and information demonstratingthat a violation ofthe regulations did not occur as alleged orthatthe amount ofthe penalty is. not warranted bythe circumstances. 

### Jhereby submit information andrecords showing thatI Jm financially unable to pay the proposed civil penalty, orthat payment ofthe penalty would prevent me from continuing in business. I hereby request that a civil penalty be assessed in the amount of$
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# D l hereby request an informal conference with an FAA attorney in order to discuss this matter andto present evidence andinformation in my behalf 0 0 D 0 Informal to be conducted in Kansas 

### City, Missouri Informal to be held by telephone I reside outside the states DfIowa, Kansas, Missouri, or Nebraska and request the infDrmal beheld at the Regional Office in Informal to be conducted attheFlight Standards District Office (FSDO) in 7. l hereby request a hearing in accordance with Subpart G DfPart 13 ofthe Federal Aviation Regulations with the understanding that a Complaint will



### 8. be filed. I request that the hearing be held in Western Paciiic Region l am sending this request both to the FAA attorney and to the Hearing Docket, Federal Aviation Administration, 800 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20591; Attn: Hearing Docket Clerk, AGC-430, Wilbur Wright Building"-Suite 2WlOQQ_ I hereby authorize the Federal Aviation Administration to release any informati.on concerning this matterto my attomeyfrepresentarive identified below. In addition, I request that future documents in this case be sent to my attorney/representative: Respondent**In~:** Signature:
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### ---cD---+------ Name: LANCEY GOKONG El Attorney/Representative Information: Name: RicK FELLER President Address; U-F'RoiGHT AMERICA. INC. 320 Corey Way President/Chief E!.xecutive Officer Address: CEBU AIR, INC. (CEBu**PACI~Io)** 6ell':le Aidine epeiatlrnrs Ce1 1ba:1 Domestic**Ro~d.** Pa:say City, F'hilfppiMs 1.301 Telephone: Home-----:-===;,;;----- Work**_____:::::~<-115.._o226**
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In the Matter of: 

### ) ) ) ) 

### ) ) ) ) FAA DOCKET (NOT ASSIGNED)

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# I**~** FAA CASE NO. 2013CE700070 

### CEBU AIR INC., d/b/a CebuPaclfie Air,Inc. 

### Respctndent. ruDGENOT ASSIGNED COMPLAINT 

### The Complainant files its Complaint, pursuant 

### to Rule 208 ofthe 

### Rules ofPractice 

### (14 C.F.R. § 

### 13.208), and 

### states as follows: I. 

### Respondent, Cebu Pacific Air. Inc., was advisedthrough a Final Notice ofProposed Civil Penalty that 

### the F M proposed to 

### assess a civil penalty in

### the amount of$65,000.00. On July 

### 8, 2014, Respondent submitted a writtenrequest for a hearing. The request fur hearing 

### was received by

### the Office ofthe Regional Counsel, Western-Pacific Region on July 24,2014.



# n. 1. On or about September 19, 2013, Respondent offered a shipment consisting of

one 

### package 

### containing undeclared hazardous material to 

### China. Airlines Cargo ("UPS") on Air Waybill297-83247146, fortransportation by air from Manila, Philippines to Chicago, lllinois, USA.08/05/2014 11:21 FAX 3107256816 AIVP-7 li!l 007 3 

### 2. Afterits 

### arrival in 

### Chicago, IDinois, the package ofundeclared hazardous material referenced inparagraph I 

### above, 

### was then offered to Federal Express, 

### for priority overnight delivery, for transportation by air

### from Chicago, lllinois to Lenexa, Kansas.

3. The

### referencedpackage offered by Respondent 

### was housed in a fiberboard box, without any labels or markings onthe exterior ofthe 

### box to indicate that the contents contained hazardous materials.

4. 

### 1bepackage referenced inparagraph 3 

### above, contained one Protective Breathing Equipment 

### ("PBE") 

### unitthat housed a charged oxygen cylinder.
5. Pursuant to the U.S. Department ofTrllll5portation Hazm:dous Materials Regulations, the 

### oxygen that 

### was shipped is 

### classified as 

### a hazm:dous material, with a proper shipping nan1e of"Oxygen Generator, Chemical", Hazard Class 5.1 

### ("OXIDIZER"), Packing Group II, identification numberUN3356 [Title 49 ofthe 

### Code ofFederal Regulations (CFR), Parts 171-180].

6. Respondent offered the shipment ofha7ardous material for shipmentby air when: 

### a) the outerpackaging was

### notmarked with the proper shipping name and identificationnumber ofthe hazm:dous material prescribed in the section 172.101 Hazardous Materials Table;08/05/2014 11:21 FAX 3107256816 AWP-7



### b) the outer packaging was not labeled 

### with a "OXIDIZER" label ]m!SCribed 

### in the section 172.1 OJ Hazardous Materials Table; c) there 

### was no Shipper's Declaration ofHazardous Material indicating the proper shipping names, hazard 

### classes, identification numbers and packing groups assigned to the materials inthe 

### section 172.101 Hazardous Materials Table;
d) 

### there was no emergency response information (telephone number)

accompanying the shipment;
e) there 

### was no statement on the shipping paper(s) that the shipment was 

### within the limitations prescribed for either passenger and cargo aircraft or cargo aircraft; · f) 

### the shipper 

### ofthe 

### packages was 

### notthe holder ofnor a party

### to tbe

exemption or special permit required bythe package contents; and g) the shipment ofthe

### PBE bad not been placed in rigid outer packaging that 

### conformed to the requirements ofeither section 178, .!!Ubparts L and M of this subchapter at tbe Packing Group 

### I or II performance level and therefore was 

### not authorized fortransportation by 

### air. IillO OS
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### 5 By 

### reason ofthe foregoing facts and circumstances, Respondent violated the following Department ofTransportation Hazardous Material Regulations (Title 49, 

### Part 171 

### et seq., 

### Code ofFederal Regulations):
a) 

### 171.2( 

### e ), which provides 

### that no person may offer or accept a

### hazardous material for transportation in commerce unless the hazardous 

### material is 

### properly classed, described, packaged, marked, labeled, and in condition for shipment as required or 

### authorized by applicable requirements ofthis 

### subchapter or an exemption or special permit, approval, or registration issued underthis subchapter 

### or SubchapterA 

### ofthis 

### chapter. b) 172.200( a), 

### which provides that, except as otherwise provided in this 

### subpart, each person who offers a hazardous material for 

### transportation shall describe the hazardous material onthe shipping paper in

### the manner required 

### by this subpart. 

### c) 1 n.202(a), 

### which states in relevant part, that 

### the shipping description of
a hazardous material on the shipping paper must include: (1) The identification number prescribed forthe 

### material as shown in Column4 ofthe section 172.101 table; (2) The proper shipping name prescribed for the material in colunm 2 ofthe section 172. I01 table; (3) The 

### hazard class or division number presoribed for the material, as showninColumn3 ofthesection 172.101 table;08/05/2014 11:21 FAX 3107256816 AWP-7



### ( 4) The packing group in Roman numerals, as designated for the 

### hazardous material 

### in Column 5

### ofthe section 172.101 

### table; (5) For 

### transportation by 

### aircraft, 

### the total 

### net mass per package; and (6) 

### The number and type of

### packages. d) l72.203(t), 

### which states in relevant part, 

### that a statement 

### indicating that the 

### shipment is 

### within the 

### limitations prescribed for either passenger 

### and cargo aircraft 

### or cargo aircraft 

### only 

### must be entered onthe 

### shipping paper. e) 172.30l(a)(l), 

### which provides in pertinentpart

### that except as otherwise provided by 

### this subchapter, 

### eacb person 

### who offers a hazardous 

### material for transportation in 

### a non-bulk packaging 

### must mark 

### the package with 

### the proper 

### shipping name and 

### identification 

### number (preceded by "UN" or "NA" 

### as appropriate) 

### for the material as shown in

### the section172.l01 Table.
f) 172.400(a}, 

### which provides in

### pertinent

### part, that except as specified in section 172.400(a), eachperson 

### who offers for transportation 

### or transports a 

### hazardous material in 

### any of

### the following packages or 

### containment devices, sballlabel the 

### package or containment device with labels specified for the 

### material in the section 

### 172.!01 table and in

### this subpart. g) 172.600(c), which

### provides in 

### pertinentpart, 

### thatno person 

### to whom this subpart 

### applies may offer for transportation, 

### accept for transportation, 

### transfer, store, 

### or otherwise 

### handle during transportation a hazardous 141010 

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### material unless: (I) emergency response information confonning to this subpart is immediately available for use at all times the hazardous material ispresent; and (2) emergency response information including the 

### emergency response 

### phonenumber, required for 

### this subpart 

### is immediately available to any person who as arepresentative ofthe Federal, State or local government agency, responds to an incident involving a 

### hazardous material or is 

### conducting an investigation which involves a hazardous material.
h) I72.604(a), which provides inpertinentpart that. aperson who offetS a hazardous material for transportation mustprovide 

### anemergencyresponse telephone number, including the area code or international access code, for
use in the event ofan emergency involving the hazardous material.
i) 

### Section 1 73 .l(b), 

### in that Respondent offeredhazardous material for transportiltion 

### bY airwhen 

### the shipment contained hazardous materials had 

### not been prepared in accordance with subchapterA of49 CFR Section 173.
j) 

### 173.168( 

### d)(l) which provides inpertinentpart, that a chemical oxygen genel'3tor and 

### a chemical 

### oxygen generator installed 

### in equipment. (e.g., a PBE) must be placed in a rigid outer packaging that conforms to 

### part 178, subpart L and 

### M, ofthis subchapter atthe Packing Group I orII performance Level; or the performance criteria in AirTransport 

### Association (AT A) 

### SpecificationNo. 300 for a Category I Shipping Container. I4J 011 

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III. l. In accordance with Section 5123 (a) ofTitle 49 ofthe United Sta:tes Code (Transpmtation) [(49 t:.S.C. Section 5123 (a)], Respondent is liable for a civil penBlty ofnot less than $250.00 ($450 for training violations), nor greater than $50,000 (or $100,000 for violations resulting in death, seri,)uS illness, or severe injury to any person,
or substantial destmction ofproperty) for each violation ofthe Department of 

### Transportation Hazardous 

### Materials Regulations. 

### 2. Under the facts 

### and circumstances ofthis case, 

### a civil penalty of$65,000.00 is appropriate.


### WHEREFORE, the Complainant, respectfully requests 

### that the Administrative 

### Law Judge enter an order that Respondent be assessed a civil penalty in the 

### amount of $65,000.00. Respectfully submitted,

# ~.~____..(_ Carey Terasaki Deputy Regional Counsel Office ofthe Regional Counsel Federal Aviation Administration Western-Pacific Region
DATED: Aug 5 20!4 141012
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### CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 

### 1hereby certify 

### that on this date 

### I have sent 

### by facsimile and placed in 

### the 

### United States mail, postage prepaid, certified mail, the executed original and one copy ofthe Complaint, addressed as follows: Federal Aviation Administration 800 

### Independence Avenue, SW 

### WashingtOn, DC 20591 Attn: Hearing Docket Clerk, AGC-430 Wilbur 

### WrightBuilding-Suite 2Wl

### 000 Facsimile (202) 493-5020 

### I further certify that on this 

### date Ihave placed inthe United States mail, postage prepaid, certified mail or by registered mail where indicated, a true 

### copy ofthe Complaint, addressed as follows: LanceY. Gokongwei, President/CEO CEBU Air, 

### Inc. (CEBUPACIFIC) 

### 8006 Airline Operations Center Domestic Road, Pasay City 

### Philippines 1301 

### Rick Feller, President**U~Freight** America, Inc. 

### 320 Corey Way So11th San Francisco, CA 94080 Dated: Aug 5 2014

:Paralegal Specialist 

### Office of the 

### Regional Counsel Federal Aviation Administration Western-Pacific Region Lawndale, Califoroia 

### (Registered mail) 141013 908/05/2014 11:20 FAX 3107256816 AWP-7

To: 8ompany: Phone: ·-ax:

1crom: Title:

Date: Description of item being transmitted: Hearing Docket Clerk, AGC-430 FAA (202) 493-5020
Carey TerasaKi Deputy Regional Counsel, AWP·7.1

8/5/14 Complaint in the Matter of CEBU Pacific Air Inc., Case No. 2013CE700070
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# Federal Aviation Administration Office ofthe Regional Counsel, AWP-7.4 PO Box 92007 Los Angeles, CA 90009-2007 Telephone: (310) 725-7108 Facsimile: (310)**725~816** Email: Carey.Terasaki@faa.gov
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